Monthly Archives: February 2014
Apple Near Ready to Fire Up Sapphire Factory: Report
Reports that the Apple iPhone 6 will feature a sapphire glass display are seeming more likely. Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed in January that...
Cisco, Samsung Latest to Reach Patent Licensing Agreement
Cisco Systems and Samsung are the latest major tech vendors to sign a long-term cross-license patent deal in hopes of reducing their risk to...
Google Broadens Bug-Finding Rewards Program
To help find and fix bugs in its vast software library, Google has expanded its Security Rewards Program to cover more Google software products,...
Microsoft Xbox One Update Lets Users Better Manage Storage
The Xbox One ships with an internal 500GB hard drive. Unfortunately, the console's UI makes it practically impossible to determine how much of that...
Sprint, T-Mobile Say They’ll Soon Decide Whether to Pursue Merger
When talk of a possible T-Mobile-Sprint merger first arose, it struck many as little more than that—talk. Sprint was "studying regulatory concerns" and contemplating...
No Critical IE Fixes in February?
Microsoft is set to release its second major patch update of the year on Feb. 11, and it doesn't look to be a heavy...
Cisco Reaches $2.7 Million Deal With WiFi Patent Troll
Cisco Systems scored a win against a patent firm that had sent more than 14,000 letters to organizations that use Cisco WiFi equipment demanding...
Google Again Paying Rewards for Chrome OS Security Fixes
Google is offering rewards of up to $150,000 each to security researchers who help the company identify and patch serious vulnerabilities in the code...
Seven Surprising Trends from HP’s Security Risk Report
Seven Surprising Trends from HP's Security Risk Report
by Sean Michael Kerner
Total Number of Disclosures Grew in 2013
The volume of vulnerabilities reported by HP's Zero...
Imperva Consolidates Security Holdings With Two Acquisitions
Security firm Imperva is acquiring a pair of companies it is very familiar with: Incapsula and Skyfence.Incapsula is a cloud-based security platform spun off...