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Introducing the iKey – Apple’s answer to the humble door key

The computer giant, which manufactures the iPod and iPhone, has plans to replace the traditional door key with a hi-tech alternative. It is developing technology, already being nicknamed the “iKey”, which will mean that rather than carrying around a bunch of keys, people will be able to use a single electronic device to unlock their car,... [Read more of this review]

Microsoft promises lightweight Patch Tuesday

Microsoft will issue two bulletins addressing eight flaws in Windows and Office for this month’s Patch Tuesday. Both bulletins are listed as important – Microsoft’s second highest alert rating – and will address flaws that could allow remote code execution in all supported versions of Office on Windows and Mac OS X, and Windows... [Read more of this review]

Chinese Hack Attacks Said Likely to Recur

Recent Internet attacks from China against Google and other U.S. companies will more than double this year if the pace during the first two months continues, a security expert says. This type of attack has been increasing over the past two years, with F-Secure spotting 1,968 such examples in 2008, 2,195 in 2009 and 895 so far this year, said Mikko Hypponen,... [Read more of this review]

Yahoo, Twitter in deal to share content

In a battle to woo back Web surfers who are spending more time on social networking sites, Internet portal Yahoo has clinched a deal with Twitter to share content across both properties. Yahoo reached a similar agreement with Facebook in December, making it easier for users to share Facebook status updates and other information. Twitter offers millions... [Read more of this review]

Cyber attacks frequent on Asia Pacific enterprises

Three quarters of Asia Pacific enterprises — and two thirds of businesses in Singapore – have experienced cyber attacks in the past 12 months, according to new global research. The 2010 Symantec State of Enterprise Security Study, released today, found that 38 per cent of Asia Pacific enterprises, and 67 per cent in Singapore, rank cyber... [Read more of this review]

Happy 10 billionth downloaded song, iTunes

Apple’s iTunes  Store hit a landmark on Wednesday with the download of its 10 billionth song. A counter on the company’s home page hit the 10 billion mark at 4:43 p.m. ET — approximately 6 years and 10 months since the store first opened in the U.S. Back then it was known as the iTunes Music Store and served just music but it has... [Read more of this review]

Apple topples Microsoft for mobile share

Apple demonstrated its growing clout in the mobile space when it knocked Microsoft off for third place in global smartphone sales last year, according to Gartner’s latest report. Apple’s market share grew by 6.2 percent from 2008, to sell 24 million iPhones for 14.4 percent of the market. Microsoft’s Windows Mobile devices had 8.7... [Read more of this review]

Schools in China Say They Weren’t Behind Hacking

Two prominent schools in China dispute allegations that hacking attacks on Google and other firms originated from them, a report said Saturday. The New York Times reported late Thursday that security investigators traced the hacking to computers at Shanghai Jiaotong University and Lanxiang Vocational School in China. The official Xinhua News Agency... [Read more of this review]

StarCraft II closed Beta goes live

Stating in a press release, Blizzard Entertainment announced today that the closed beta test for its highly anticipated real-time strategy game, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, has begun. “Gathering concentrated feedback from our players is an important step for us as we head into the final stretch of development for StarCraft II and the new Battle.net... [Read more of this review]

Zeus Trojan found on 74,000 PCs in global botnet

More than 74,000 PCs at nearly 2,500 organizations around the globe were compromised over the past year and a half in a botnet infestation designed to steal login credentials to bank sites, social networks, and e-mail systems, a security firm said Wednesday. The systems were infected with the Zeus Trojan and the botnet was dubbed “Kneber”... [Read more of this review]