After orbiting the Earth twice and climbing 15 times higher than the orbit of the International Space Station, NASA’s new spacecraft, Orion, today completed its maiden voyage and returned safely to Earth. After lifting off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:05 a.m. ET, the uncrewed Orion splashed down …
Blowing up entrenched business models and picking up the profits that spill onto the floor is a time-honored tradition in tech, these days known by the cliche of the moment, “disruption.” This year everyone was trying to push back against those upstarts, whether by buying them like Facebook did, reorganizing …
Women’s clothing retailer Bebe Stores has become the latest national retailer to be hit by an attack on its credit card payment system. The company said Friday that the cardholder name, account number, expiration date, and verification code could have been stolen by hackers who apparently had access to the …
Intel has bought its way into the tablet market, but success seems years away in smartphones, despite billions of dollars spent. The allure of mobile devices has led Intel to take some uncharacteristic moves that defy the company’s proud tradition of designing and manufacturing chips in-house. Intel has partnered with …
Appy holidays! This week’s roundup includes apps to help your organize your life, buy cool stuff, read good books, and go see the latest movies. Canopy This free iPhone app is kind of like Pinterest, but for Amazon. You can shop by categories and brands, and build a “collection” of …
Microsoft won’t talk about what Windows 10 will cost until next year. But it’s looking unlikely that it will be completely free, either for users or for PC makers building larger devices, after Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner said that Windows 10 won’t be a priced to keep users in …
Software developers increasingly use specialized Agile tools, such as Rally and Atlassian JIRA for individual tasks, but with many teams working simultaneously on products at every stage in the definition and development lifecycle, it’s easy for information to get lost and for teams to lose sight of the bigger picture: …
Internet mass surveillance programs are lawful and do not violate human rights, a U.K. tribunal has ruled. The U.K.’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) made the ruling in a case that rights groups brought against the U.K. government over alleged mass surveillance on U.K. citizens via programs run by the British …
Last December customers were peppering wireless LAN vendors with questions about whether to upgrade to the pre-standard-but-certified 802.11ac products flooding the market or hold off until 2015, when more powerful “Wave 2” Gigabit Wifi gear was expected to become prevalent. A year later, even though Wave 2 products have begun …
If you plan to buy a cheap smartphone next year expect to get LTE, an HD screen and a good-looking device, as competing manufacturers and chip vendors lower prices. Smartphone manufacturers have always put effort into the development of entry-level smartphones. But growing competition will result in some real improvements …
Cisco today filed two lawsuits against data center switch competitor Arista Networks for allegedly violating its intellectual property. One suit is for patent infringement, which charges Arista with violating 14 Cisco patents for 12 features in the Arista EOS operating system. The second suit is for extensive copying of Cisco’s …
An oft-discussed drawback to solid state drives was that they were ultimately unreliable. Despite the performance gains for your PC, it was only a matter of time before “poof!” your SSD would just up and die with almost no warning. But an ongoing project from Tech Report demonstrates what the …
If you plan to buy a cheap smartphone next year expect to get LTE, an HD screen and a good-looking device, as competing manufacturers and chip vendors lower prices. Smartphone manufacturers have always put effort into the development of entry-level smartphones. But growing competition will result in some real improvements …
European Union countries members are backpedaling on a plan that would give U.S. tech firms a one-stop shop to deal with data protection issues in the EU. Justice ministers had discussed a plan to let tech firms like Google, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple deal with only one data protection authority …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Virginia Beach-based bank holding company and its former chief financial officer with violating the federal securities laws by improperly accounting for a deferred tax asset (DTA) that was not fully realizable due to the company’s deteriorating loan portfolio and financial condition. Hampton …
Legacy systems have a checkered rep, and for very good reasons. In some cases, they remain vital to a business – supporting key data and critical processes, and are subject to regular updates and improvements by innovative vendors. But other legacy systems would make terrific boat anchors if they didn’t …
On a planet on which technology is the biggest growth industry, it makes sense to ensure that every young person has an opportunity to access and understand the nature of tech, regardless of sex, sexuality or race, does it not? We may need some education Apple thinks it does. And …
A malware program with data wiping functionality that was recently used to attack Sony Pictures Entertainment bears technical similarities to destructive malware that affected organizations in South Korea and the Middle East in the past. Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab, Symantec and Blue Coat Systems independently reported that Trojan Destover, …
A malware program with data wiping functionality that was recently used to attack Sony Pictures Entertainment bears technical similarities to destructive malware that affected organizations in South Korea and the Middle East in the past. Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab, Symantec and Blue Coat Systems independently reported that Trojan Destover, …
Masayoshi Son, the maverick head of Japanese mobile giant SoftBank, has sunk millions into a taxi app and floating wind turbines, all in one week. It was nothing unusual, though. Indeed, over the past six weeks, the parent company of U.S. carrier Sprint has invested nearly US$1 billion in companies …
After various snags kept NASA’s Orion spacecraft from lifting off Thursday, the next-generation spacecraft had a flawless launch at 7:05 this morning. Orion, the spacecraft designed to take astronauts into deep space, is on a 4.5-hour trip in which it will make two orbits around the Earth and reach a …
In the previous posts, we have examined the insider threat from various angles and we have seen that insider threat prevention involves the information security, legal and human resources (HR) departments of an organization. In this post, we want to examine what information security departments can actually do to detect …
Find the perfect tech gift Maybe we’re biased, but we think tech gear always makes a great present. Who wouldn’t want to open up a gift-wrapped package to find a sleek new smartphone or a colorful speaker that can fill a room with sound? The cleverly designed, exactingly made gear …
Apple appears to have admitted that it did in fact silently delete music bought from Real Networks and others. The class-action lawsuit alleges that your iPod would stop working if you used Real, forcing you to reset the device. But, when it came back, your non-Apple music would be gone. Apple …
We’ve talked a lot about the Barnes & Noble’s struggle to get market share for its NOOK products. The company has gone from developing it’s own hardware to basically offering a branded Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 to try to lure consumers away from the Amazon and Apple ecosystems. In 2012 …
This pilot fish mostly supports small businesses, but he also does occasional house calls for users who need it. “I received a call from one of my home users regarding an issue he was having with his computer and printer,” says fish. “I headed over — and when I arrived, …