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For years, people in marketing or HR have been sneaking their apps and data onto the cloud, totally bypassing IT’s approval or help. Buckle up, IT. Those days are coming to an end as more enterprises look into moving critical applications and information to the cloud. IT shops are being …
Case, or no case? The great case debate: Though it’s a shame to cover up your shiny, pretty new iPhone, the downside is that you risk dropping it or getting it all scratched up if you leave it bare. So, if you have to put a case on it, might …
Setting the stage for 2015 Apple had a blockbuster year. New iPhones, new iPads, a mobile payment solution that might actually change the way we pay, and an entirely new product category in Apple Watch. That’s not to say there weren’t missteps: iOS 8.0.1, anyone? We recap the year in …
Well that stinks, doesn’t it? Sony Pictures goes and scrubs the launch of a $44 million movie after being hacked, potentially by North Korea. Almost reads more like a James Bond plot than a news story, but there it is. And this time, it doesn’t seem likely that Bond, James …
Maybe I should be outraged by Sony’s decision not to distribute the movie The Interview, but I am merely saddened by it. I am saddened that a hacking incident with all the hallmarks of a simple case of extortion has been distorted so it looks like a terrorist threat. Taking …
A new computer Trojan based on the infamous ZeuS banking malware is targeting users of over 150 banks and payment systems from around the world, security researchers warn. The new threat, dubbed Chthonic, is based on ZeusVM, a Trojan program discovered in February that is itself a modification of the …
The European Commission is gearing up to solve some longstanding problems with outdated copyright and data protection laws and move ahead on new rules for roaming charges and net neutrality. During the past week, the Commission made public its work agenda for 2015, and high on the list is the …
Parsix GNU/Linux 7.0 review Debian is the great-granddaddy of many Linux distributions, and Parsix is definitely one of its grandchildren. Parsix uses Debian as its base, but builds on it to provide a very desktop-oriented distribution. Parsix has reached version 7.0 and this release ships with GNOME 3.12 as the …
U.S. Army Research Labs Artist illustration: Research Ron Polcawich presenting micro-robot fly project with autonomous prototype flying in the upper right corner. Researchers at the U.S. Army are taking advantage of an unusually unclassified approach to military systems development to ask for help turning a clever robotic fly into an …
North Korea was responsible for the devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday after a two-week investigation. The attack on Sony occurred in late November and resulted in the theft of thousands of files that, after being leaked online, proved highly embarrassing for the …
Microsoft on Thursday sued two technical support companies, alleging that they infringed numerous Microsoft trademarks and practiced false advertising as they tricked consumers into paying for bogus help. The lawsuit was the first time Microsoft turned to the courts to try to stem the flood of tech support scams that …
North Korea was responsible for the devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday after a two-week investigation. The attack on Sony occurred in late November and resulted in the theft of thousands of files that, after being leaked online, proved highly embarrassing for the …
The cream of the crop Image by Kārlis Dambrāns/Flickr Just when we thought we had reached peak app, 2014 brought us a fresh round of iOS awesomeness we can’t live without. Messaging apps and social networks are old news: The best apps of the year helped us work smarter and …
The BlackBerry Classic is the best smartphone the company has ever released. It’s not going to lure away many iPhone or Android users, but that’s just fine with BlackBerry. Here’s why. (cio.com) To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here …
The Internet of Things may be a new idea, but machines talking to other machines is not. The way connected devices are evolving in industry, where they’ve been used for years, says a lot about why IoT has the potential to be something very big. But within enterprises, that evolution …
The BBC’s Panorama team slammed Apple partner, Pegatron’s working practises last night. Apple seems furious at the UK state-funded broadcaster’s claims. ‘Deeply offended’ Based on undercover reports from Apple manufacturing partner, Pegatron factories, Panorama claimed Apple “routinely” breaks its promises to improve working conditions. Apple vigorously denies this. In an email …
The attack on Sony Pictures has put North Korea’s cyberwarfare program in the spotlight. Like most of the internal workings of the country, not much is known but snippets of information have come out over the years, often through defectors and intelligence leaks. Here’s a summary of what we know: …
Nearly every company is working towards a digital frontier and as we close out 2014, it’s important for companies to reflect on the strategic initiatives that will impact and accelerate customer success and business results for 2015. Innovation continuity is especially imperative in today’s changing business landscape and I predict …
The attack on Sony Pictures has put North Korea’s cyberwarfare program in the spotlight. Like most of the internal workings of the country, not much is known but snippets of information have come out over the years, often through defectors and intelligence leaks. Here’s a summary of what we know: …
A German steel factory suffered massive damage after hackers managed to access production networks, allowing them to tamper with the controls of a blast furnace, the government said in its annual IT security report. The report, published Wednesday by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), revealed one of the …
If anyone could use a hit product right now, it’s Sony. But its latest smartglasses won’t win people over from Google Glass despite having a better display. The Japanese conglomerate is reeling from the massive hack of its U.S. film arm, and will put on a brave face at next …
BlackBerry’s revenue continued its dive in the three months to Nov. 29, but on Friday the company reported a smaller loss than a year earlier. Revenue for BlackBerry’s third fiscal quarter, fell to $793 million, compared to $916 million in the preceding three months and $1.19 billion a year earlier. …
Microsoft wants to help Android, iOS and Windows apps run offline as well as online, offering a way to improve app responsiveness and functionality when network coverage is bad or non-existent. In an age of always-connected smartphones, it might seem there is no need for apps with offline access — …
North Korea or not? There’s still a lot we don’t know about the attack on Sony Pictures and those behind it. After two weeks of investigations, anonymous government officials told some reporters and politicians on Wednesday that North Korea was behind the attacks. But on Thursday, U.S. officials resisted making …
A critical vulnerability in client software used to interact with Git, a distributed revision control system for managing source code repositories, allows attackers to execute rogue commands on computers used by developers. The flaw affects the official Git client as well as third-party clients and software based on the original …