TouchPoints4 data: Recession, new technology change consumer habits

LONDON, UK: New IPA TouchPoints4 survey data reveals the extent to which the recession and new developments in technology have affected the way in which consumers in Great Britain are spending their daily lives. They are now spending more time at home, tightening their belts and multi-tasking their media consumption. 26 Apr 2012 07:34

Consumers going traditional for Mother's Day 2012

NEW YORK, US: "Tradition" is the watchword when it comes to gift giving for Mom this year, as nine of 10 consumers (90%) plan to celebrate Mother's Day. Total spending is estimated to reach nearly US$17.2bn, according to the annual Brand Keys Mother's Day survey. 26 Apr 2012 07:01

Kaspersky Lab offers 'Kaspersky Flashfake Removal Tool'

MOSCOW, RUSSIA: As recently published, Kaspersky Lab's experts analysed the Flashfake botnet and found a total of 670 000 infected computers worldwide, with more than 98% of the computers most likely running Mac OS X. 16 Apr 2012 10:04

Kaspersky Lab confirms Flashfake/Flashback botnet infection impact

MOSCOW, RUSSIA / JOHANNESBURG, SA: Kaspersky Lab's experts recently analysed Flashfake, a massive botnet that infected more than 600 000 computers worldwide, and concluded that more than 98% of the infected computers were most likely running a version of Mac OS X. 10 Apr 2012 12:21

Kaspersky Lab uncovered unique 'fileless' bot attacks

MOSCOW, RUSSIA / JOHANNESBURG, SA: A simple teaser of Internet news headlines was the launch-pad for a unique malware attack, with cybercriminals creating malicious code which operated without creating files on the infected system. 28 Mar 2012 11:13

Kaspersky Lab shows 864% growth in five years in EMEA

MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions, announces that it has been ranked in Deloitte Technology Fast 500TM EMEA. With 864% growth in five years, Kaspersky Lab was recognised as one of the 500 fastest growing technology companies from 24 EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) countries based on five-year average percentage revenue growth. 28 Mar 2012 10:29

Kaspersky Lab Malware reports: Duqu dissected and Google Wallet plundered

MOSCOW, RUSSIA / JOHANNESBURG, SA: Kaspersky Lab provides insight into Malware detected by the company in February 2012 and what the topics of the month were. 15 Mar 2012 10:22

US tax sites category grows 15% vs year ago

RESTON, US: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released an analysis of US visitation to the online taxes category in January, which showed nearly 1 in 7 US Internet users visited the category to compile information and begin filing their 2011 tax returns. This number represented a gain of 15% versus January 2011. 6 Mar 2012 05:39

Flexenclosure wins global mobile award

VARA, SWEDEN / BARCELONA, SPAIN: Flexenclosure, a specialist provider of intelligent power management solutions for base stations, has won the telecom and mobile industry's GSMA 2012 Global Mobile Award recognising "excellence, achievement and innovation within the mobile communications industry". Flexenclosure won the Green Mobile Award for its E-site green power solution. 1 Mar 2012 09:53

MasterCard launches partnership program

PURCHASE, US: MasterCard has announced a global initiative called the MasterCard Mobile Money Partnership Program to help more than 2.5 billion financially-underserved consumers worldwide gain access to formal financial services through their mobile phones. 28 Feb 2012 11:08

160 million users pay smarter with InMobi and Opera

SAN MATEO, US: InMobi SmartPay and Opera Software have announced their partnership to bring InMobi's SmartPay mobile payment platform to Opera's more than 160 million mobile browser users worldwide. 28 Feb 2012 10:53

Proxama, ARM unveil ultra-secure mobile payment system

NORWICH, UK: Proxama, the leading developer of near field communications (NFC) mobile wallet technology, and ARM have announced today the launch of an ultra-secure mobile payment system. 27 Feb 2012 13:01