Patent suit cheat sheet

One trend that bounces back pretty quickly with an improving economy is patent suits. At the time of writing, Apple was the latest to file one against Samsung. By the time of your reading this, Samsung would probably have sued Apple back. Not just these, the 2011 suing season is in full flow - Google, Microsoft, HTC, Oracle, RIM, Amazon - you name it, they've sued it.

And to make tracking patent suits easier, Technologizer has released this very handy cheat sheet.

Thankfully, no one is suing themselves... yet! :)

RSA breach forces UK bank to shut online services?

In a possible fall out of the RSA SecurID breach, Halifax Bank of Scotland has decided to close their online investment service while it works on "a fresh new site which is more secure and easier to use".

In 2007, the bank had rolled out RSA SecurID security tokens to its customers, as part of a drive to protect them against phishing attacks. It's not too difficult to connect the dots.

This process of setting up a secure site will take HBOS a year and the new site will be ready only in April 2012.

Update: In another possible fallout of the RSA SecurID breach, Lockheed Martin, the largest US military contractor, has been reported by the NY Times to have suspended remote access after a network intrusion. Two down, how many more to go?