WordPress patched a second critical vulnerability in its Web publishing platform on Monday, less than a week after fixing a similar problem. Administrators are advised to upgrade to WordPress version 4.2.1. Some WordPress sites that are compatible with and use a plugin called Background Update Tester will update automatically. WordPress …
Microsoft has lost the latest round in a patent-infringement case that could lead to an import ban on its phones. Administrative Law Judge Theodore Essex of the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled on Monday that Nokia and Microsoft Mobile products infringed two patents held by R&D company InterDigital. Essex’s decision …
Apple achieved its second straight quarter of record results as demand for the new iPhone 6 surged and China became Apple’s second most important market after the U.S. The company sold 61.2 million units of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus during the first three months of 2015, blasting past …
Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), a group of large U.S. merchants, said Monday it expects to launch an early version of its CurrentC mobile payment app mid-year in an unnamed, mid-sized market. The group unveiled CurrentC in September, saying it had already launched the payment service by that time in private …
Apple achieved its second straight quarter of record results as demand for the new iPhone 6 surged and China became Apple’s second most important market after the U.S. The company sold 61.2 million units of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus during the the first three months of 2015, blasting …
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2015 second quarter ended March 28. The company posted quarterly revenue of $58 billion and quarterly net profit of $13.6 billion, or $2.33 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $45.6 billion and net profit of $10.2 billion, or $1.66 …
Apple today announced that its board of directors has authorized an increase of more than 50 percent to the company’s program to return capital to shareholders. Under the expanded program, Apple plans to utilize a cumulative total of $200 billion of cash by the end of March 2017. As part …
Drivers for Web-based, ride-hailing services in Massachusetts would be subject to criminal background checks by the state and their company if a bill unveiled Friday by the state’s governor becomes law. That safety provision is just one outlined in a bill that is designed to regulate companies like Uber and …
As the number of solar panels on business and home rooftops multiply, America’s power grid is bearing an electrical load that it was never designed to handle: bidirectional power transfer. “There’s no grid system in the world designed for that,” said Anise Dehamna, principal research analyst at Navigant Research. “Every …
Security professionals are in dire need of a solution that provides visibility into where sensitive and confidential data resides, as well as visibility into the data’s risk.[1] This knowledge would allow those responsible to take an effective, proactive approach to combating cybercrime. By focusing on the data, Informatica and our …
Microsoft last week acknowledged that Windows revenue took a beating in the first quarter, with sales of licenses to computer and device makers falling $698 million, or 22%, compared to the same stretch in 2014. The quarter’s downturn was the second straight double-digit decline, following a 13% drop in revenue …
Users can now place free video calls with Messenger, as Facebook continues to extend the app beyond simple text-based chats. With the feature, Facebook is also taking a jab at competing products like Apple’s FaceTime, Microsoft’s Skype and Google Hangouts. Facebook previously allowed video calling through its site on the …
As you move workloads to the cloud, you’ve probably already discovered that keeping track of your monthly cloud computing bills is not an easy task. Certainly, using a cloud provider can be cheaper than purchasing your own hardware, or instrumental in moving a capital expense into an operating one. And …
A surprisingly long history Though most people today consider the electric car to be a modern phenomenon, electric cars actually date all the way back to the 1800s. While some of the first electric car models were rather crude, both in appearance and in function, there was a period in …
Proliferation tends to be a consequence any time a new technology trend takes off, and enterprise social networks are a prime example. Jive, Yammer and Salesforce Chatter are all among the competitors in this arena, and more than a few organizations are struggling under the weight of several of them. …
The annual Verizon 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report was just released, and many in the IT world are already finding the information disturbing, in part because Verizon’s conclusions appear difficult to remediate. If you study the report closely, however, you will see there’s some good news about improving your information security …
Get ready for PHP 7; it’s going to be fast. In fact, 100-percent-plus performance improvements have been seen in version 7, Rasmus Lerdorf, the founder of the scripting language, said at the O’Reilly Fluent conference in San Francisco. Lerdorf further noted that this performance gain has been experienced in most “real-world” …
To overcome emotional barriers to cloud computing, cloud providers often give customers complete control over their data, including encryption keys. Microsoft has been unveiling features in that vein for Azure, and yesterday, the company took a few more steps in that direction with Office 365. The features are about more …
SAS Institute did big data decades before big data was the buzz, and now the company is expanding on the ways large-scale computerized analysis can help organizations. As part of its annual SAS Global Forum, being held in Dallas this week, the company has released new software customized for banking …
The essence of security is not trusting that people will do the right thing. Firewalls, deadbolts and armed guards exist to slow down or stop bad guys, not to encourage good acts from good guys. With that in mind, let’s look at how companies today handle security holes and ask …
Windows 10 is not a free upgrade, Microsoft said last week. It’s a “marketing and promotional activity.” The odd nomenclature appeared in Microsoft’s 10-Q filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that highlighted the company’s first quarter financial numbers. In the 10-Q segment devoted to revenue recognition — …
Debian 8 Jesse released Many Linux users have been waiting patiently for the next version of Debian. Well, the wait is over, Debian 8 Jesse has been released. You can download Debian 8 right now for various platforms. The Debian site has full details about Debian 8 Jesse: After almost …
The Apple-1 antique personal computer listed on eBay earlier this month sold for just over $236,000 last week. Seller Bob Luther, who late last year sold a different Apple-1 for $365,000 through the Christie’s auction house, pledged 10% of the latest sale to the ALS Association, a non-profit that raises …
HP this week strengthened its campus networking portfolio with modules for a switch chassis it announced almost a year ago, and an SDN-based management application. The additions are intended to improve an enterprise’s ability to support mobility, security, application performance and network monitoring in the campus. They are consistent with …
Lenovo in February admitted to preloading Superfish on some consumer notebooks, and now the company has taken steps so the dangerous adware doesn’t reappear when users reinstall Windows. The China-based company is shipping free recovery media for affected customers that will contain an image of the Windows OS and preloaded …
Most people who placed early orders for the Apple Watch in the U.S. and expected to receive the wearable during the first batch of shipments found themselves out of luck. Just 22 percent of the watches that were pre-ordered were shipped over the weekend, according to online shopping research firm …