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Earlier speculation that Symantec may split into two more narrowly focused companies has now been confirmed. The company announced on Oct. 9 that it will split into two publicly-traded companies, one concentrating on security software and the other focused on data storage and information management. The announcement came only three days after Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg […]

AT&T Mobility is being fined a record $105 million by the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission for illegally adding extra, unauthorized charges on customer cell phone bills and then failing to act promptly to remove the charges when users complained. The fine includes $80 million for direct refunds to customers as well […]

Symantec may soon follow Hewlett-Packard and eBay and choose to split into two companies. Bloomberg News reported that unnamed individuals involved with the matter said that Symantec officials are considering breaking the company in two, with one company focused on security and the other on data storage. This highlights a trend within the tech industry […]

Yahoo admitted this week to being impacted by a security issue, but the Shellshock bug was not the root cause. Yahoo’s Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos explained that Yahoo was not exploited by Shellshock itself, but rather by another bug that just happened to be on the Yahoo system. He added that the company […]

Hewlett-Packard executives confirmed reports on Oct. 6 that the company will split in two by the end of its fiscal year 2015 about 12 months from now, with one company carrying on HP’s PC and printer businesses and the second unit retaining enterprise solutions and services offerings. CEO Meg Whitman and Cathie Lesjak, executive vice […]

Hewlett-Packard executives are considering splitting the tech giant in two, with one company focusing on the PC and printer businesses and the other on enterprise offerings including networking and services, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the plan. HP CEO Meg Whitman would become chairman of the PC and printer business […]

Shellshock, the vulnerability in the Bourne Again Shell, also known as Bash, is now being actively exploited in network-attached storage or NAS devices, according to a new report from FireEye. Bash is widely deployed on Linux operating systems, which are found in a wide variety of embedded devices, including NAS appliances. Currently, FireEye is only […]

Attackers are rushing to exploit the flaws in the Bourne Again Shell, also known as the Bash vulnerability, before companies and software developers have the chance to fully patch exposed applications. Web security firm CloudFlare, for example, has seen 1.5 million attacks each day that exploit the bash vulnerability. Meanwhile cloud security company Incapsula estimates […]

Microsoft announced that it will skip over Windows 9 and jumping straight to Windows 10. Terry Myerson, executive vice president of the company’s Operating Systems group, called this upcoming version of Microsoft’s flagship OS the most enterprise-friendly yet. Windows 10 will feature the long-awaited unified Start Menu and other PC-centric features, first teased during the […]

Lenovo announced that it is set to close a $2.1 billion deal with IBM on Oct. 1 that will make it the third-largest server vendor in the world. In a deal originally announced back in January, Lenovo will purchase IBM’s x86 server business as it looks to grow its Enterprise Business Group toward a goal […]