Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Tuesday, June 13th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] Global networking leader TP-Link has crossed over to smartphones, with its new Neffos brand among the latest to join the fray. You know how solid TP-Link’s Wi-Fi networking products are, but can the company also make solid handsets? We reviewed the Neffos X1 Max to see if there’s a reason to be hopeful for the newcomer that’s vying for your attention. Hardware The Neffos X1 Max has a slim metal body, hovering at just around 7mm at its thickest point. The panel round the back features a smooth, matte finish, and the main camera assembly is slightly elevated for aesthetic reasons. The same elevated portion houses the fingerprint reader just below the dual-LED flash. Circular and similar in size to the back-facing camera lens, the fingerprint sensor can recognize up to five fingerprints, all of which can be identified quickly with the tap of a finger. Neffos says it can unlock the phone in 0.2 seconds with the screen ... Read more »

Industry-leading Vantio CacheServe Preserves Network Integrity through Superior DNS Performance and Blocking of DDoS, PRSD and Other Web-based Attacks REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Thursday, June 8th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nominum™, the DNS-based security and services innovation leader, announced today that QTNet, a subsidiary of Kyushu Electric Power Company in Fukuoka, Japan, has selected the company’s DNS solutions to significantly improve the security and performance of its broadband network. QTNet provides broadband connectivity to millions of households in Kyushu. In particular, the increasing size and number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) and Pseudo Random Sub-domain (PRSD) attacks worldwide has prompted the broadband provider to deploy the Nominum DNS solution in order to thwart network attacks, protect its network and prevent latency and service outages caused by malicious activities. QTNet has replaced its previous costly and less effective DNS solution w ... Read more »

BOSTON-Monday, June 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt announced today the appointment of Kieran Murphy as president and CEO of GE Healthcare, effective immediately. Murphy is currently president and CEO of GE Healthcare Life Sciences. Murphy succeeds John Flannery who has been appointed CEO and chairman elect of GE. Murphy, 54, was appointed CEO of GE Healthcare Life Sciences in September 2011. Since then, he has overseen significant revenue growth and geographic expansion of the molecular medicine business, which now accounts for more than $4 billion in annual sales with 11,000 employees in more than 100 countries. GE Healthcare Life Sciences provides a broad range of industry-leading technologies and services for drug discovery, pre-clinical and clinical development and biopharmaceutical manufacturing, as well as molecular tools for diagnostics, therapy selection and treatment monitoring in patient care. The business is a leader in organic ... Read more »

The BrandHawk Service alerts against unauthorized activity and helps clients regain control of hijacked accounts Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Tuesday, June 13th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] Every day, hackers and impersonators become more and more skilled and devious in their techniques and methods, the latest one being the hijacking of verified accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram (the accounts marked with a blue tick mark, with generally a very large number of followers). In a new attack method called DoubleSwitch, hackers take over verified accounts using either phishing or malware, renaming them as other more influential accounts with fake handles/usernames and images, and then registering the old accounts with new emails. Thus, the victim user gets locked out, and the standard account recovery options do not work anymore. Now, the impersonator is free to send out fake news or malicious phishing links to all large number of followers of the hijacked account, thereby spreading fake ... Read more »

NEUCHATEL, Switzerland -Monday, June 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) announced today the findings of an abstract presented at the recent International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. In the study, researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine evaluated the potential clinical utility of Masimo Oxygen Reserve Index™ (ORi™) as an early warning of arterial hemoglobin desaturation in critically ill patients.1 ORi is a relative indicator of the partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2) in the range of 100 to 200 mmHg. ORi is intended to supplement, not replace, oxygen saturation (SpO2) monitoring and PaO2 measurements. As an “index” parameter with a unit-less scale between 0 and 1, ORi can be trended and has optional alarms to notify clinicians of changes in a patient’s oxygen reserve. In the prospective, collaborative, observational study, Dr. Leonard Lee and colleagues enrolled 40 adult critically ill pati ... Read more »

Global IT services and solutions provider to help organisations accelerate adoption of enterprise mobility through dedicated Apple practice and managed mobility services for iOS LONDON & NEW YORK-Monday, June 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Dimension Data today launched a set of endpoint lifecycle management services, and dedicated Apple practice to help companies deliver an anywhere, anytime mobile experience for apps, voice, and collaboration on iOS devices. Leveraging Dimension Data’s global footprint, the new service simplifies the secure deployment and management of iOS devices around the world so users can seamlessly access corporate apps and data across Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch. The offerings address configuration, control, support, and security, and will include world-class support from installation throughout the life of the product, allowing companies to meet corporate compliance requirements. Dimension Data will also establish a dedicated Apple pra ... Read more »

TALLINN-Monday, June 12th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Estonian defence solutions provider Milrem and the Estonian Defence league signed a cooperation agreement to start rigorous tests of Milrem’s unmanned ground vehicle THeMIS during live military exercises. Feedback from the tests will be used for further development of the UGV and its tactical advancements. Milrem and the Defence League already performed live tests during the biggest Estonian annual military exercise Kevadtorm (Spring Storm) in May. During that exercise a transport UGV was provided to a Defence League unit for carrying soldier load and other essential equipment. The cooperation between Milrem and the Defence League is closely tied to the DIBS (Digital Infantry Battlefield Solution) program initiated by Milrem and carried out together with several universities in Estonia and abroad. The aim of the cooperation with the Defence League and DIBS is to develop efficient and powerful manned-unmanned team ... Read more »