News and highlights from the world of IT
We’ve seen a number of budget Windows 8 laptops with last-generation Intel Sandy Bridge processors. This is not necessarily a bad thing, as Sandy Bridge chips are still competent and in our experience Windows 8 runs even more smoothly than Windows 7. The Lenovo G580 has an Intel Core i3-2328M processor running at 2.2GHz, and … Read more
As traditional perimeters disappear, organisations need to adopt new measures to ensure data and devices are safe in the cloud. One observation about those clouds – they were constantly morphing. They had no fixed edge as they billowed and blew across the sky. That lack of an edge that clearly defines the cloud environment your organisation may … Read more
Java was the most targeted development platform for exploit attacks during the first half of the year, and attacks have increasingly shifted to zero-day vulnerabilities, according to F-Secure’s new threat report. “Of the top five most targeted vulnerabilities, four are found in the Java development, either the Runtime Environment (JRE) or the browser plug-in,” according … Read more
LG has announced it is to start mass-production of what it calls the “world’s first flexible OLED [organic light-emitting diode] panel for smartphones”. The South Korean firm said it hoped to start selling the first handsets to feature the tech next year. The news comes weeks after Samsung made a similar announcement. Samsung said it … Read more
There are countless debates between the pro-IPTV gurus and the uber-OTT crowds. Which viewer experience will win? How quickly? How much money is at stake? And who will be the biggest loser? OSP® magazine went looking for a definitive answer and found less than definitive information. For those not intimately familiar with the landscape, here … Read more
