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Symantec staff in the local region have cleared their desks this week, following the company's US$10.7 billion acquisition by Broadcom.

Hackers were able to deliver malware to the more one million-plus Asus computer owners last year by hijacking the vendor’s software update system.

Symantec will cut eight per cent of its global workforce to boost profit margins, the anti-virus software maker has revealed.

Symantec is investigating the reporting of certain accounting measures including those that could impact executive compensation.

Microsoft, Facebook and more than 30 other global technology companies announce joint pledge not to assist any government in offensive cyber attacks.

Throughout the history of technology, few sectors have expanded and evolved as rapidly as today's burgeoning wearable tech market. Piles of unique and unusual, flashy and fancy -- often goofy and gimmicky -- new wearables are announced every week. There are smartwatches, smartglasses, intelligent socks and "onesies" for infants, rings for public transit payments and even "wearable tattoos."

The new Apple-IBM partnership seems sure to help Apple sell more iPads to businesses, but it may also be setting off alarm bells at mobile device management companies large and small.

In these lean times, backups aren't what they used to be; it's inevitable that IT staffers will be called to help, especially when an important issue is brewing.

Dropping prices, fast processing speeds and more user-friendly designs have given a boost to this highly accurate biometric technology.

Microsoft's board of directors wants to wrap up its search for a new CEO before the end of the year, according to Bloomberg, citing anonymous sources close to the action.