Monthly Archives: January 2014
Alere Connect HomeLink Platform Gets FDA Approval
Alere Connect, formerly known as MedApps, has been granted a 510(k) market clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for HomeLink, which...
China’s Alibaba Projected to Lead IT IPOs in 2014
Despite a few noisy IT industry experts who believe another financial "bubble" is inevitable and could hit in the near future, 2014 nonetheless appears...
Google Testing Smart Contact Lenses for Diabetes Patients
Google is experimenting with special contact lenses equipped with miniaturized sensors that can analyze the tears in the eyes of diabetes patients to determine...
Starbucks, SSL for Twitter and Why Sensitive Data Must Be Encrypted
User information, whether it's preferences for where you buy coffee or application passwords, can be a valuable commodity. That's why it has long been...
YouTube Giving Sneak Peek of Super Bowl XLVIII Ads
YouTube is giving viewers around the world the chance to preview some of the often clever, humorous and even serious advertisements that will broadcast...
CA Brings Consumerlike Experience to Enterprise IT Services
CA Technologies announced CA Service Management, a new solution that brings a consumerlike experience to enterprise IT services and enables users to serve themselves.The...
Obama’s NSA Telecom Surveillance Reforms Really Won’t Change Much
When President Barack Obama announced on Jan. 17 apparently sweeping changes to the ways in which the various intelligence agencies collect and store data,...
Cyber-Criminals Turn to Big U.S. Web Hosts to Spread Malware
The stereotype may be that online attackers hide their operations on servers away from the mainstream Internet. But many attackers—like prudent business people—host their...
Intel to Cut 5 Percent of Global Workforce
Intel will cut about 5,000 jobs as it continues to negotiate its way through a rapidly changing tech industry that is moving away from...
Xbox One Rated U.S.’s Top-Selling Console in December
Holiday shoppers scooped up Microsoft's latest Xbox gaming hardware, according to sales figures compiled by market research firm NPD Group.Soon after NPD released its...