News tagged with information industry

Malware intelligence system enables organizations to share threat information

As malware threats expand into new domains and increasingly focus on industrial espionage, Georgia Tech researchers are launching a new weapon to help battle the threats: a malware intelligence system that ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Security firm links cyber spy campaign to Chinese hacker

Tokyo-based computer security firm Trend Micro on Friday said it linked a hacker in China to a "cyber espionage" campaign targeting India, Japan, and Tibetans.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

For most Mexicans, the digital age is still out of reach

Israel Vasquez, 12, has no computer or Internet access at home, but he needs both to do his homework.

Technology / Other

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chinese 'Red Pad' tablet reserved for top officials

For the communist cadre who has everything, a shadowy Chinese company is offering a $1,590 tablet computer called the "Red Pad" reserved for the nation's top officials.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

French IT company aspires to be email-free within a year

How many work emails do you get a day? 80? 200? 500? More than 1,000?

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

US bill seeks to improve cyber information-sharing

A bill intended to increase sharing of information about cybersecurity threats between government and the private sector was introduced in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Physicists identify room temperature quantum bits in silicon carbide - widely used semiconductor

A discovery by physicists at UC Santa Barbara may earn silicon carbide -- a semiconductor commonly used by the electronics industry -- a role at the center of a new generation of information technologies designed to exploit ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Disconnect between wireless demand and capacity

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report from the Global Information Industry Center at the University of California, San Diego examines the projected disconnect between U.S. wireless infrastructure capacity and consumer ...

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The art of magnetic writing

Computer files that allow us to watch videos, store pictures, and edit all kinds of media formats are nothing else but streams of "0" and "1" digital data, that is, bits and bytes. Modern computing technology is based on ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

IBM succession chatter heats up near anniversary

(AP) -- As IBM turns 100 this year, the anniversary coincides with another milestone: CEO Sam Palmisano is turning 60, the typical age at which an IBM CEO retires. ...

Technology / Business

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China has over 900 million mobile phone users

China had more than 900 million mobile phone subscribers at the end of April with nearly two-thirds of the world's most populous nation using cellular technology, the government said Tuesday.

Technology / Telecom

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Square Enix customer data leaked after Sony problems

Japanese game developer Square Enix Holdings said email addresses of 25,000 customers as well as resumes of 250 job applicants were leaked after a hacker attack against its European subsidiary.

Technology / Internet

created May 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Giving new meaning to 'smart car'

(PhysOrg.com) -- McMaster and IBM have launched a research project to investigate how the automotive industry can connect a vehicle's multiple microprocessors, which currently work in isolation, to create ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 17, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US residents gorging on data bytes: study

If the data devoured in the United States last year were converted to text there would be enough books to bury the country under a pile seven feet (two meters) deep, according to a study released Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gartner: Tech spending will rebound in 2010

(AP) -- Research group Gartner Inc. says the information technology industry is closing its worst year on record, with worldwide tech spending on track to decline 5.2 percent in 2009.

Technology / Business

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0