Ad network compromise led to rogue page redirects on Reuters site
Users who accessed some stories on the Reuters website Sunday were redirected to a message from hackers criticizing the news agency's coverage of Syria.
Users who accessed some stories on the Reuters website Sunday were redirected to a message from hackers criticizing the news agency's coverage of Syria.
The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), a group of hackers who have made a habit of hijacking high-profile domain names, managed to change the domain registration information for Facebook.com, but failed to redirect the domain to a different server.
Venture capitalists poured more money into Internet companies last year than they have since the dot-com bust, according to a survey published Friday.
Oracle is doubling down on "big data" with a number of new products and enhancements to existing ones, in hopes that customers looking to analyze massive amounts of information for business insights will in turn invest further in Oracle.
Thomson Reuters chief executive Tom Glocer is set to step down, a month after he <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/applications/3316483/thomson-reuters-regrets-speed-of-billion-dollar-eikon-desktop-switchover/">expressed serious regret for the fast pace of the company's troubled billion dollar market desktop switchover</a>.
Thomson Reuters has said it made a mistake with the fast launch speed of a billion dollar desktop product for financial traders, called Eikon.
Adapting security and management for the new generation of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041811-smartphone-malware-history.html">mobile devices</a> -- everything from the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/060309-apple-quiz.html">Apple</a> <a href="https://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2010/120101-iphone-quiz.html">iPhone</a> and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/111910-apple-ipad-resources.html">iPad</a> to Google <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> devices to name a few -- is turning out to be a huge <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2011/053111-andreas.html">corporate challenge</a>.
Xavier Rolet, chief executive at the London Stock Exchange, has hailed the "successful" migration of its technology to the <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/open-source/3260727/london-stock-exchange-in-historic-linux-go-live/">new Millennium Exchange platform</a>, following several weeks of severe problems.
The London Stock Exchange has called an urgent meeting next week with price data vendors, in an attempt to solve the <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/it-business/3261816/london-stock-exchange-price-data-failures-emerged-immediately-at-millennium-launch/">serious market stock price irregularities</a> appearing on traders' screens since the exchange launched its new trading software.
London Stock Exchange traders are becoming increasingly frustrated at continued data feed problems affecting several large data providers linked to the exchange.
Juniper posted fourth-quarter revenue well beyond Wall Street expectations.