TECH (MSM)

Israel's Check Point Software steps up expansion plans

By Tova Cohen TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Network security provider Check Point Software Technologies plans to sharpen its focus on threat-prevention and mobile security, it said on Monday after posting better than expected first-quarter profit. Chief Executive Gil Shwed spoke of increased investment in new technologies and staff to cement the company’s position of strength in a vibrant Israeli tech sector that accounts for about 12.5 percent of economic output

Opinion: Binge-watching is ruining the magic of TV

Watching five episodes of a new thing in a row isn’t a good idea, no matter how enticing Netflix and opinion columns about Game of Thrones in the Guardian make the concept seem. Yes, it gives you something to talk about on the internet the next day, but it devalues the experience of watching a series unfold and grow. Good TV used to be associated with a time in your

Running Man of Tech: Can you turn a runner into a triathlete in 8 weeks?

Swimming: harder than I remember I’m clinging to slippery tiles, fingers rapidly wrinkled, while small children play happily on foam tubes near me. In between the waves of sickness I’m wondering when these spaghetti-like buoyancy aids were invented. Did they have them when I was young? Was I deprived of the joy they’re bringing nearly ever child in this pool? Would I be able to pass as a swimmer now

Moore's Law at 50: how his predictions have shaped the future

Introduction and impact of Moore’s Law It’s 50 years since Gordon E Moore, co-founder of the Intel Corporation, made the observation that became known as Moore’s Law. In 1965 Electronics magazine had asked him to write an article predicting what would happen in the semiconductor component industry in the subsequent 10 years. Moore was, at that time, director of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductor, and this made him something of an

China fines Alibaba $129,000 for pricing violations

China’s e-commerce giant, Alibaba Group, has been fined 800,000 yuan ($129,000) by the price bureau in eastern Zhejiang province for violations by third-party sellers during promotions on its e-commerce platforms. Since Alibaba turned “Singles’ Day”, a November 11 Chinese response to Valentine’s Day, into an online shopping festival in 2009, the event has grown to similar proportions as Cyber Monday and Black Friday in the United States. “The company has

Russian cyber attackers used two unknown flaws: security company

By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A widely reported Russian cyber-spying campaign against diplomatic targets in the United States and elsewhere has been using two previously unknown flaws in software to penetrate target machines, a security company investigating the matter said on Saturday. FireEye Inc , a prominent U.S. security company, said the espionage effort took advantage of holes in Adobe Systems Inc’s Flash software for viewing active content

Exclusive: SunGard to explore possible $10 billion sale – sources

Financial technology company SunGard Data Systems Inc is preparing to appoint financial advisers to explore a sale that could value it at as much as $10 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. SunGard has asked investment banks vying for advisory mandates to prepare for interviews as early as next week, the people said. The company plans to simultaneously explore an outright sale as well as

Trollbusters: This algorithm can predict if you're going to get banned

The way commenters write can be used to detect if they’ll end up getting banned, according to US researchers working on troll-busting algorithms. A team from Cornell and Stanford Universities scanned the comment threads on three news sites – CNN, Breitbart and IGN – over the course of a year and a half. That totalled up to 35 million comments, sent by almost two million users. 50,000 of those users

Mobile Phone Deals: 50 best mobile phone deals for April 2015

Mobile phone deals on our top 10 handsets The top 3 best mobile phones in the world right now are the Galaxy S6, the iPhone 6 and the HTC One M9. But what you really want to know is – where are the best deals to be had? The answer is: right here. This is a two-page guide jam packed full of the UK’s top mobile phone deals on contract

Week in Gaming: Battlefront and Baby Park fight for our attention – and our favourite GTA 5 movies so far

Hello, and Baby Park. I hope you all had a good Baby Park, and didn’t stay up too Baby Park! It’s time for this week’s rundown of Baby Park news, featuring all the biggest Baby Parks, the best Baby Parks and the rumours of upcoming Baby Parks. First on the list, as you can probably guess, is the release of Mortal Kombat X. With gorier fatalities and frankly disgusting brutalities

KWN BROADCAST

KWN TECH