Internet of Things projects can yield data and insights that help companies operate more efficiently and improve products, but also give hackers additional targets to attack. Expect more malware like Stuxnet, a worm that went after Siemens industrial control systems and mostly infected computers in Iran, said Alan Tait, CTO …
Just 5% of the nation’s 6,500 emergency dispatch centers are equipped to receive and respond to emergency text-to-911 messages. That’s not good enough for more than 41,000 signers of a Change.org petition. They want Congress to pass legislation requiring emergency centers to update their systems to accommodate texting. Text-to-911 would …
Google now gets more search queries from mobile devices than it does from PCs. The company noted this milestone in mobile computing in a blog post on Tuesday. “Billions of times per day, consumers turn to Google for I want-to-know, I want-to-go, I want-to-do, and I want-to-buy moments,” wrote Jerry …
Oh, the irony. Now that Microsoft has piqued everyone’s interest in holograms with the recent update on the progress of its HoloLens, visions of what this technology can do for business and scientific endeavors are seemingly everywhere. In fact, holograms have been used in business and scientific settings over the …
AMD hasn’t been competitive in the chip market over the last few years thanks to some poor decisions, but the company is simplifying its product lineup for PCs while getting into some newer, hotter product areas in hopes of reaching consistent profitability by the end of this year. On Tuesday, …
Project Fi invites are on their way, and they reveal a lot about how Google’s new wireless service will work. A series of screenshots posted by a Reddit user show the signup process, with a key provision being that you need to use the Google Voice number tied to your …
Daimler Trucks this week unveiled what it said is the world’s first licensed 18-wheel semi-tractor trailer that can drive itself. Daimler unveiled the new 18-wheeler yesterday during a ceremony at the Hoover Dam. The Freightliner Inspiration Truck, a concept truck, underwent extensive testing, Daimler said, before the Nevada Department of …
With the next release of Windows Server, Microsoft will equip its enterprise customers to take advantage of the container revolution. The next preview release of Windows Server 2016, due by the middle of the year, will offer the first glimpse into how its container system will operate. Microsoft is demonstrating …
MarkLogic is a document-oriented, distributed NoSQL database from the company of the same name. In the world of MarkLogic, a document is principally an XML file, though MarkLogic can also handle JSON documents, text files, image files, audio files and more. If you can put it in a file, you …
Legislation intended to end the U.S. National Security Agency’s bulk collection of domestic telephone records is drawing opposition from several unlikely sources, digital and civil rights groups. The USA Freedom Act, approved last Thursday in a 25-2 vote by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, doesn’t go far enough to …
Will bezel-less phones be the next big thing? China’s ZTE certainly thinks so. On Wednesday, the company’s Nubia brand unveiled the Z9, a product that comes without the black border found on so many smartphone screens. I had a chance to try out the device, and found both pros and …
Legislation intended to end the U.S. National Security Agency’s bulk collection of domestic telephone records is drawing opposition from several unlikely sources, digital and civil rights groups. The USA Freedom Act, approved last Thursday in a 25-2 vote by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, doesn’t go far enough to …
With the next release of Windows Server, Microsoft will equip its enterprise customers to take advantage of the container revolution. The next preview release of Windows Server 2016, due by the middle of the year, will offer the first glimpse into how its container system will operate. Microsoft is demonstrating …
The annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference is health IT vendors’ Mecca. The HIMSS event this year attracted nearly 40,000 attendees to Chicago, and its giant exhibition halls in the McCormick Place were filled with more than 1,000 booths. The overall spirit at the event was buoyant …
Targeting the 25 billion or so devices expected to be connected to the Internet by 2020, SAP on Wednesday announced a new suite of cloud services designed specifically for the so-called Internet of Things. Unveiled at Sapphire Now, the company’s annual user conference, the SAP Hana Cloud Platform for IoT …
A prediction IT leaders hear often is: Marketing will spend more on technology than IT by 2017, according to Gartner. While this prediction is often-repeated, revisiting its implications is important to IT leaders who want to keep their organizations competitive. In the next five years, change will be coming to …
A new bill in Congress would require law enforcement agencies to get court-ordered warrants before targeting U.S. residents in searches of electronic communications collected by the National Security Agency. The End Warrantless Surveillance of Americans Act, introduced Tuesday by three members of the House of Representatives, would end the so-called …
Apple iPad users will soon be able to interact with Citrix Systems’ virtual Windows apps using a mouse. When Citrix unveiled a prototype of the X1 mouse in January, the company wasn’t sure it would become a real product. But the high level of interest the mouse has generated convinced …
Microsoft isn’t building Office 2016 for you. It’s building Office for y’all. “We are moving from Office for us, to Office with others,” Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella declared during Microsoft’s Build keynote last week. Microsoft released the consumer preview of Office 2016 on Monday. You won’t find dramatic redesigns …
One of the themes that developed during South by Southwest this year (I’m a first time newbie, going back next year for sure) is that everyone has something to broadcast. The rise of apps like Meerkat and Periscope show that people want to do more than just share their posts …
What prevents Linux from beating Windows and OS X? Linux has been around for quite a long time now, but it still plays third fiddle to Windows and OS X. Which problems are stopping Linux from dominating the desktop? A redditor asked this question and got some very interesting answers. …
Ever wish you could leave your phone at home and rely only on your smartwatch for a while? With Google’s latest Android Wear update — available now on the LG Watch Urbane and making its way to other Wear watches soon — you can. I’m in the midst of getting …
While testing a theory about the cellular voice channel in smartphones being used as a covert channel “to conduct multiple covert malicious activities such as sending commands or even leaking information,” researchers discovered they could “easily bypass” Android security mechanisms and “answer incoming calls without the user or the system’s …
Building on the launch of the fourth generation of its enterprise software suite earlier this year, SAP on Wednesday unveiled the cloud version of S/4Hana. Joining the on-premises version of the in-memory data platform, which is now available for all 25 industries supported by SAP, the cloud version is designed …
Microsoft plans to appeal a EU court ruling that found its Skype brand is too similar to that of British satellite broadcaster Sky, which holds a European trademark on audiovisual goods, telephony and software-related services categories. On Tuesday, the General Court of the EU found the Skype name and logo …
A way to let cellular operators share Wi-Fi frequencies without jamming up Internet service is now in the spotlight at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. On Tuesday, the agency asked for public comments on LTE-U (LTE-Unlicensed), which Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile USA, SK Telecom and other operators are exploring as a …