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Twitter SMS authentication security won’t stop attacks, say experts

John E Dunn) — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:46:00 GMT

Twitter’s long overdue rollout of two-factor authentication doesn’t plug every angle of attack and won’t guarantee that customer accounts aren’t compromised in future, experts have warned.

Sony and Lego collaborating on toy research

Jay Alabaster) — Fri, 24 May 2013 10:12:00 GMT

Sony and Lego are working together on creating a new generation of products that bridge the gap between toys and video games.

Cross-device interaction and wearable electronics at Citrix Synergy 2013

Sophie Curtis) — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:41:00 GMT

Amid a slew of product announcements designed to enable “mobile workstyles,” Citrix is already looking ahead to the next phase of enterprise innovation, with a focus on cloud computing as a platform for new mobile services.

Citrix Receiver helps doctors in Canada provide bedside care

noreply@idg.co.uk (Sophie Curtis) — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:37:00 GMT

Hamilton Health Sciences, a family of six hospitals and a cancer centre serving more than 2.3 million residents of Hamilton and central west Ontario in Canada, is using Citrix technology to increase at-the-bedside interactions between patients and doctors and accelerate decision making.

Facebook is the new religion, Ashton Kutcher says

noreply@idg.co.uk (Stephen Lawson) — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:32:00 GMT

Internet communities are more trustworthy than some big corporations, but mobile is proving a hard nut to crack even for the best of them, actor and venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher told CTIA Wireless Thursday.

Facebook delays Home in Europe, wants a stronger 'First' impression

Zach Miners) — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:29:00 GMT

Users in the U.K. and France will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on the HTC First. The first smartphone to come preinstalled with Facebook Home has been delayed in those countries while Facebook updates the software to address some negative user feedback.

Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 percent more battery life

noreply@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:17:00 GMT

Intel's upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50 percent more battery life in laptops than did their "Ivy Bridge" predecessors, Intel said on Thursday.

US ITC refuses to ban Microsoft's Xbox at Google's request

noreply@idg.co.uk (John Ribeiro) — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:04:00 GMT

The U.S. International Trade Commission has turned down a request for a ban on Microsoft's Xbox after finding that the gaming device did not infringe a patent owned by Google's Motorola Mobility unit.

New Kinect for Windows to improve human interaction with computers

noreply@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Fri, 24 May 2013 06:59:00 GMT

Human interaction with computers could improve with the new Kinect for Windows sensor, which will be better at recognizing gestures, motion and voice.

Citrix CEO questions efficacy of Yahoo's remote working ban

Sophie Curtis) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:11:00 GMT

Citrix CEO Mark Templeton has said that banning employees from working from home is an ineffective way of preventing slacking on the job.

EU aims to beat US in chip race

noreply@idg.co.uk (Jennifer Baker) — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:33:00 GMT

Europe's Digital Agenda Commissioner on Thursday set out plans for the European Union to produce more micro- and nano-chips than the United States in the next seven years.

Amazon Kindle Fire HD tablets to go on sale in 170 countries on June 13

Mikael Ricknäs) — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:00 GMT

Amazon.com is expanding the distribution of its tablets in a big way with the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9 now available for preorder in over 170 countries, and its Appstore open in nearly 200 countries.

Nvidia, Citrix crank up virtual desktop delivery

noreply@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:12:00 GMT

Improvements to Nvidia's virtualization technology are aimed at turning graphics processors into a more important resource in data centers and could speed deployment of virtual desktops and delivery of data over the cloud.

HP's Envy Rove 20-inch 'tablet' tackles Windows 8 desktop PC woes

noreply@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:08:00 GMT

Windows 8 has not found wide adoption among desktop users, so HP has announced a new portable all-in-one and lowered the price of touch PCs so users can take advantage of the operating system.

Verizon, Jennifer Lopez partner on Latino-focused wireless stores

noreply@idg.co.uk (Stephen Lawson) — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:50:00 GMT

Verizon Wireless is partnering with singer and actress Jennifer Lopez in creating a U.S. retail distribution company that will offer Verizon's devices in stores and online destinations designed to appeal to Latino consumers.

Windows 8.1 laptops with AMD's new chips to support wireless display

noreply@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:08:00 GMT

Advanced Micro Devices hopes to regain share in the PC processor market with its upcoming chips based on the Jaguar core, which will bring console-like gaming and wireless displays to laptops with Windows 8 and its successor, Windows Blue.

Lenovo's net profit up 90 percent, smartphone shipments soar

noreply@idg.co.uk (Michael Kan) — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo's net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter by 90 percent year-over-year.

HP $399 touchscreen laptop breaks price barrier

noreply@idg.co.uk (Agam Shah) — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:08:00 GMT

Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new wave of Envy and Pavilion thin and light laptops, including an 11.6-inch touchscreen model priced aggressively at US$399.

AMD willing to embrace Android

Agam Shah) — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:08:00 GMT

Advanced Micro Devices has opened the door to embrace Google's Android operating system, but said it would continue to focus on Windows with its upcoming tablet and laptop chips.

Penguin settles with US states in e-book price-fixing lawsuit

noreply@idg.co.uk (John Ribeiro) — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:03:00 GMT

Penguin has settled with U.S. states in an e-book price-fixing lawsuit, leaving only Apple now in the fray.

CIOs need to rethink their roles, MIT symposium panelists say

noreply@idg.co.uk (Chris Kanaracus) — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:16:00 GMT

By now, it's become a tired old tech industry bromide: CIOs need to be business-savvy.

BullGuard ID theft protection trawls 'dark web' for stolen data

John E Dunn) — Wed, 22 May 2013 17:44:00 GMT

Antivirus firm BullGuard has reinforced its 2013 Premium Protection suite with a new ID theft service that monitors a user’s personal data in case any of it turns up on the ‘dark web.’

Teens growing cool on Facebook but warming to Twitter, Pew study finds

Zach Miners) — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:29:00 GMT

Some teens are growing tired of the excessive sharing and "drama" on Facebook and more are turning to sites like Twitter and Instagram to express themselves, according to a new study.

Yahoo returns to list of most valuable brands

Zach Miners) — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:30:00 GMT

Yahoo again ranks as one of the world's 100 most valuable brands.

Apple defends offshore decisions that result in low taxes

noreply@idg.co.uk (Grant Gross) — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:40:00 GMT

Apple pays a fair share of the taxes it owes the U.S. and other nations, its CEO said Tuesday, despite criticism from U.S. senators that the company is ducking taxes by shifting profits to subsidiaries that the company does not consider tax residents of any nation.