Heartland Payment Systems figured it was in pretty good shape when it took out a $30 million cyber insurance policy. Unfortunately, the credit card transaction processor was the victim of a massive data breach in early 2009 that resulted in losses estimated at $145 million. The insurance company did pay Heartland the $30 million, but the company was on the hook for the remaining $115 million.

Microsoft fools analysts and reports better-than-expected quarterly revenue.

Shane Robison, who directs the company's research efforts, is retiring Nov. 1.

The judge cancelled the Oct. 31 start of the jury trial and has yet to set a new trial date.

Speaking at a conference, the Microsoft CEO also expressed satisfaction with the progress of the Bing search engine.

IBM's growth slows in major markets, though the company remains enthused on emerging markets.

Australian datacentre hardware market is expected to reach $1.83 billion this year.

But the PC market expands more slowly than expected.

The company also topped Wall Street expectations.

The Apple leader's influence on technology is clear; but he also altered forever our expectations about when and where we use our gadgets.

Patent licensing company Intellectual Ventures is accusing the handset maker of infringing six patents.

Even so, the tablet is expected to be profitable by promoting sales of other goods.

Too many simply deploy me-too tactics, argues Ian Fogg.

T-Mobile said a preliminary injunction on sale of Samsung products in the U.S. will affect its holiday sales.

Amazon has created a new browser for the Kindle Fire tablet, one with a cloud-based architecture.

A szerzői jogok védelmét biztosítani hivatott, sokat vitatott megállapodást egy Tokióban megrendezett ceremónia keretében fogják hitelesíteni a résztvevő országok képviselői.

Egyre jobban terjed az átkattintás alapú internetes hirdetésárazási modell, ami azonban káros lehet az iparág egészére nézve. Erről és az IAB előtt álló feladatokról, illetve az online média aktuális kihívásairól beszélgettünk Somogyi Endrével, az online marketing nemzetközi szabványosítási kérdéseivel és a piac élénkítésével foglalkozó szervezet, az Interactive Advertising Bureau magyarországi ügyvezetőjével, egyben az IAB Europe elnökségi tagjával.

The Lufthansa Systems Hungária is looking for a Test Manager to strengthen our team in Budapest. In this project You will have the possibility to work on widely accepted and used excellent stand alone solutions for airline operations on the business areas.

Lest we forget that Microsoft still insists Linux violates 235 of its patents, Microsoft issued a reminder today. It announced a patent licensing deal with Casio Computer Co. Ltd. that "among other things, will provide Casio's customers with patent coverage for their use of Linux in certain Casio devices," Microsoft says.

HP has started laying off workers associated with last year's billion-dollar acquisition of Palm, as it closes down the mobile device business it planned to base on Palm's webOS. The news comes almost exactly a month after HP announced a sweeping reorganization and refocusing of its business.