News tagged with software company

Nicira promises virtual networks will transform networking

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the past four years, founders of the start-up company Nicira have been developing cutting-edge software that they predict will transform the networking technology underlying the Internet. ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Nortel was penetrated by hackers for decade: report

Bankrupt Canadian telecom company Nortel was penetrated for at least a decade by hackers believed to have been operating from China, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 9

Bitdefender researchers find evidence of viruses infecting worms creating new form of malware

(PhysOrg.com) -- Romania based antivirus software company Softwin, makers of Bitdefender, have announced that they have found multiple instances of computers being infected with worms that have been infected ...

Technology / Software

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Departed Google exec rues Larry Page regime

A former Google executive went public on Tuesday with a lament that the Internet star has become obsessed with advertising and seizing the online social networking crown from Facebook.

Technology / Business

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Half of world's PCs use pirated software: report

Almost half of personal computer users around the world get their software illegally, with China's massive market the worst culprit, a report claimed Wednesday.

Technology / Software

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 8

LED startup Switch Lighting hopes to light the way in Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley is known for computer chips, software companies and social networks - but not light bulbs.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Facebook makes privacy pledge in FTC settlement

Government regulators are sharing some alarming information about Facebook: They believe the online social network has often misled its more than 800 million users about the sanctity of their personal information.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

ICANN offers refunds to domain name applicants

(AP) -- The organization behind a major expansion of Internet address suffixes is offering full refunds to companies and organizations affected by a weeks-long delay in taking proposals.

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google-Motorola deal highlights patent arms race

(AP) -- When an Internet company plunks down $12.5 billion to buy a struggling cellphone company for its collection of patents, it's another sign that, for the high-tech industry, patents have become a mallet ...

Technology / Business

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

FBI contacted phone monitoring firm about software

A senior executive at a technology company that makes monitoring software secretly installed on 141 million cellphones said Thursday that the FBI approached the company about using its technology but was reb ...

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 7

Facebook 'App Economy' creates 182,000 US jobs: study

The ecosystem of applications built for Facebook has created at least 182,000 jobs and contributes billions of dollars in wages and benefits to the US economy, according to a study published Monday.

Technology / Business

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Utah company wraps up $1B case against Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. purposely duped a Utah company into believing its writing application would be included in the Windows 95 rollout, then pulled the plug so Microsoft could gain market share with its own product, ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Court says Microsoft must pay in patent case

(AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Microsoft Corp. must pay a $290 million judgment awarded to a small Toronto software company for infringing on one of its patents inside its popular Microsoft Word program.

Technology / Business

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

NJ court: No shield law for message board posters (Update)

(AP) -- People who post to online message boards don't have the same protections as mainstream journalists when it comes to keeping their sources secret, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Apple's squeeze hits phone companies, competitors

(AP) -- Apple is set to report another record quarterly profit on Tuesday, continuing the relentless string of results that's made it the world's most valuable company. Those profits don't come out of thin air: A range of ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1