Monthly Archives: August 2013
IT Glitches at the Port of New York and New Jersey Slow Cargo Handling
A recently installed modern cargo handling system at the Port of New York and New Jersey continues to be slowed by software glitches that...
Twitter Gives Two-Factor Security a Second Shot
Twitter is aiming to improve security for its users with an improved two-factor log-in verification system that goes beyond the SMS-based system that the...
‘Chicken Farmer’ Bots Steal Secrets From Governments Worldwide
An Asian espionage network consisting of more than 5,000 bots—or "chickens" in the region's parlance—has infected government agencies in the United States, Europe, Taiwan,...
Google Improves Chrome DevTools for Developers
Google's Chrome DevTools toolset for developers was just updated with three new tools that will make it easier for developers to write their code...
BMC Builds Out New App Store With Partnerpedia Acquisition
BMC Software, which has been morphing into a new-generation version of itself since it went private last May, acquired a key piece of its...
Is Google’s Chrome Browser’s Password Security Strategy ‘Insane’?
For almost as long as there have been Web browsers, there have been Web browser mechanisms to help users store passwords for the sites...
Yahoo Makeover Includes New Logo Reveal Sept. 4
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has called her first year at Yahoo an aggressive period of "making every day count." But the 30 days coming...
T-Mobile Introduces the Flagship LG G2, Plus Optimus F3 and F6
T-Mobile added three new Long Term Evolution-enabled LG smartphones to its portfolio Aug. 7, the G2—a new flagship phone for the electronics maker—the Optimus...
Tasktop Teams With Serena, Launches Sync 2.8
Tasktop Technologies, a provider of application lifecycle management (ALM) integration solutions, and Serena Software, a maker of orchestrated application development and release management software,...
PC Gamers Still Buying, Building Systems Despite Slowdown
Overall PC sales worldwide may be shrinking the face of the growing popularity of mobile devices, but in the PC gamer segment of the...