Two recent announcements suggest that “stick” PCs may be gaining momentum: A Google blog mentioned what will be called the Chromebit, an ASUS-built USB drive-style device “smaller than a candy bar” that acts as a full computer when it is plugged into a display. The device will be powered by …
Apple has deliberately taken a cautious approach to debuting its first wearable, preferring to see how people interact with the Apple Watch and ensure that the device meets the company’s high quality standards instead of initially ramping up production. On Friday, customers flocked online to pre-order the Apple Watch, generating …
Microsoft today began distributing the revamped Lync client, dubbed Skype for Business since last November, to Office customers. The updated client was part of the April refresh for Office 2013 issued Tuesday. Not only rebranded but also redesigned from the older Lync, Skype for Business borrowed some user interface (UI) …
The two latest contenders to enter the presidential campaign sweepstakes — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Hillary Clinton, the one-time Democratic senator from New York and former secretary of state for President Barack Obama — both support increasing the H-1B visa. But there are differences in their positions. Rubio is …
CHICAGO — Five years ago, only 20% of physicians used electronic medical records (EMRs). Today, 80% use them. Since the enactment of the HITECH Act, which required that EMRs be adopted across all healthcare providers, the federal government has invested more than $28 billion toward their use. And, yet, EMR …
Fitness-band maker Jawbone and American Express plan to allow cardholders to buy goods using a future fitness band equipped with NFC, according to a report. Neither company would confirm the new product, said to be announced this week, according to the Wall Street Journal. The report said AmEx payments won’t …
Google has already admitted it wants to become a mobile carrier, but specific details about what that service will look like are still sketchy. Until recently, that is. Android Police thinks it has a good handle on the details. The Android-focused site recently came across a system image for the Nexus …
According to the Verizon data breach investigations report released today, the average cost per breached data record is 58 cents. That’s a far cry from other estimates that put the average per-record loss at around $200. The reason? It turns out that the relationship between the number of records lost …
The Apple Watch isn’t due to hit the market until April 24, but many security professionals are already thinking about the security implications of the new generation of wearables that it promises to usher in. “Since the Apple Watch has sold out in its pre-orders, with shipping dates now out …
You’ve probably heard about the looming shortage of Internet addresses, even if you’ve never gone looking for one. But depending on what websites you visit and how you get to them, you may be helping to solve it. If you go to Google or Facebook through a major carrier in …
Microsoft has been nothing if not voracious this year when it comes to acquiring promising young companies, and on Tuesday it snatched up yet another: Datazen Software, which focuses on mobile business intelligence. Datazen’s technology will complement Microsoft’s cloud-based Power BI business-analytics service with mobile BI capabilities that are designed …
The possible acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent of France by Finland-based Nokia would bring together complementary patent portfolios and increase their scale against larger global competitors, analysts said Tuesday. Nokia’s patents primarily cover technology used for communications between smartphones and cell towers equipped with base stations that are provisioned with routers and …
You’ve probably heard about the looming shortage of Internet addresses, even if you’ve never gone looking for one. But depending on what websites you visit and how you get to them, you may be helping to solve it. If you go to Google or Facebook through a major carrier in …
Three MIT grads this week are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their clever SCIgen program, which randomly generates computer science papers realistic enough to get accepted by sketchy technical conferences and publishers, with a brand new tool designed to poke even more fun at such outfits. Just a bit late for …
Microsoft’s upcoming Spartan browser is set to be the first big new release in the desktop browser market for quite some time, upsetting a tentative equilibrium that has existed for roughly the past two years. Broadly speaking, the trend has been that Google Chrome is the new 800-pound gorilla of …
With the release of Nginx Plus Release 6, the latest version of its Web server, Nginx looks to replace everything from hardware load balancing to legacy servers. It makes sense for Nginx to broaden its game and its functionality. The company’s explosive growth among the most heavily trafficked sites is …
An Apple a day keeps the doctor away, unless that doctor is now gathering your health data through your Apple iPhone. Apple is embarking on its boldest push yet into health, with a new open source framework for letting medical researchers and software developers gather health data from iPhone owners …
An Apple a day keeps the doctor away, unless that doctor is now gathering your health data through your Apple iPhone. Apple is embarking on its boldest push yet into health, with a new open source framework for letting medical researchers and software developers gather health data from iPhone owners …
Microsoft released Skype for Business on Tuesday, replacing its older Lync service. And if that sounds a little boring—well, that’s sort of the whole idea. As it signalled last November, Microsoft pulled out its older Lync client and rereleased it as Skype for Business on Tuesday. The new software will …
Few would deny the life-simplifying appeal of a one-stop shopping experience, and that’s just what AOL aims to offer brands in the world of programmatic advertising. The company’s new One by AOL platform, unveiled on Tuesday, promises a consolidated and holistic view of brands’ marketing expenditures and performance across all …
Now that machine-learning algorithms are moving into mainstream computing, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is preparing a way to make it easier to use the technique in everyday programming. In June, MIT researchers will present a new programming language, called Picture, that could radically reduce the amount of coding needed …
Web application attacks, point-of-sale intrusions, cyberespionage and crimeware were the leading causes of confirmed data breaches last year. The findings are based on data collected by Verizon Enterprise Solutions and 70 other organizations from almost 80,000 security incidents and more than 2,000 confirmed data breaches in 61 countries. According to …
Apple sold about 1.2 million Watches in the U.S. last Friday, the kick-off of pre-orders for the wearable, a market research firm estimated. According Palo Alto, Calif.-based Slice Intelligence, 957,000 U.S. customers ordered an average of 1.3 Watches each on April 10, for a total of 1.24 million devices. Those …
Web application attacks, point-of-sale intrusions, cyberespionage and crimeware were the leading causes of confirmed data breaches last year. The findings are based on data collected by Verizon Enterprise Solutions and 70 other organizations from almost 80,000 security incidents and over 2,000 confirmed data breaches in 61 countries. According to Verizon’s …
Chinese security policies are threatening to push foreign businesses out of the country’s IT sector by restricting the way data is stored, according to a U.S. lobbying group. On Tuesday, the American Chamber of Commerce in China issued a report urging the country to change the policies. Increasingly, the Chinese …
The rush is on to sue the U.S. Federal Communications Commission over its net neutrality rules, with three trade groups filing legal challenges Tuesday. The agency now faces five lawsuits related to the regulations. Mobile trade group CTIA, cable trade group the National Cable and Telecommunications Association [NCTA] and the …