IDG News Service The massive number of Chinese Internet users running no antivirus software increased last year, a survey showed, even though online security risks continued to multiply in the country. The percentage of Internet users in China with no security software was 4.4% last year, a up from 3.9% the previous year, according to [...]

IDG News Service Microsoft is offering financial enticements to customers of on-demand ERP vendor NetSuite to switch over to Microsofts Dynamics family of business applications. NetSuite customers will be credited up to $850 for each user who converts to Dynamics GP, NAV or SL. The promotion is in effect until June 25 and available to [...]

Industry-leading security organisation, the System Administration, Networking, and Security SANS Institute has warned firms to beware of phishing scams and drive-by hacking based around Microsofts latest browser preview release, Internet Explorer 9 IE9. The warning on SANS Internet Storm Centre ISC website, points up the several security implications for the new release. Attackers may start [...]

Its an old story with a familiar ending but for users of Yahoos Messenger instant messaging application the emergence of a new worm that preys on peoples instinct to click before they think is wreaking considerable havoc. This latest socially engineered malware scam first appears as a friendly invite from a contact in a users [...]

Amid reports that Google may announce the closure of its Chinese search site as soon as this week, a group of Chinese Internet users over the weekend published an open letter seeking clarification from Google and Chinese authorities about the companys actions, Chinese censorship laws, and the “black-box” negotiations between the company and the government. [...]

Chinas top internet official has warned that Google will pay the consequences if it continues to go against Chinese law. Google announced in January that it would no longer comply with Chinas internet censorship laws. It warned that it may shut down google. cn because of censorship and a hackingon the portal. Minister of Industry [...]

PC World Twitter may have become a household name, but it remains a mystery to many people. Perhaps even most people. For the next few days, Im going to put on my teachers cap and show you how to set up a Twitter account, how to put that account to good use, and how to [...]

Despite the soaring interest in the latest and greatest mobile phones here in the U. S. the majority of mobile consumers arent actually all that interested in their devices advanced features, like mobile e-commerce or built-in social media functions. Meanwhile, other areas of the world are embracing these technologies far more swiftly. Enterprise Mobile Today [...]

Computerworld An unemployed Frenchman who used the online handle Hacker Croll has been arrested by French police for hijacking President Obamas Twitter account, and that of numerous others, according to news service Agence-France Presse. The arrest, in Frances Puy-de-Dome region, came after a monthslong joint investigation by the FBI and French law enforcement authorities, the [...]

CIO Remember that Hubspot statistic that revealed that almost 56 percent of Twitter accounts are not following anyone? Or the one from Harvard Business Review that stated that 10 percent of active Twitter users are responsible for 90 percent of all the tweets? If you have a Twitter account, the chances are good youve accumulated [...]