Day: July 24, 2020

Brit unis hit in Blackbaud hack inform students that their data was nicked, which has gone as well as you might expect

That cloudy CRM firm paid ransom doesn’t fill anyone with confidence British universities are waking up to last week’s ransomware attack on cloud CRM purveyor Blackbaud – though it appears some haven’t realised the American software company paid the ransom.… …read more Source:: Register


Businesses start to rethink their tech priorities for a COVID-19 world

A new Forrester report shows that to survive the next ten years, businesses will need to switch their strategy from efficiency to agility. …read more Source:: ZDNet


UK weather watcher will make it rain to the tune of $30m for support on new data platform

Met Office has taken a shine to data science UK weather watcher the Met Office is seeking early interest in a framework deal that could be worth up to £30m for IT services and software development supporting a new data platform and data science activities.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Garmin app, website go offline after reported ransomware attack – CNET

The wearable company said it’s working to resolve the issue. …read more Source:: CNet


Who Still Needs the Office? US Companies Start Cutting Space

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Corporate America is downsizing its real estate footprint as companies allow more employees to work from home, a growing threat to the bottom line of owners of traditional office buildings and a sign that companies are looking for ways to cut costs as a result of the…


Malicious ‘Blur’ Photo App Campaign Discovered on Google Play

Twenty-nine bad mobile apps with a combined 3.5 million downloads bombard users with out-of-context ads. …read more Source:: Threatpost


Fresh astro-underwear, anyone? Orbital shenanigans as Progress freighter has last-minute ISS docking wobble

Resupply ship plies space station with food, fuel and fear Hot on the heels of what the US alleged was an in-orbit “satellite killer” trial, Russia demonstrated it can still worry space station inhabitants with an eventful docking of its uncrewed Progress freighter.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Verizon’s second-quarter earnings beat analysts’ estimates despite coronavirus – CNET

Analysts expected revenue for the quarter to be $29.93 billion, but the company earned total revenues of $30.45 billion. …read more Source:: CNet


Best Apple CarPlay head unit car stereos for 2020 – Roadshow

Upgrade your infotainment system with an Apple CarPlay head unit. We’ve found the best single DIN, big screen, wireless, and affordable Apple car stereo options available. …read more Source:: CNet


Microsoft wants to show enterprises that Edge means business, rather than the thing you use to download Chrome

Roadmap, release schedule will tease fancy upcoming features in browser In an effort to woo businesses to its latest take on the browser, Microsoft has unveiled an enterprise roadmap and release schedule for the Beta and Stable channels of Edge.… …read more Source:: TheRegister