Forrester: PaaS makes developers happy

Although the platform as a service (PaaS) market is smaller than both IaaS and SaaS segments of the cloud computing industry, research firm Forrester says this technology could be one of the most important cloud-based services for businesses moving forward. [...]

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Source code for Carberp financial malware is up for sale at a very low price, researchers say

The source code for the Carberp banking Trojan program is being offered for sale on the underground market at a very affordable price, which could result in additional Carberp-based financial malware being developed in the future, according to researchers from Russian cybercrime investigations firm Group-IB. [...]

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AMD reboots server strategy with first ARM chips

Advanced Micro Devices is building its future server strategy around chips used in smartphones and tablets. The company said its first ARM server processors — which will be released in the second half of next year — will be faster and more powerful than its existing low-power x86 server processors. [...]

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EU institutions' sites move toward compliance on cookie-tracking laws

Europe’s top law-making body is working to bring its websites into line with the cookie tracking laws it enforces on other entities. [...]

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Venture firm Accel makes another huge Big Data bet

Accel Partners Tuesday announced a $100 million fund to back software companies exploiting the technology foundation built by the first wave of Big Data start-ups. [...]

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Cloud SCM vendor iTradeNetwork being sold for $525 million
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Huawei's Ascend P6 smartphone has 5-megapixel front camera to watch you with

Huawei Technologies' much-leaked Ascend P6 smartphone is the world's thinnest at 6.18 millimeters, and has the highest-resolution front-facing camera at 5 megapixels, the company claimed at the phone's London launch. [...]

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Google Glass privacy concerns raised by international data protection authorities

The Canadian privacy commissioner and 36 other data protection authorities on Tuesday raised privacy concerns about Google Glass in an open letter to CEO Larry Page. [...]

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HP shakes up management team of PC division

Hewlett-Packard has shuffled the management of its PC division as it tries to sharpen its focus on growth markets. [...]

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Swedish court OKs Pirate Bay co-founder Svartholm Warg's extradition to Denmark

The Swedish Nacka District Court has ruled that Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg may be extradited to Denmark to face hacking charges, the court confirmed Tuesday. [...]

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Why Cloud Computing Offers Affordability and Agility

Remember those 'Tastes great! Less filling!' beer ads? Many debate cloud computing in a similar manner, saying the cloud's great because it's either agile or inexpensive. As it turns out, cloud computing's affordability and agility aren't mutually exclusive–and that's good news for enterprise IT. [...]

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