Cynthia Harvey

A new Congressional report is shedding light on the level of cyberattacks faced by U.S. electric utilities. In a survey, many power companies said that such attacks occurred daily or constantly. InfoWorld’s Jeremy Kirk reported, “A survey of U.S. utilities shows many are facing frequent cyber attacks that could threaten a highly interdependent power grid […]

Back in 2010, Google revealed it had been the target of a large-scale attack by hackers within China. At the time, Google said the cyberattack was after information about human rights activists. But now, anonymous sources are saying the hackers were really after information about Chinese spies who were under surveillance by the U.S. government. […]

Amazon Web Services has announced that it has received certification from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). That makes it much easier for federal agencies to use the company’s cloud computing services. The Washington Post’s Hayley Tsukayama reported, “Amazon announced Monday that its Amazon Web Services cloud can now be used for government […]

On Tuesday, Apple CEO Tim Cook appeared before the U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to defend his company’s tax strategy. Lawmakers criticized Apple’s practice of using subsidiaries based in other countries in order to avoid some U.S. taxes. The Wall Street Journal’s Danny Yadron, Kate Linebaugh and Jessica E. Lessin reported, “Apple Inc. turned […]

The American Customer Satisfaction Index has released the results of its annual survey, and several tech firms got bad news. Apple and Microsoft saw their index scores drop, and U.S. Internet service providers got the lowest ratings of any industry in the country. Bloomberg BusinessWeek’s Scott Moritz reported, “Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone lost ground to […]

Google has announced it is shutting down its Checkout payment processing service. The PayPal competitor will be operational through November 20. Mashable’s Stan Shroeder reported, “Google will retire its payment processing service, Google Checkout, on November 20, 2013, as part of a transition to its multi-platform payment system — Google Wallet. Checkout was launched in […]

Security vendor Mandiant says that the Chinese Army is back at its work hacking U.S. organizations. China had reportedly scaled back its attacks for about three months after reports of its activities surfaced. David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth with The New York Times reported, “Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China’s […]

A new report from market research firm Gartner says that CFOs believe business intelligence and analytics solutions should be enterprises’ top software priorities for 2013. The firm says that these types of applications will help organizations improve their business processes that need upgrading. CRN’s Hannah Breeze reported, “Some 79 percent of business processes which need […]

Samsung executives say they are on track to sell more than 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones by this week. That would make the S4 the company’s fastest selling device ever. Kim Yoo-chul with The Korea Times reported, “Samsung Electronics said Thursday it expects its latest flagship handset, the Galaxy S4, to surpass the 10 million […]

A new survey conducted by consulting firm Avanade found a disconnect between perception and reality when it comes to enterprise social collaboration software. Most of those surveyed said they used enterprise social collaboration software at work, but when asked which platforms they use, most cited Facebook and Twitter rather than software platforms designed for enterprise […]