Monthly Archives: August 2013
Network Security Remains a Blind Spot for Businesses
Many enterprises possess an unrealistic confidence surrounding the security of their networks, with more than 65 percent of IT/security professionals contacted for a survey...
Cisco, Nvidia Make Moves in Connected Car Market
Cisco Systems and Nvidia are making moves in the growing market for connected cars, a space that is continuing to attract major players in...
Google Maps App Tricks for Android, iPhone, iPad
Google in July released new versions of their Google Maps apps for Android, iPhone and iPad users, and now the search giant wants to...
TextNow Offers Contract-Free Smartphone Service Starting at $19
Enflick, the company behind TextNow—the free Android and iOS app that gives users a phone number, unlimited texting and picture messaging, and free calling...
Bing Search Gets Retooled for Windows Phone 8
Search on Windows Phone 8 is set to become more streamlined and deliver smarter, faster results in a sense catching up to Bing apps...
IBM Creates Power Consortium to Take on Intel
IBM is using an ARM-like approach with its Power chip architecture as it looks to take on Intel and its ambitious plans to grow...
Samsung Starts Mass-Producing Faster 3D NAND Flash
Seven years of Samsung development came to fruition Aug. 5 when the Korean IT giant revealed that it has started mass production of the...
Scripps to Study How Mobile Devices Affect Health Care Costs
Scripps Health, a nonprofit health system in San Diego, has launched a research project called Wired 4 Health through its Scripps Translational Science Institute...
SAP Closes Deal to Acquire MDM Maker Hybris
SAP, reinvigorated in the last two years due to new interest in its HANA in-memory database and mobile application management, closed a deal Aug....
Tor Privacy Network Breached: I Told You So
Approximately two and a half years ago, Tor (The Onion Router) Web anonymity project announced that was was going to build its own Web...