Manufacturing spending billions on IoT, but still can’t patch Windows or remember passwords

Jobs to be cut in the company’s sales and marketing departments

Firmware is available for all models of hard drives affected by a software flaw

Changes will affect between 5,000 and 6,000 employees worldwide

Someone else will now steer Avnet through the tough times

Plus, Logitech makes more job cuts and news on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5 release

Simple image editor lets you take ordinary images to make them beautiful

Bell Micro Canada’s chief executive hopes to see Nortel emerge as a viable company

There are lots of rule sets you can or must follow to protect information

Acquisition to bring Qualcomm greater multimedia capabilities on handsets based on its chips

Plus, why businesses should continue purchasing hardware, and SaaS stocks on Wall Street

Multifunction ink-jet device is versatile with very good colour capabilities

IBM acquired a $15 million stake in China’s largest CE display maker

Supporters say Chapter 11 is simply a restructuring tool and Nortel is not going away

Chip maker to slash microprocessor pricing by up to 48 per cent