Articles by Richard Adhikari

Adobe has reported a vulnerability in several of its applications. The flaw, which Adobe rates as "critical," exists in Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x running on most operating systems It could crash a victim's PC and let hackers take over the machine....

Sprint on Friday launched the HTC Evo 4G smartphone to a chorus of mixed reviews ...

Facebook is responding to yet another "clickjacking" attack, following similar attacks that reportedly impacted thousands over the weekend This particular form of clickjacking baits the hook by purporting to link to a subject Facebook users might find interesting. The latest attack consists of a link that appears to point to a website displaying a ...

Microsoft's come out swinging in defense of Windows security following a Financial Times this week that Google is phasing out in-house use of Redmond's operating system because of security concerns "When it comes to security, even hackers admit we're doing a better job making our products more secure than anyone else," wrote Brandon LeBlanc, who ru...

The winds of change are buffeting businesses like never before. Consumer and workforce demands for Web 2.0 technology, the need to cut costs by going to the cloud, and the continuing need to control general spending in this economy are among the forces currently hammering away at enterprises. That's leading to new ways of approaching IT. For some ...

This story was originally published on May 17, 2010, and is brought to you today as part of our Best of ECT News series. Over the years, Salesforce.com has gradually transformed itself from being a CRM company to a cloud services provider.

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project announced Friday that it has teamed up with semiconductor manufacturer Marvell to offer kids in developing nations a computer for under US$100 ...

The new privacy controls Facebook announced Wednesday were met with criticism the following day from privacy groups that called the new policies inadequate In a conference call on Thursday, representatives of the groups insisted on a Federal Trade Commission investigation of the social networking giant and regulatory oversight....

Facebook on Wednesday announced an overhaul of its privacy controls intended to make them simpler. This follows a barrage of criticism and weeks of pressure from various organizations and groups regarding recent changes the social networking site made to its privacy settings "The number one thing we've heard is that there just needs to be a simpler...

Dell on Tuesday announced that its upcoming Streak mobile device will be available in the United Kingdom in June, and in the U.S. later this summer ...

Seagate Monday began shipping its second-generation hybrid solid state/hard disk drive to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and its sales channels The Seagate Momentus XT is priced much lower than full solid-state drives....

Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md., say they have created the first self-replicating synthetic bacterial cell using man-made DNA The 15-year, US$40 million project consisted of synthesizing more than 1 million base pair chromosomes of a genome....

More capable, feature-rich smartphones are finding their ways into more consumers' pockets, and for TV broadcasters, this means everyone's carrying a potential television set with them everywhere they go. It's an opportunity many are latching onto -- local broadcasters are working to bring mobile digital television to mobile devices. "Nine broadca...

Google on Thursday announced WebM, a royalty-free media file format for online video. With WebM, Google has thrown the gauntlet to H.264, the codec backed by rivals Apple and Microsoft, among others Buried within the new format's FAQ was news about another Google project: Android. The next iteration of the mobile operating system, dubbed "Gingerbre...

European privacy advocates are scaling up their scrutiny on Google regarding its Street View cars' collection of data from unencrypted WiFi networks German prosecutors and the Czech data protection agency have launched separate investigations into the issue; Italy's privacy regulator is looking into whether Google treated the data correctly; and th...

Google has disclosed that devices inside cars it sent to gather street-level images for its Street View service captured information sent over unsecured WiFi networks while driving through city neighborhoods The company has acknowledged that devices in the vehicles capture data in two countries -- Germany and Ireland.

Over the years, Salesforce.com has gradually transformed itself from being a CRM company to a cloud services provider. Along the way, it partnered with leading-edge Web 2.0 companies such as Google and Facebook, and most recently, it teamed up with virtualization giant VMware to offer VMforce, a new platform for application developers.

Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, offers remote connectivity tools to the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market. These include GoToMyPC, which offers remote access; GoToMeeting, an online collaboration tool; GoToTraining, an online training package; and GoToWebinar Most recently, Citrix bought up Paglo and stepped into the managed...

Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, offers remote connectivity tools to the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market. These include GoToMyPC, which offers remote access; GoToMeeting, an online collaboration tool; GoToTraining, an online training package; and GoToWebinar Most recently, Citrix bought up Paglo and stepped into the managed...

Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, offers remote connectivity tools to the small and medium-sized business (SMB) market. These include GoToMyPC, which offers remote access; GoToMeeting, an online collaboration tool; GoToTraining, an online training package; and GoToWebinar Most recently, Citrix bought up Paglo and stepped into the managed...