The Internet of Things is great — if, that is, you like the Internet and you also own some things. Until this week, the Internet of Things vision had a fatal flaw. But now, it has two fatal flaws. To avoid hyperbole, let me be clear that these flaws are …
They may not be as quick or efficient as airport sniffer dogs, but robots are getting ready to take the fight against drug smuggling underwater. read more
Uber is pushing back against the latest legal challenge to its business, saying accusations against it and its competitors are inaccurate and need correcting. read more
The European politician who has battled online giants over privacy and the NSA over cyberspying now says it's time for German regulators to start talking with Uber. read more
Republicans and Democrats in Congress rarely seem to agree on anything anymore, but top members from both sides Friday offered qualified support for efforts to consolidate federal data centers. The action was prompted by a federal watchdog agency report that says U.S. data center consolidation efforts are paying off and …
Macs grabbed more than a quarter of all U.S. consumer personal computer sales at retail in the 10-week stretch from July 4 to Sept. 1, a research firm said this week. During that traditionally-brisk, nay critical, sales season — back-to-school is second only to the holidays in the U.S. for …
Rooftop installations could account for 10% of the market by 2022. read more
Researchers are working on a new version of an algorithm that will power better search, autonomous cars, smarter smartphones and the Internet of Things. Deep-learning algorithms, which are based on loose simulations of the brain, have been used to advance technologies like speech recognition, natural language processing and robotic autonomy. …
Microsoft, which recently announced the consolidation of several of its conferences, is now going in the opposite direction and resurrecting WinHEC, which was last held in 2008. read more
Chen says banks and government are coming back to BlackBerry. read more
The audacious Ubuntu Edge smartphone may have fizzled out, but Ubuntu Touch lives on–and it just hit 'release to manufacturing' status. read more
BlackBerry boasts of numbers that would make larger companies wince read more
Yahoo, which got its start as a digital phone book of websites, is closing that book. read more
It seems that a week doesn't go by these days without major software vendors announcing updates to their marketing software portfolios, and the past few days were no exception as rivals Oracle and Salesforce.com both made some news. read more
It seems that a week doesn’t go by these days without major software vendors announcing updates to their marketing software portfolios, and the past few days were no exception as rivals Oracle and Salesforce.com both made some news. While perhaps incremental advancements taken one by one, the announcements speak to …
Yes, recent versions of Mac OS X are vulnerable to the critical "Shellshock" Bash bug revealed earlier this week, including OS X Mavericks–but don't sweat it unless you're doing ninja-level Unix tricks with shell commands already. read more
Airline passengers traveling on European airline flights will be able to leave their mobile phones and other gadgets on throughout the entire flight, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said Friday. European airlines can allow any kind of electronic devices such as tablets, laptops and smartphones to remain switched on …
Google wants all Android phones to include more of its services. Plus: Sony Xperia Z3 unboxed underwater, and reviews of the Samsung Galaxy Alpha phone. read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against four insurance agents for unlawfully selling securities in what turned out to be a multi-million dollar offering fraud targeting elderly investors. The SEC previously charged a Colorado man who allegedly orchestrated the scheme and recruited active insurance agents to help him …
Signature Systems says the breach of its point-of-sales system that hit 216 Jimmy John's sandwich shops is actually 50 percent larger than originally thought. read more
Signature Systems says the breach of its point-of-sales system that hit 216 Jimmy John’s sandwich shops is actually 50 percent larger than originally thought. The company said Friday that an additional 108 restaurants that use its payment terminals were also hit. The additional locations are independent restaurants not part of …
Airline passengers traveling on European airline flights will be able to leave their mobile phones and other connected e-gadgets on throughout the entire flight, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said Friday. read more
Russia's communications regulator has ordered Facebook, Twitter and Google to join a register of social networks or face being blocked in Russia, according to a report in the newspaper Izvestia. read more
Russia’s communications regulator has ordered Facebook, Twitter and Google to join a register of social networks or face being blocked in Russia, according to a report in the newspaper Izvestia. By registering as “organizers of information distribution,” companies agree to store data about their users’ communications on servers in Russia …
That’s the way to do it. Interesting times With “Bendgate” and a faulty software update, Apple certainly endured a couple of difficult days this week. But you can’t ignore the speed and efficiency with which it responded to these unexpected challenges. It was the right thing to do. The speed …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against the operators of an international pyramid scheme that raised more than $129 million from investors worldwide, primarily in the U.S., China, and Taiwan. The case follows another against a separate pyramid scheme that lured investors in the U.S., China, and Korea …