Monthly Archives: February 2013
BlackBerry 10 Marketing Head Talks Super Bowl, Keys, Organic Growth
BlackBerry introduced its long-awaited Z10 and Q10 smartphones and BlackBerry 10 mobile platform Jan. 30. But while news that these products won't be available...
Oracle Loses Bid to End HP Itanium Lawsuit
Oracle's attempt to end the lawsuit brought by Hewlett-Packard in the dispute over Intel's Itanium processor platform was shot down by a California appeals...
Plug-and-Play Flaws Leave Millions of Devices Vulnerable: Researchers
More than 50 million Internet addresses house a device that is vulnerable to one of three known flaws in the Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) protocol,...
Oracle Issues 50 Fixes for Java to Mitigate Vulnerabilities
Oracle, beset by pressures to mitigate holes in Java 7 Update 13 that have been abused by hackers, expedited a patch set scheduled for...
Explaining How to Approach the Steves
Explaining How to Approach the Steves
Actors Josh Gad (left) and Ashton Kutcher, who portray Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, respectively, in the upcoming biopic...
BlackBerry Got the Platform Right, but Must Work on Hardware: Analyst
The BlackBerry Z10, the first smartphone to run BlackBerry 10, has been well-reviewed and discussed at length, but not in the usual ways. The...
Microsoft Bing Apps for Office: Search Goes to Work
Microsoft, hot on the heels of its Office 365 Home Premium launch, is showcasing free Bing apps that integrate with Office 2013 versions of...
Cisco: E-Commerce Sites More Likely to Deliver Malware Than Malicious Ones
The most effective traps being set for Internet users are not on malicious sites, but the sites users would least expect—and the ones they...
IBM Buys Star Analytics in Self-Service Big Data Play
Adding to its analytics portfolio, IBM has announced a definitive agreement to acquire the software portfolio of Star Analytics, a privately held maker of...
HP Shutters German Site as Part of Larger Services Restructuring
Hewlett-Packard's aggressive plans to revamp its Enterprises Services business and restructure the entire company are resulting in the shutting down of a site in...