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RIM Fined $147M in Milestone Patent Infringement Case, Could Affect All Smartphones

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 16, 2012

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion has been asked by the court to pay $147 million in damages to Mformation Technologies for patent infringement. In 2008, Mformation sued RIM for allegedly infringing two of their…

Safe Skouting Kids: Flirting App Overhauls Security for Teens

By Mike Wheatley Jul 16, 2012

The popular flirting app Skout has welcomed back teens to its mobile social network, after having barred them for almost one month following three high profile rape cases in which teenage users were abused…

Yahoo! Mail App Used in Android “Botnet” Spam E-mails

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 16, 2012

A Microsoft engineer, Terry Zink, recently stated in a blog post that there’s a possibility that an Android botnet truly is in existence, evidenced by spam e-mails coming from different countries with a “Sent…

Dell, Internet2 Reaches Milestone in Networking Project

By Maria Deutscher Jul 16, 2012

Internet2 is a joint venture between about two dozen universities in the US that was started in the 90s’ with the goal of delivering the academia a better IP network. It raised about $100…

Future Big Data: Troubling Changes for Big Business

By Mike Wheatley Jul 16, 2012

Big data is set to pose some seriously big challenges for businesses in the next few years, as the issue of storing all of this information comes to the fore. So massive is the…

Microsft-NBC Divorce: A 16 Year History

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 16, 2012

After 16 years of marriage, Microsoft Corp. and NBC are divorcing. Comcast, the parent company of NBC, has acquired Microsoft’s stake in MSNBC.com and the website will now be known as NBCNews.com. Users of…

Monday Mobile Roundup: AT&T Halves Nokia Lumia Price

By Mellisa Tolentino Jul 16, 2012

Today’s mobile news roundup features Nokia Lumia’s price drop, Fujifilm suing Motorola over a patent infringement, smartphones being used to diagnose ear infections, Korea’s battlefield apps, and more. AT&T drops Lumia price AT&T halved…

Former EMC Employee Steals $220,000

By Harmony Tapper Jul 15, 2012

EMC, which has been flying high since the wild success of their annual conference in Las Vegas experienced some misfortunes this week when a former employee was charged with theft totaling $220,000. Madeline Vinton…

This Week in Big Data: VCs, Cloud All Over the Place

By Maria Deutscher Jul 15, 2012

This past week featured a big push into the cloud by Kognitio, new from Fujitsu and Datameer and a couple of funding rounds. We can start with those. Clustrix offers database appliances that run…

Cyberthreat Weekly: A $75 Million Cyber Bank Job, Anonymous Mars Japanese Websites, and Spammers Aim for London Olympics 2012

By Kristina Farrah Jul 14, 2012

Looking at the cybersecurity goings-on last week, it’s safe to assume that hacking is taken to new heights. Cybersecurity is not just an issue of stealing personal information and defacing websites, it can cause…

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RIM Fined $147M in Milestone Patent Infringement Case, Could Affect All Smartphones

Yahoo! Mail App Used in Android “Botnet” Spam E-mails

Dell, Internet2 Reaches Milestone in Networking Project

Microsft-NBC Divorce: A 16 Year History

Monday Mobile Roundup: AT&T Halves Nokia Lumia Price

Former EMC Employee Steals $220,000

This Week in Big Data: VCs, Cloud All Over the Place

Cyberthreat Weekly: A $75 Million Cyber Bank Job, Anonymous Mars Japanese Websites, and Spammers Aim for London Olympics 2012

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