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McAfee taps Intel for high-throughput intrusion-prevention
McAfee is taking advantage of its new owners by rolling out a high-throughput intrusion-prevention system (IPS) family built on Intel technology.
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Xamarin service aims to simplify mobile app testing
Xamarin has announced Test Cloud, an automated service that lets mobile developers test their apps on hundreds of mobile devices.
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PlusNet trials carrier-grade NAT to delay IPv4 depletion
UK internet service provider PlusNet is looking for volunteers among its customers to test out a new carrier-grade NAT (network address translation) system to cope with the dwindling supply of IPv4 addresses.
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IPv6 can boost mobile performance and battery, proponents say
IPv6, the next version of the Internet Protocol, could make life easier and battery life longer for electronics-addicted consumers.
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Microsoft C# named programming language of 2012
Microsoft's C# has been crowned the number one programming language of the year by the PopularitY of Programming Language (PYPL) index.
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Hackers use videoconferencing cameras to spy on boardroom meetings
Teleconferencing vendors say they're trying to strike the right balance between security and usability after security researchers found they could dial in to the conference lines of major companies and manipulate video cameras to spy on boardrooms.
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Google Chrome update addresses security vulnerability
Google has released an update for Chrome 15 which addresses a high-risk vulnerability. The security issue is the result of an out-of-bounds memory write in the browser's JavaScript engine.
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Researchers ID Skype users who also use BitTorrent
Entertainment companies seeking to trace people who are illegally file sharing may be interested in new research that could identify filesharers through their Skype accounts. A research team has figured out how to link online Skype users to their activity on peer-to-peer networks, a correlation that could represent a major threat to users' privacy.
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Homenet group to set standards for IPv6 in home networking
The Internet Engineering Task Force is considering establishing a working group to smooth some of the impending issues around setting up and maintaining IPv6-based Internet connections into homes.
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Brocade backs combined IPv4 and IPv6 approach against 'extremists'
The looming depletion of Internet addresses has split the networking world into "IPv4 diehards" and "IPv6 purists," but the real needs of businesses lie somewhere in between the views of these extremists, a Brocade Communications Systems executive said this week.
