Roy Newell, a founder member of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has died less than a month short of his 83rd birthday.
An active and popular member for more than 50 years upon his joining the Institute in 1958, Roy made a sustained contribution at Branch and Council level. Throughout his membership, he also helped forge relationships for BCS with a host of organisations, particularly in areas of education and with wider political communities.
CompTIA and Certification Partners Join Forces to Create New Certification for Convergence Technologies Professionals
New CTP+ certification addresses skills requirements for fast-growing technology segment
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CompTIA, the non-profit trade association for the information technology (IT) industry, announced today it is collaborating with Certification Partners, LLC, owners of the Convergence Technologies Professional (CTP) certification, on a new credential that validates skills and standards-based knowledge in today's convergence technologies.
The new CTP+ certification available Aug. 30 combines elements of the CTP and CompTIA Convergence+ certifications and is designed to address the rapidly changing landscape of new network convergence products and solutions.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 19, 2010 – Intel Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire McAfee, Inc., through the purchase of all of the company’s common stock at $48 per share in cash, for approximately $7.68 billion. Both boards of directors have unanimously approved the deal, which is expected to close after McAfee shareholder approval, regulatory clearances and other customary conditions specified in the agreement.
The acquisition reflects that security is now a fundamental component of online computing. Today’s security approach does not fully address the billions of new Internet-ready devices connecting, including mobile and wireless devices, TVs, cars, medical devices and ATM machines as well as the accompanying surge in cyber threats. Providing protection to a diverse online world requires a fundamentally new approach involving software, hardware and services.
By putting their home computers to work when they would otherwise be idle, three "citizen scientists" have discovered a rare astronomical object.
The unusual find is called a "disrupted binary pulsar"; these pulsars can be created when a massive star collapses.
The discoverers, from the US and Germany found the object with the help of the Einstein@Home project.
It asks users to donate time on their computers, allowing them to be used for searching through scientific data.
This type of project is known as "distributed computing". Einstein@Home harnesses the power of home machines in order to process large amounts of data.
Credited with the discovery are Chris and Helen Colvin, both information technology professionals from Iowa, US, and systems analyst Daniel Gebhardt from Mainz in Germany.
Their computers, along with 500,000 others from around the world, are being used to analyse data for Einstein@Home.
Users download a screensaver which, among other things, shows the area of sky being processed.
A malicious application that can steal cash via phones running Google's Android operating system has been found.
The program poses as a media player but once installed starts sending premium rate text messages.
The service being sent messages is operated by the malicious app's creator, who scoops up the fees.
Discovered by Kaspersky Labs, it is believed to be the first booby-trapped application for Android.
In a security advisory Kaspersky said that the virus - Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a - is being spread by text message. The message prompts users to install an application, 13KB in size, which purports to be a media player.
The virus was most prevalent among Russian Android users. The risk to Android owners worldwide is believed to be low.
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