IT news
Apple working on phone with tamper-proof security
25 Feb 2016
Amid the standoff between Apple and US law enforcement agencies over the decryption of an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, the firm is working on phones that Apple itself cannot unlock
Apple to fight US decryption order tooth and nail
19 Feb 2016
Apple and the Obama administration are on track for a major collision over computer security and encryption after a federal magistrate’s order on Tuesday requiring Apple to provide specific software and technical assistance to investigators of the San Bernardino shooting
Limit to smallness spells obit for Moore’s law
16 Feb 2016
Moore’s Law predicates that computer chips will keep getting smaller at a steady rate – but now they cannot be shrunk much further before the physics fails, and new chip advances will be app-based rather than following the ‘smaller is better’ dictum
Apple to open Rs150-cr tech centre in Hyderabad
15 Feb 2016
Women better than men at writing computer code
15 Feb 2016
Researchers have found that computer code written by women has a higher approval rating than that written by men - but only if their gender is not identifiable, indicating that a 'glass ceiling' still exists for women
Wipro acquires US firm HealthPlan Services for $460 mn
12 Feb 2016
In its second-largest acquisition, Wipro has acquired US-based HealthPlan Services from private equity firm Water Street Healthcare Partners
Identity theft accounts for 73% of frauds in India
11 Feb 2016
In India, identity theft accounted for 77 per cent of the fraud cases in the first quarter of 2015