Microsoft yesterday pulled another patch, this one released Tuesday, that was meant to fix OneDrive for Business, the online storage service for employees running Office 365. On Wednesday, Microsoft revised the advisory associated with “KB2889866,” the designation for a non-security update that shipped Sept. 9, part of a larger collection …
NASA’s robotic rover Curiosity is about to take on the mission it was sent to Mars to perform. After a little more than two years on the Martian surface, Curiosity finished a more than six-mile trip to the base of Mount Sharp and is about to begin its next, and …
Google has added features to Drive and the Docs apps suite to make the products easier to use for people who are blind or have poor eyesight, an issue over which the company has been criticized. read more
Interest in Dropbox is growing among users, and law enforcement too. read more
Government-controlled media outlets in China yesterday speculated that the iPhone 6 will not be immediately sold there because Apple retaliated against carrier partners who leaked details of the new models before their launch. read more
SAP has made a series of updates to its InfiniteInsight predictive modeling software and Lumira data-visualization tool in a bid to shore up its foothold in the analytics market. read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the creation of a new office within the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) that will coordinate efforts to provide data-driven risk assessment tools and models to support a wide range of SEC activities. Since its creation in 2009, DERA has collaborated …
A recent data breach at retailer Home Depot and a leak of celebrity nude pictures from Apple's iCloud service raise questions about the companies' data security practices, two U.S. senators said Thursday. read more
More than two-thirds of U.S. respondents in a new survey say that decades-old telephone regulations should not apply to the Internet, which suggests that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission should stay away from reclassifying broadband as a regulated public utility, an advocacy group said. read more
Microsoft is expanding a program to put Windows in smart devices, robots and Internet-connected appliances, following overwhelming response for developer hardware. The company is putting a stripped-down version of Windows 8 on Intel’s Galileo development board to bring the OS to a “smaller class of devices,” said Colin Murphy, senior …
In today’s fast-paced environment, where digital transformation creates opportunities to literally re-wire how business gets done, the concept of a totally software-defined data center is vital to enable the speed of change required for organizations to stay competitive and react to ever-changing customer needs. In my prior blog, “digital transformation …
Last year, the big change to the then-new iPhone 5S was the addition of a gold option. This year, Apple upped the ante by offering not one but two screen sizes — both of them larger than the 4-in. screen on last year’s flagship iPhone. Apple calls these Retina HD …
Brian Stevens, the former chief technology officer for Red Hat, is now managing Google Cloud. As Red Hat CTO, Stevens was instrumental in preparing the enterprise Linux software provider for the cloud, including its adoption of the OpenStack software for running cloud services. Brian Stevens According to his LinkedIn profile, …
The launch of Apple's mobile payment system could prove a turning point in the battle to secure your debit and credit card information from hackers. read more
The BBC has iover 100 APIs that are used both internally and are open to external partners to develop new products. …
Research among over 1,000 executives at large firms around the world found 89% rated big data as “very important” or “extremely important” to their businesses’ digital transformation. …
Samsung is using the stage at this week’s Super Mobility conference to promote its upcoming Galaxy Tab Active rugged tablet, its Knox security and management software, and even its Gear VR headset to enterprise users. The Galaxy Tab Active, first announced at this week’s IFA conference in Berlin, is described …
Oracle has wrapped up its US$5.3 billion acquisition of Micros, maker of hardware and software for the hospitality industry, in its biggest deal since the purchase of Sun Microsystems in 2010. Micros will form the basis for a new global business unit at Oracle focused on hotels, food and beverage, …
BP has handed the running, enhancement and development of its business applications and IT processes to Indian IT firm Infosys. This week Infosys took control of applications including corporate functions, upstream and downstream segments, energy trading and marketing across BP’s worldwide divisions. The contract builds on a five-year deal with …
Will create online tool for up to 39,000 staff …
Commissioners in Jefferson County, Alabama, are poised to vote for removal of a problematic SAP software system in favor of a new system developed by Tyler Technologies, after spending around $20 million over a number of years. “We can finally get rid of the SAP system,” county commissioner George Bowman …
There’s no need to panic about the nearly five million compromised Gmail passwords that appeared in a Russian Bitcoin security forum this week, according to Google. Fewer than 2% of the compromised username and password combinations work, Google’s spam and abuse team said in a blog post late yesterday. They …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced accounting and disclosure fraud charges against a Delaware-based bank holding company for failing to report the true volume of its loans at least 90 days past due as they substantially increased in number during the financial crisis. An SEC investigation found that as …
Desktop users, rejoice. A new batch of leaked screenshots from Windows 9 shows an operating system designed for desktop users, not just for those with tablets. The leaked screenshots come from the German Web sites Computer Base and WinFuture.de, and appear to be from the Windows Technical Preview expected to …
People are always asking me, “What can we do to help people do their very best work?” Actually, I don’t think I’ve ever been asked that question. But I really do wish someone who stewards workforce computing for his or her company would — and I’d be over the moon …
A German court has required Google to stop ignoring customer emails and start offering a way to communicate with the company. The order was given by the Berlin Regional Court in a case brought by the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (VZBV), which published the ruling on its website on …