Cyber-spying malware Grabit uncovered

Kaspersky Lab has discovered a new business-oriented cyber-spying campaign called Grabit that was able to steal about 10 000 files from small/medium-sized organisations based mostly in Thailand, India and the US. The list of target sectors includes chemicals,...

Light beams show the future of chip design

Researchers from Stanford University have come up with a way of using light to power computer chips. Using new computer algorithms, they have designed a prism that beams light across silicon channels within a chip. This technique would overcome the major problem...

New form factors slow tablet growth

Worldwide shipments of tablets and 2-in-1 devices are forecast to reach 221,8-million units in 2015, a decline of -3,8% from 2014, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker.  The new outlook follows two consecutive...

FIFA sponsors to lose $100bn brand value

Visa, McDonalds, Coca-Cola, Hyundai, Budweiser and Adidas are among the major companies that have set out to build their brands through association with international football, the World Cup and the now embattled organisation that oversees it, FIFA. For a fee now in...

Robust growth for global server sales

Factory revenue in the worldwide server market increased 17,2% year-over-year to $12,8-billion in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15), the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth. This quarter revenue grew in all form factors, including rack-optimised, blade,...

Jolla to build Sailfish ecosystem for Africa

Jolla, the Finnish mobile company and developer of open mobile operating system Sailfish OS, is set to build a Sailfish OS ecosystem in Africa, starting in South Africa. Continuing last week’s announcement of developing a Sailfish OS based mobile ecosystem to Russia,...