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 …
RadioShack will press on with its plan to sell its customer data, despite opposition from a number of states. The company has asked a bankruptcy court for approval for a second auction of its assets, which includes the consumer data. The state of Texas, which is leading the action by …
How much would you pay for a Chromebook? If you’re more of a power user (and let’s face it, if you’re reading this, there’s a decent chance that you are), you might be willing to pay a little extra in order to get a nicer and/or more powerful system. If …
Apple today announced that its annual developers conference will run June 8-12, and like last year it will assign tickets with a random drawing. The dates fit with past iterations of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which have been held in June, usually early in the month, for years. WWDC …
Are Chromebooks a good choice for non-developers? Chromebooks seem to have wide appeal, as you can tell from the very positive user ratings and reviews in Amazon’s list of bestselling Chromebooks. But one redditor wasn’t sure if a Chromebook was suitable for users who don’t know anything about open source …
Компания Asus работает над часами VivoWatch, которые будут нацелены на фитнес и здоровье, а их автономная работа может продлиться до 10 дней. “Умные” часы получат корпус из нержавеющей стали, влаго- и пылезащитой со стандартом IP67, мониторингом сердцебиения и способностью отслеживать сон своего владельца. Возможно, причиной большой продолжительности автономной работы является черно-белый дисплей с отдельным …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced fraud charges and an asset freeze against a man living in central Texas accused of telling false tales about his stockbroking experience to lure current and former U.S. military personnel into investing with him. The SEC alleges that Leroy Brown Jr. touted his …
Apple and IBM have reached a new agreement to use big data analytics to turn digital health into so much more than a step counter – the conjunction between these and others in the healthcare space will impact every part of health provision. Think on it like a car — …
The biggest smartphone security threats to companies caused by workers come from males under age 35 who earn more than $60,000 a year. Those are the findings of a new study commissioned by Aruba Networks that questioned 11,500 workers in 23 countries. Some of the findings in the survey should …
Former Office chief DelBene returns to Microsoft to head strategy Kurt DelBene, who left Microsoft as president of its Office group in 2013, is coming back to Microsoft as executive vice president of corporate strategy and planning, reporting to CEO Satya Nadella. After leaving Microsoft last time, he did a …
Sharp has developed a 5.5-inch display with 3860 x 2160 pixel resolution, which is equivalent to “ultra high definition,” also known as 4K. The prototype LCD display, which could be used in smartphones in the future, has a pixel density of 806 pixels per inch (ppi) and was shown last …
A vulnerability found in the late 1990s in Microsoft Windows can still be used to steal login credentials, according to a security advisory released Monday. A researcher with security vendor Cylance, Brian Wallace, found a new way to exploit a flaw originally found in 1997. Wallace wrote on Monday the …
Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent are in advanced merger talks, the companies confirmed Tuesday following media speculation that a deal was in the works. The talks could still fall apart, but a deal is on the table in which Nokia would acquire Alcatel-Lucent in a stock swap, the companies said. A merger …
Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent are in advanced merger talks, the companies confirmed Tuesday following media speculation that a deal was in the works. The talks could still fall apart, but a deal is on the table that would see Nokia acquire Alcatel-Lucent in a stock swap, the companies said. A merger …
Forget Apple’s iOS 8.3, that’s old news. Why? Yesterday, Apple released iOS 8.4 beta, temporarily making version 8.3 — along with every other iOS version — beneath consideration in the minds of Apple bloggers. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers make noise about music apps. Today’s humble blogwatcher is Stephen Glasskeys. Shaun …
IBM announced a new business unit, Watson Health, that will offer cloud-based access to its Watson supercomputer for analyzing healthcare data. The Watson Health Cloud will be an open source but secure platform on which care providers and researchers can share and analyze health data for greater insights into trends …
From controversies like Gamergate, which sparked death threats against female game developers, to headlines like Newsweek magazine’s recent “What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women,” it’s questionable whether things are better for female techies today than they were 20 years ago. “Success is slow and the numbers can be discouraging on …
With great power comes not only great responsibility, but often great complexity — and that sure can be the case with R. The open-source R Project for Statistical Computing offers immense capabilities to investigate, manipulate and analyze data. But because of its sometimes complicated syntax, beginners may find it challenging …
Major sponsors of cyberwarfare forces are reaching a state of deterrence resembling the mutually assured destruction in nuclear weapons standoffs, former U.S. national intelligence director Dennis Blair said Tuesday. All nation states would suffer if countries engaged in cyberattacks against civilians, and world leaders including those in China and Russia …