| ITworld Today | | | | Take a closer look at Apple's mega-tablet, the iPad Pro with the Smart Keyboard and Pencil. READ MORE | | | Issue highlights 1. Lawsuit against Microsoft over employee no-poach deals dismissed 2. This gizmo knows your Amex card number before you've received it 3. Microsoft's November Windows 10 screwed up some users' privacy settings 4. It's cloud soon gone, HP aligns with Microsoft Azure 5. Hilton says malware targeted its credit card system | | WHITE PAPER: Birst The need to increase flexibility and agility, along with the challenges of analyzing huge amounts of data for patterns and meaning, is outpacing the capabilities of traditional business intelligence platforms. Learn More | | A lawsuit against Microsoft that charged it with entering into restrictive hiring agreements with other companies has been dismissed by a court in California, with the judge declaring that the employees had waited too long to file the suit.The lawsuit followed up on a class-action suit filed by hi-tech employees against Intel, Google, Apple, Intuit, Lucasfilm, Pixar and Adobe Systems, which charged these companies with engaging in an “overarching conspiracy” to fix and suppress employee compensation and to restrict employee mobility by introducing measures such as "do-not-cold-call" lists.Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California approved in September a US$415 million settlement between the tech workers and Intel, Google, Apple and Adobe. Intuit, Lucasfilm and Pixar had earlier settled with the workers.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | | A device built by legendary hacker Samy Kamkar calls into question the security of payment cards as the U.S. continues to grapples with card fraud. Kamkar's device, nicknamed MagSpoof, is about the size of a U.S. quarter, and it's safe to say it would be a fraudster's dream. MagSpoof can predict what a new American Express card number will be based on a canceled card's number. The new expiration date can also be predicted based on when the replacement card was requested. It can also trick point-of-sale readers into accepting payment from cards that are supposed to have a microchip with advanced cryptographic capabilities designed to deter fraud, a system known as chip-and-PIN, but do not.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | | WEBCAST: VMware Business Mobility has widespread implications for how applications are built, how laptops are managed, and how industries transform core business processes. Discover how AirWatch solutions will shape the future of business mobility. Learn more. | | People who updated to the latest Windows 10 update may want to double-check their settings. Microsoft revealed Tuesday that it took the previous update (which was released on November 12) down from the Internet the day before because of a problem that reset some users' privacy settings when installed. The bug reset settings on affected devices to make it easier for advertisers to track users across applications, and allow devices to share users' information with wireless gizmos like bluetooth beacons that don't explicitly pair with a PC, tablet or phone. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | | Hewlett-Packard Enterprise has partnered with Microsoft to offer its Azure cloud services to customers, filling a gap when HPE closes its own public cloud early next year.Microsoft will be a "preferred" public cloud partner to HPE, and HPE will become a "preferred provider" of Microsoft Azure services, CEO Meg Whitman said on HP's quarterly earnings call Tuesday. She didn't provide details but said they'll be forthcoming at HPE's Discover conference in London next month.It's no surprise to see HPE cut its first cloud deal with Microsoft rather than Amazon or Google. The companies work closely in servers and PCs, and they're both trying to sell customers a mix of on-premises and cloud products.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | | Hilton Worldwide says it has identified and removed malware that targeted card payment systems at some of its hotels over a 17 week period from late 2014 to mid 2015. The malware collected cardholder names, payment card numbers, security codes and expiration dates, the company said in a statement. The hotel chain is advising its customers to check their payment card statements for any unauthorized activity. "As a precautionary measure, customers may wish to review and monitor their payment card statements if they used a payment card at a Hilton Worldwide hotel over a seventeen-week period, from Nov. 18 to Dec. 5, 2014 or April 21 to July 27, 2015," the company said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE | | : Lookout Mobile Security In this eGuide, Computerworld UK, CSO, and IDG News Service examine some of the recent trends in mobile threats as well as ways to protect against them. Read on to learn how mobile security measures can help protect your organization. Learn more. | | | | | | | |
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