Monthly Archives: September 2011
American Well Telehealth Platform Adds Biometric Remote Monitoring
American Well, a major provider of virtual doctor's visits, has announced that its Online Care telehealth platform will now connect to remote-monitoring devices using...
Google Places for iPhone App Filters By Distance, Price
Fewer Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Web services outside of the Chrome Web browser have been upgraded this year more than Google Places, the company's local search...
Scammers Exploit 9/11 Anniversary With Fake Tweets, Malicious Sites
Nothing is sacred to scammers and online attackers, and the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks appears to be no exception.Malicious perpetrators...
White House Seeks Tougher Penalties for Hacking, Cyber-Crime
Obama administration officials spoke about the need for increased penalties for computer crimes in light of increased data breaches and hacking activity. The increase...
Microsoft F# Hits All the Right Notes With Programmers
Microsoft's F# programming language has seen a significant boost in popularity, most likely spurred by its inclusion in the company's flagship Visual Studio tools...
Quantum Unveils ‘Big Data’ Storage Systems
The advent of increasingly larger data workloads is affecting all facets of the IT world-especially storage. All that data has to be put somewhere...
Google to Unveil ‘Dart’ Programming Language
Google is set to launch a new programming language, known as "Dart," at a developer conference in October.According to the schedule for the upcoming...
Intel Invests $24 Million in Software Companies
Intel is investing more than $24 million in software companies that touch on areas that the giant chip maker is particularly interested in, including...
Mozilla Demands All CAs Audit Security in Light of DigiNotar SSL Breach
After a cyber-attacker bragged online about having compromised Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar and several others, Mozilla has demanded the companies audit their systems to...
Apple iPhone 5
Apple iPhone 5
The iPhone 5 hasn't even been confirmed, but it's highly likely that Apple will starting selling it in September or October. According...