SAP’s announcement that it will pay $8.3 billion to buy business-travel and expense software vendor Concur might have generated less initial buzz than the companies hoped, given it was almost simultaneous with the revelation that Larry Ellison has relinquished his CEO seat to become CTO and executive chairman of Oracle. …
In their first day of trading, shares of Alibaba stock opened at $92.70 on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, an increase of more than 35 percent over the $68 initial public offering price. The company raised $21.8 billion in its U.S. IPO, making it one of the largest …
Sony has launched an SDK (software development kit) for its SmartEyeglass head-mounted display, another step toward challenging Google Glass. The glasses can connect to Android smartphones via Bluetooth and project green monochrome text or basic graphics across a field within the lenses. Sony said it will begin sales of the …
In their first day of trading, shares of Alibaba stock opened at US$92.70 on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, an increase of more than 35 percent over the $68 initial public offering price. read more
Google, Dropbox and the Open Technology Fund are supporting a new organization focused on making open-source security and privacy tools more user-friendly. read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Brooklyn man with facilitating a $5.6 million insider trading scheme that typically involved the passing of illegal tips via napkins or post-it notes at Grand Central Terminal. Earlier this year, the SEC charged a stockbroker and a law firm managing clerk with …
What's an even bigger deal for Apple fans than getting the iPhone 6 on launch day? Talking a selfie with Apple CEO Tim Cook. read more
Apple’s new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are slightly easier to repair than their forerunners, the iPhone 5C and 5S, iFixit said today after tearing apart the smartphones in Australia, where the devices first went on sale Friday. iFixit, a popular electronics do-it-yourself repair website, gave the new iPhones …
Among six major U.S. cities, CSOs are paid the most in San Francisco and New York, but factoring in the cost of living makes Denver and Chicago the best bang-for-the-buck places. read more
Find out what systemd is and why it matters to Linux users. Plus: An infographic that explains Debian, and two ancient Linux watches from IBM. read more
Trust me, I understand why people think it might fun to wait outside Apple store’s for hours come weather fair or foul, to get a new iPhone, but today it all got a little silly. Australia The first person in the world to get hold of an Apple iPhone 6 …
Apple fans were out early in full force in Boston and New York Friday morning to buy the larger screen iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. read more
Apple fans were out early in full force in Boston and New York Friday morning to buy the larger screen iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. The 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus have some of the “the biggest advancements in iPhone history,” Apple said when it announced the …
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Apple fans who stood in line for hours in hopes of buying the 5.5-in. iPhone 6 Plus were disappointed — even perturbed — to find none in stock at both the AT&T and Verizon stories in this college town west of Washington, D.C. Several prospective customers stormed …
Apple’s iOS 8 addresses a serious weakness that could allow attackers to hijack the wireless network authentication of Apple devices and gain access to enterprise networks. “An attacker could have impersonated a WiFi access point, offered to authenticate with LEAP, broken the MS-CHAPv1 hash, and used the derived credentials to …
Danish brewery company Carlsberg has rolled out Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud collaboration tools to connect 20,000 of its 40,000 employees, as the business expands internationally. Since 2000, the 160-year old company has grown from operating in six markets to becoming the fourth-largest beer brewer in the world, responsible for 500 …
It can take years after a merger has been declared “complete” for the IT processes and systems to be truly merged. Over the years, we’ve all seen stories in the business press about this sort of thing, and yet it keeps happening, despite what can be dire consequences. I’m sure …
Citrix is laying out a new strategy to position itself as a “software-defined workplaces” company that enables its customers to have a mobile workforce that can access everything they need to be productive from anywhere and on any device. Citrix CEO Mark Templeton said the software defined strategy needs to …
Network operator Orange wants to help businesses deliver relevant information to their customers, and keep track of things and people, with three new services that take advantage of its mobile networks. Orange presented the three services — Universal Location, Socio-Demo Flux Vision, and Smart Apps Center — at a news …
Qualcomm has released SDKs (software development kits) for LTE broadcast and digital glasses at its Uplinq conference, hoping to give the two burgeoning areas a push. read more
Don’t mistake Larry Ellison’s decision Thursday to step down as CEO of Oracle as a big change. The leadership team remains the same, although the titles and jobs have shifted. In his 37 years at Oracle, Ellison has been a major force at his company, and is someone known for …
iOS 8 upgrade problems have reared their ugly heads, bang on cue. Early-adopting iMagicMirror owners are finding their devices suffering some seriously poisoned Apple. Here we go again. Every major iOS update causes suspicious slowdowns in older iPhone and iPad types. It’s as if Apple wants you to upgrade to …
Sometimes, a phone can really surprise you. Just look at last year’s Moto X. The phone bucked the trends of modern Android flagships, from its smaller-than-average size to its simple software and focus on real-world performance. As a result, the device delivered an exceptionally delightful user experience — a cohesive …
Head of the Finance department returns from an ERP vendor’s convention and sends a message to IT — “Could someone come by for a quick and easy request?” — and it’s this pilot fish who handles the ticket. “I signed up for a special preview of the new Business Intelligence …
Would you pay US$4,000 for an iPhone 6? read more
Корпорация Microsoft приняла решение обновить компьютерную мышь Arc Touch Mouse, представленную четыре года назад. Обновленная версия поддерживает беспроводной интерфейс Bluetooth 4.0 Low-Energy и способна подсоединяться к ПК и планшетам без привлечения USB Nano-receiver. Касательно дизайна заметим, что манипулятор фактически не претерпел изменений и располагает типичным форм-фактором. Вдобавок, мышь сохранили touch-полосу, …