Articles for October 2014

Point of sale equipment continues to be hit by malware targeting it like Backoff which it is now confirmed has infected 395 Dairy Queen ice cream stores across America. Payment card data has been stolen from Dairy Queen for many of its customers. ... Read more

The Selfmite SMS Worm that previously affected mobile devices using the Android OS has come roaring back with a vengeance in a second selfmite.b version which is 100 times more communicative. ... Read more

With the increased incidence of cyber threats and hacking going on with major corporations across America, the days of the username and password combination may be coming to an end sooner than you thought. ... Read more

Hot on the heels of the Chrome 38 Stable release for Windows, Mac and Linux, Google has released the beta version of Chrome 39 for testing & early adopters. Their most current version of Chrome web browser includes some nice features for developers. ... Read more

Symantec has decided to divide their business into two operating businesses. The first will be focused on the Norton antivirus security packages and the second will be targeting other security concerns and management of information. ... Read more

The latest combined Windows, Mac and Linux release of Google Chrome 38 web browser comes with a mighty 159 security fixes (113 of which are considered fairly small). The update feeds through the updater that is built into every version of Chrome. ... Read more

The latest Nexus smart phone release from Google is expected to have a 5.9-inch display, probably be called the Nexus 6 and be made by Motorola. The market for phablets has grown from a 1 percent market share 3 years ago to over 25 percent today. ... Read more

According to reports Apple is experiencing a problem as a victim of their own success. Whilst at the upcoming Apple event on October 16 interested parties are expecting to hear about the 12.9-inch iPad Pro tablet but it may not appear until 2015. ... Read more

Box, the enterprise-focused cloud storage provider is taking aim at what it terms “industry verticals” in its goal to grab as much of the commercial cloud storage market as possible. To that end it just acquired MedXT, a medical cloud storage fir ... Read more

Annual research from the UK telecoms regulator Ofcom indicates that tablets are gaining increasing acceptance in UK homes with 1 in three children using tablets in their home environment. The penetration of tablet use in UK homes continues to grow. ... Read more

With the focus on wearable technology from the likes of Samsung, Apple and Motorola, it is not too surprising that new startup OceanLeap has appeared with a cloud based service to help developers create apps for wearable hardware. ... Read more

Despite assurances at the September 9 Event announcement covering the Apple Pay system it is still down to the individual payment processors and banks involved to cover any fraud or losses incurred for both physical and online transactions. ... Read more

Apple has filed for a detailed patent covering its Apple Pay processes that use Near Field Communication (NFC) technology and secure tokens in order to assist in the processing of digital payments using their new e-payment system. ... Read more

Amazon with its Fire Phone running a modified version of Android, Fire & Kindle tablets and other hardware is mostly a success. Home Wi-Fi products to help with reordering products is expected from their Lab126 development unit to compete with Nest. ... Read more

In what is being seen as a real benefit and selling point for their lower price point Chromebook laptop, Google has partnered with Adobe to bring Photoshop to the Chromebook environment. A streaming version of Photoshop is now in beta. ... Read more