computerwoche.de

Archiv

RSA, Cebit get the IT focus

05.03.2010
Two major events -- the RSA Conference and the annual Cebit extravaganza -- dominated the IT headlines this week. In other news, all eyes were on Chile as the after-effects and aftershocks continued following a devastating 8.8 earthquake last Saturday. Taiwan also was hit by a major temblor, and given the prevalence of technology companies based there, the effects are rippling into IT.

1. , and : Cloud-computing security and cyber warfare were chief issues at the RSA Conference, where a top U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation official said that the agency has embedded agents with law enforcement agencies in other nations, including Ukraine and Estonia, in an effort to fight cybercrime.

2. and : The annual Cebit trade show took over Hannover, Germany, this week.

3. , , and : The 6.2 magnitude earthquake that struck southern Taiwan early Thursday could affect chip and LCD prices, analysts said. Meanwhile, restoring communications has been a top priority in Chile after the enormous earthquake there, which set off tsunami warnings across the Pacific Ocean.

4. , , and : Apple filed a patent infringement lawsuit in U.S. federal court and with the U.S. International Trade Commission against HTC, which makes phones that run Google's Android OS. HTC countered that it uses its own technology, not Apple's, and Google backed HTC in the dispute.

5. : Relatively unsophisticated hackers using outdated botnet tools were behind the cyberattacks on Google, according to a security firm.