Dairy Queen said Thursday the “Backoff” point-of-sale malware infected systems at 395 of its stores, stealing payment card data. The company, which has 4,500 independently owned franchises in the U.S., said in a statement it believes the “malware has been contained.” Most of the stores, including one Orange Julius location, …
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recommends that not asking for a pay raise is "good karma" for women, leading bosses to trust them and give them more responsibility. read more
One hundred and forty characters weren’t enough space for Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to backpedal from comments he made at a women-in-computing conference today, so he took to his firm’s website. “Toward the end of the interview, Maria asked me what advice I would offer women who are not comfortable …
A Russian man accused of hacking point-of-sale systems in the U.S. is facing additional charges following a revised indictment returned by a grand jury on Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice said. read more
A Russian man accused of hacking point-of-sale systems in the U.S. is facing additional charges following a revised indictment returned by a grand jury on Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Roman Valeryevich Seleznev was arrested at an airport in the Maldives in July by U.S. Secret Service agents …
Uber aims to give people an easy way to hail a ride from their smartphones, but its surge pricing is wreaking havoc on at least some customers. read more
Dell is cranking up laptop performance with an overclocked 4.4GHz Intel Core i7 chip in its new Alienware 18 laptop, which is targeted at gamers. read more
Hewlett-Packard's plan to slice itself in two is being well-received by a cross-section of customers, though questions linger around PC and printer services and support. read more
Hewlett-Packard’s plan to slice itself in two is being well-received by a cross-section of customers, though questions linger around PC and printer services and support. Confidence is especially high in HP’s enterprise business, and corporate users say they will stick with servers, storage and networking hardware from that side of …
Security vendor Symantec is splitting into two companies, with one focused on security and the other on information management. read more
Microsoft today promised that it’s committed to the Surface Pro is-it-a-tablet-no-it’s-a-notebook line, saying “We are here to stay.” The company also launched a limited-time offer that discounts a Surface Pro 3 by up to $150 if purchased with both a keyboard and a docking station, which cost a total of …
Mars robotic rovers and orbiters are set to have a front row seat for a comet that will be flying past the Red Planet so close it will be less than one-tenth the distance of any known comet flyby of Earth. NASA scientists are just trying to make sure it’s …
Компания Apple, по сообщениям сетевых источников, получила патент на «цифровое периодическое издание». По сути, речь идёт об электронной газете с обновляемым контентом. …
Amazon.com, the largest online retailer in the world, is looking to open its first brick-and-mortar store — in New York City — just in time for the holiday shopping season. The company, which is reportedly opening the store on Manhattan’s busy 34th Street, is looking to experiment with a retail …
A survey of 100 top manufacturers revealed that two-thirds are using 3D printing, some for rapid prototyping and others for production or custom parts. The majority of the companies, however, are still experimenting with the technology to determine how they can apply it to their production processes. Only one-third of …
Sony and Verizon Wireless have developed a new smartphone, the Xperia Z3V, which will be sold in the U.S. starting later this month. The smartphone is a variant of the Xperia Z3, which was announced at the IFA trade show in Berlin last month. The smartphone will be sold for …
Первый руководитель службы новостей Twitter Вивиан Шиллер объявила о своем уходе после года работы в компании. Об этом она сообщила в своем Twitter-аккаунте. …
Microsoft today said it will release nine security updates next week, twice the number of last month, with fixes slated for Internet Explorer (IE), Windows, SharePoint Server and Web app developer tools. Three of the nine were rated “critical,” Microsoft’s most serious threat ranking. Five others were tagged “important,” the …
Teenage users have been drifting away from Facebook for the last few years, but now it seems they’re in a mad rush to get off the world’s largest social network. A study by investment bank Piper Jaffray (download PDF) about teen behavior on everything from online shopping to social media …
Данные клиентов финучреждения якобы не были скомпрометированы. …
Хакеры стремятся получить исходные коды продуктов компании для обнаружения и эксплуатации уязвимостей. …
Nokia опубликовала приложение HERE Beta в магазине Samsung Galaxy Apps. Установить его можно только на смартфоны корейской компании. …
Технологический гигант Hewlett-Packard на днях объявил о разделении на две отдельные компании, одна из которых — HP Inc. -будет выпускать ПК и принтеры, а другая — Hewlett-Packard Enterprise — заниматься корпоративными вычислительными решениями: серверами, системами хранения, сервисами и ПО, облачными решениями. …
Китайская компания UMi выпустила смартфон Zero на базе Android 4.4 KitKat — недорогой, но привлекательный как внешне, так и по техническим характеристикам. …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced publication of a Risk Alert and FAQs to remind broker-dealers of their obligations when they engage in unregistered transactions on behalf of their customers. The publication of the staff guidance was accompanied by the announcement of an enforcement action against two firms for …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an enforcement action against current and former brokerage subsidiaries of E*TRADE Financial Corporation that failed in their gatekeeper roles and improperly engaged in unregistered sales of microcap stocks on behalf of their customers. An SEC investigation found that E*TRADE Securities and E*TRADE Capital …