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Apple pushing iPhone 4 in China to gain market share

Michael Kan) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:28:00 GMT

As rumors of Apple's budget iPhone continue to circulate, the U.S. tech giant has been pushing sales of its older iPhone 4 model in China as a way to grab market share in the nation's mid-tier market, according to research firm IDC.

Firms take 10 hours to spot data breaches, McAfee finds

John E Dunn) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:12:00 GMT

The average organisation believes it would spot a data breach in ten hours, a McAfee global survey of IT professionals has found. But is that result good, indifferent or an indication of the downright complacent?

European trust in US compromised, says EU data protection head

Jennifer Baker) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:15:00 GMT

Europe’s top privacy watchdog and the Digital Agenda Commissioner both said Monday that more transparency and trust is needed between the European Union and the United States following the Prism scandal.

The NSA's Prism must be countered with public policy, says crypto guru Phil Zimmermann

John E Dunn) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:50:00 GMT

The National Security Agency’s Prism surveillance system is a dangerous hostage to fortune that must be countered using public policy and not simply clever security technologies alone, privacy campaigner and encryption luminary Phil Zimmermann has argued.

HANA puts SAP at risk of being a modern tech vendor with aging business apps

Derek du Preez) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:53:00 GMT

SAP's in-memory platform HANA puts the software giant at risk of becoming a modern technology vendor with aging business applications, where it needs to ‘create a vision' of how a 21st century enterprise will operate, aided by in-memory technology.

Instart Logic promises to beat Akamai at own game

Tim Greene) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:45:00 GMT

Instart Logic is taking on the likes of Akamai and Amazon Cloudfront with a Web app-streaming service it says can cut in half the time it takes to load pages and applications to wireless devices.

Nestlé appoints new group CTO

noreply@idg.co.uk (Antony Savvas) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:44:00 GMT

Nestlé has appointed a new group CTO, to replace Werner Bauer who is retiring after 23 years at the company.

Cray integrates Hadoop Big Data analytics with supercomputers

Antony Savvas) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:17:00 GMT

Cray is bringing integrated open source Hadoop Big Data analytics software to its supercomputing platforms.

Apple received thousands of data requests from US law enforcers

noreply@idg.co.uk (Loek Essers) — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:42:00 GMT

Apple received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from U.S. law enforcement between Dec. 1 and May 31, the company said on Monday.

Facebook, Microsoft disclose little on national security requests

Martyn Williams) — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:41:00 GMT

Facebook and Microsoft each fielded thousands of requests for user data as part of law enforcement investigations from U.S. authorities in the second half of last year, they said late Friday.

Samsung's next big thing - born in the USA?

Martyn Williams) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:45:00 GMT

Could Samsung's "next big thing" come from the heart of the Big Apple or Silicon Valley?

Internet Society urges transparency in intellectual property discussions

noreply@idg.co.uk (Zach Miners) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:48:00 GMT

Greater transparency, as well as respect for the Internet's open architecture and multi-stakeholder participation, are needed to help guide discussions around intellectual property policy on the Internet, according to the Internet Society.

Facebook to announce mysterious new product next week

noreply@idg.co.uk (Zach Miners) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:23:00 GMT

Facebook appears to have a new product up its sleeve that it will unveil next week at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Facebook to announce mysterious new product next week

noreply@idg.co.uk (Zach Miners) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:52:00 GMT

Facebook appears to have a new product up its sleeve that it will unveil next week at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Does encryption really shield you from government's prying eyes?

Zach Miners) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:19:00 GMT

If you're thinking about encrypting email in light of revelations about U.S. government spying, you may be wasting your time.

IBM remolds DB2 10.5 as a Hadoop killer

Joab Jackson) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:53:00 GMT

In the new update of DB2, released Friday, IBM has added a set of acceleration technologies, collectively code-named BLU, that promise to make the venerable database management system (DBMS) better suited for running large in-memory data analysis jobs.

Obama directs agencies to move toward sharing spectrum

Grant Gross) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:53:00 GMT

U.S. President Barack Obama has directed federal agencies to take new steps toward sharing their wireless spectrum with commercial operators, in an effort to meet growing demands for mobile data services.

EU justice commissioner on Prism: EU citizens' rights are not negotiable

Jennifer Baker) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:47:00 GMT

Europe’s Justice Commission said Friday that she would not sacrifice European citizens’ rights for United States’ national security.

European and US cloud providers go head-to-head after NSA revelations

Mikael Ricknäs) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:19:00 GMT

European cloud providers think the U.S. spy scandal will result in more enterprises choosing local alternatives over the likes of Amazon Web Services and Rackspace, which, on the other hand, are adamant that they aren't taking part in programs such as Prism.

David Cameron announces £1m prize for solving world's biggest problem

Sophie Curtis) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:07:00 GMT

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a £1 million prize for anyone who can “identify and solve the biggest problem of our time”.

Oracle to ship 40 security fixes for Java SE

noreply@idg.co.uk (Chris Kanaracus) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:58:00 GMT

Oracle is set to release a patch set for Java SE that targets 40 security vulnerabilities.

Some foreign-backed US phone companies reportedly excluded from NSA surveillance program

noreply@idg.co.uk (Lucian Constantin) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:00:00 GMT

At least two U.S. mobile operators, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless, reportedly do not participate directly in the U.S. National Security Agency's call metadata collection program because of their partial ownership by foreign telecommunication companies.

David Willetts: UK could be 'world leader' in 5G

Sophie Curtis) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:54:00 GMT

Universities and Science Minister David Willetts has suggested that the UK could regain its lead in mobile telephony with the development of new 5G technologies.

Local developer aims to bring mobile apps to Myanmar

noreply@idg.co.uk (Michael Kan) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:46:00 GMT

How do you build a blockbuster app in Myanmar, one of Asia's poorest countries? You go and ask a fortune teller for help, according to 25-year-old Htoo Myint Naung, a local developer.

Microsoft Office 365 lands in US iPhone App Store

noreply@idg.co.uk (Loek Essers) — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:04:00 GMT

Microsoft released a version of its office suite for iPhones in the U.S. that is only available for Office 365 subscribers.