HP offering data-breach response and remediation services

HP today announced data-breach remediation services intended to help organizations prepare for an incident related to data loss that would require fast response to meet both legal and digital forensics requirements. "It's not if, it's when a breach occurs," said Andrzej Kawalec, global chief technology officer at HP Enterprise Security. [ Symantec CEO on reorg: "Our system is just broken" ] HP's services from...

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IBM to beef up content management, analytics in Connections enterprise social product

IBM will launch before midyear several new and improved collaboration and communication products, including a new suite for human resources tasks and a major upgrade of its Connections enterprise social networking product. The company, which will unveil the products at its Connect 2013 conference in Orlando on Monday, will also announce improvements to its enterprise social suite for marketers. The upgrade to its IBM Connections...

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WhatsApp could face prosecution on poor privacy

A yearlong investigation by government privacy watchdogs in Canada and the Netherlands identified major weaknesses in the way the WhatsApp cellphone messaging application handled the personal information of its users. Many of the problems have since been fixed, but Dutch authorities have yet to decide whether they will attempt to prosecute WhatsApp under Dutch privacy law, the two organizations said in a joint statement on...

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Apple makes good on CEO's promise to expand iPhone 5's 4G carriers

iOS 6.1 patches more than two-dozen security vulnerabilities and adds three-dozen LTE carriers to the supported list for the iPhone 5. Apple today released iOS 6.1, the first major update for the mobile operating system since its September 2012 launch, patching 27 security vulnerabilities and adding three dozen LTE carriers to the iPhone 5's support list. At the top of Apple's list of improvements was an expansion of the LTE...

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Winzip 17 adds integration with Box cloud storage

Winzip has been a household name in file compression for two decades. WinZip 17 takes file compression and management to the cloud with Google Drive, SkyDrive, and Dropbox integration--and now a new update is available that adds Box to the mix. WinZip was a pioneer of the freemium software business model--basically providing the software for free, and relying on the moral compass of customers to pay for...

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Yahoo's Marissa Mayer looks to new products, mobile to restore company growth

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has identified new products and mobile investments as among several strategies aimed at keeping the company relevant as it tries to compete against the likes of Google and Facebook. On Monday, Mayer highlighted recently revamped hiring protocols and product launches, such as its redesigned Flickr iOS app and Yahoo Mail, as positive steps for the company, though she stressed that "there's a lot...

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