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• 10 May 2013

• News: Survey: Risk to organisational data an ongoing cloud security concern

  While companies have become more comfortable with the security of third-party cloud service providers, data security--particularly at the end user level--as well as concerns over meeting compliance requirements, remain top-of-mind among cloud adopters. This is the conclusion of a cloud security survey commissioned by NetIQ.

• News: What's old is new again: Spammers revived old schemes in March quarter

  Volumes remain steady as junkmeisters return to old spam scams

• News: eBay bids on big data challenge

  Trying to make sense of the estimated 100 terabytes of new data received every day led eBay to start using big data platforms.

• News: Icahn, Southeastern make alternative bid for Dell

  Investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have made a counter-offer for Dell that would keep the computer company still publicly traded, according to reports.

• News: Reports: Icahn, Southeastern make alternative bid for Dell

  Investor Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management have made a counter-offer for Dell that would keep the computer company still publicly traded, according to reports.

• News: The Onion explains how its Twitter account was hacked

  Hackers who commandeered The Onion's Twitter account used simple but effective phishing attacks to obtain passwords, according to a writeup by the publisher's technology team.

• News: IBM tech powers Culturecom's entertainment venture

  Some of the most popular Hong Kong-created comic characters like Chinese Hero will be enlivened with a tech touch.

• 09 May 2013

• News: Box to revamp document viewing with Crocodoc acquisition

  Box has acquired Crocodoc in a move to significantly improve the way documents are rendered for viewing on its enterprise storage and file sharing service.

• News: Microsoft says Yammer sales are booming

  With the backing of its new parent company, Yammer more than tripled its revenue year on year in the quarter that ended in March.

• News: Intel acquires two software companies

  Intel has acquired two software companies as it continues to build its burgeoning portfolio to include more tools to write and manage programs and interfaces.

• News: eBay employs big data platforms to drive competitive edge

  Trying to make sense of the estimated 100 terabytes of new data received every day to meet changing customer expectations and keep a competitive edge has led eBay to start using big data platforms.

• News: Security practices wanting in virtual machine world, survey finds

  Organizations leaning too heavily on virtualization vendors for protection, BeyondTrust finds

• News: Sainsbury's Bank to outsource entire banking system in £90 million migration project

  Sainsbury’s Bank will outsource its entire retail banking operations to solutions provider FIS, as it moves away from Lloyds Banking Group’s legacy systems to a new banking platform in a £90 million migration project.

• 08 May 2013

• News: Google revamps admin console for Apps and other enterprise products

  Google is rolling out a new IT administration console for its Apps email and collaboration cloud suite and for other enterprise products such as Maps Coordinate and Chrome OS devices.

• News: More data isn't always better, says Nate Silver

  Big data may seem to promise big insights to users, but more isn't always better, cautions statistician Nate Silver, who became one of America's most well-known faces of data analysis after his FiveThirtyEight blog accurately predicted 2012 presidential election results in all 50 states.

• News: Five issues Microsoft must fix in Office Web Apps

  I'm all in with Microsoft. I've got Windows 8 running on my primary work machine, I subscribe to Office 365 Home Premium , and I use almost every online consumer service that the company offers.

• News: Internet back up in Syria after 20-hour outage

  Syria suffered another Internet and mobile communications outage that lasted for about 20 hours. Service was restored earlier today.

• News: Experts wary of Pentagon cybersecurity report fingering China

  Marks first time U.S. has accused China of using cyberweapons to steal intellectual property, and gain a military and economic advantage

• News: Welcome sign for hijackers on 24-7 for 30% of social networkers

  Survey also finds nearly half of netizens need nudge to change passwords

• News: Cloud services need more government action: Ovum

  Government policy-makers need to up their game and work harder in order to create a level playing field for Cloud services adoption, according to global findings from Ovum.

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