THE BUSINESS OF TECHNOLOGY
Every day, cyber crime makes headlines. This week, Barnes & Noble announced that PIN keypads in 63 of its stores were hacked, leaking customers card information and PIN numbers. Earlier this month, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned the country of the possibility of a cyber attack comparable to Pearl Harbor, and all but laid the blame of … [Read more...]
Interested in a good scare this Halloween? Look no further than your own computer, mobile or tablet device! … [Read more...]
Amazon and Google can breathe a sigh of relief. Apple unveiled its iPad Mini, a 7.9 miniature version of the iPad, for $329, a bit more expensive than the $250 analysts had expected. About 65 percent of the cost of a full size iPad, the new iPad is well above mini tablet competitors such as Amazon Kindle Fire and Google Inc's Nexus 7, priced … [Read more...]
by MATT GALLAGHER, Red Herring Everyone has that little voice inside them that wonders in the middle of the night whether or not the front door is locked. Do you get up to check or stay in bed as the worries seep into bad dreams? When it comes to SSH keys, however, most companies don't even realize that up to 10,000 unlocked back doors may be … [Read more...]
It's no longer just Sony, your LinkedIn account, or Yahoo email address that needs to be concerned about cyber crime. After announcing that certain attacks on US banks and Middle Eastern oil companies were perpetuated by a nation state, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned of the possibility of a “cyber-Pearl Harbor that would cause physical … [Read more...]
At the ad conference IAB MIXX this week, Facebook laid out its argument to advertisers, based on a recent study it conducted with Datalogix: Clicks are meaningless. The value of online advertising comes from the impression a brand makes, not whether somebody chose to interact with it online. The social network compared Internet ads to television … [Read more...]
by MATT GALLAGHER, Red Herring California became the third state to legalize self driving cars, thanks to a special visit to Google's Mountainview headquarters by Governor Jerry Brown, who signed the legislation after taking a “test drive” in a Google driverless vehicle, according to Tecca. Though Google has had robot cars on California … [Read more...]
In the wake of failed anti-piracy bills, a number of competing tech titans including Facebook, Google, Amazon and Yahoo have teamed up to buy their own lobbying group to ensure that geeks have a voice in the next efforts to legislate the Internet, according to a recent report from the Washington Post. The Internet Association will be headed by … [Read more...]
The Red Herring editorial team selected the 2012 Top 100 Asia. They are the most innovative and promising companies from a pool of hundreds from across Asia. The Top 100 Winners are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, IP creation, CAGR, execution of … [Read more...]
The list is up. Come visit us in Hong Kong on September 10-12 and enjoy presentations from the 2012 Top 100 Asia contenders. … [Read more...]