Monthly Archives: January 2014
Small Business Retailers Lack Security Requirements: Fortinet
While a majority of small business retailers are aware of an increasingly complex threat and regulatory environment and are applying best security practices and...
Micros Partners With Microsoft, Dell to Power Mobile Retail
Retail and hospitality IT specialist Micros Systems is teaming up with Dell, Microsoft and Intel to offer a mobile platform with Micros software.Running on...
Yahoo, LivingSocial, Airbnb Take Top Spots for Weird Interview Questions
Yahoo, LivingSocial, Airbnb Take Top Spots for Weird Interview Questions
by Nathan Eddy
Airbnb Wants You to Try (Explaining) Your Luck
During an interview for a content...
Apple, Samsung Pull Ahead in Smartphone Market Share: NPD
Over the past year, smartphone penetration increased from 52 percent in the fourth quarter of 2012 to 60 percent of cell phone users in...
Health Care IT Funding Nearly Doubles in 2013
Venture capital funding in the health care IT sector almost doubled in 2013, totaling $2.2 billion in 571 deals, compared with $1.2 billion in...
IBM Invests $1.2B in Cloud Infrastructure
IBM has pledged to commit $1.2 billion to significantly expand its global cloud footprint, beefing up its SoftLayer infrastructure and other components.Big Blue said...
Intel’s PC Business Grows in Q4, but Server Chip Sales Still Lag
Just as Intel officials began to see a little life in its PC chips business in the most recent financial quarter, sales of its...
Preventing Credit Card Data Theft Is Harder Than It Should Be
When I first looked into the credit card security breach at Target and later at Neiman Marcus, the solution seemed easy. If you want...
How the Target Breach Happened
The security breach at U.S. retailer Target in December has been the subject of intense scrutiny and speculation over the course of the last...
Google’s Chrome Browser Version 32 Released to Stable Channel
Google has released the latest version of its Chrome desktop Web browser—designated Version 32—to its stable, or generally available, channel for use by consumers...