Monthly Archives: October 2013
Steve Ballmer’s Legacy as Microsoft CEO: 10 Highs and Lows
Steve Ballmer's Legacy as Microsoft CEO: 10 Highs and Lows
By Don Reisinger
Ballmer Moves Out From Under Gates Shadow
When Ballmer was officially named Microsoft CEO...
Ballmer, Schmidt Talks a Study in Contrasts on Gartner Symposium Stage
They weren’t on the stage at the same time, which would have made the Gartner mastermind interview series much more interesting. But over two...
Is Security a Game of Chess or Poker?
TORONTO—Metaphors are always a fun and easy way to try to describe complicated topics. In the security world, metaphors have long been part of...
Malicious Remote Admin Tools Make Use of Old Vulnerabilities
TORONTO—People around the world are being targeted for exploitation with malicious remote admin tools (RATs) that are taking advantage of old, already patched Microsoft...
Samsung Galaxy Round, With Curved, 5.7-Inch Display, Arrives in Korea
Samsung was again early to market Oct. 9, introducing the world's first smartphone with a curved display, the Galaxy Round. The smartphone will be...
Basis Science Series B Funding Tops $23 Million
Basis Science, the company behind Basis, a health tracker to improve fitness and sleep, announced it has raised a further $11.75 million in Series...
Samsung, Centrify Partner on Knox Security for Android Devices
Data protection and identity services specialist Centrify announced that it is delivering on its partnership with Samsung made earlier this year by enabling the...
Spectra Logic Debuts Deep Simple Storage Service
Digital tape system provider Spectra Logic announced the debut of the RESTful interface for robotic tape storage systems, Deep Simple Storage Service (DS3), which...
Skype Harnesses the Cloud for the Mobile Era
PCs may be circling the drain, but Microsoft is doing what it can to ensure that one of the desktop era's most popular applications...
Why Intel May Have to Wait Awhile for IoT Investment Payback
SAN FRANCISCO--With the cloud getting less mysterious with each passing day, BYOD (bring your own device) gaining worldwide attention and big data analytics getting...