Monthly Archives: April 2014
Vein Pattern Scanning Enables Device-Free Instant Payments
We haven't yet reached the point where most consumers can leave their wallets at home and head to a cash register with only a...
Amazon Fire TV Is Smart, Quick but Doesn’t Play Nice
There are several instantly likable features about Fire TV, Amazon's entry into the set-top box market, where it now competes with Apple TV, Roku...
Daily Tech Briefing: April 14, 2014
The IT security world was buzzing last week with news of the Heartbleed vulnerability, a flaw that affects millions of users because it's embedded...
Mozilla Names Former CMO Beard as Interim CEO
Mozilla today named Chris Beard as its interim CEO, filling the position left vacant after Brendan Eich resigned on April 3 after controversy erupted...
Google Acquires Drone Maker Titan Aerospace
Google is getting into the high-altitude drone business with its purchase of Titan Aerospace in a move that is closely linked to Google's Project...
Google Chrome 35 Beta Shows Off Future Updates
Google's latest Chrome 34 Web browser was just released on April 8, but Google is already excited about the latest Chrome beta Version 35...
IBM Builds Cloud Base on New Deals, Investments
IBM has announced a series of deals that build on its recent cloud investments, including a new, five-year multimillion dollar cloud agreement with Coca-Cola...
Microsoft Releases Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview
Microsoft today delivered on an important part of its universal Windows app strategy.The company announced that beginning April 14, developers can update their own...
Red Hat Opens Up PaaS Cloud Marketplace
Red Hat today is announcing the OpenShift Marketplace in an effort to help grow its market share in the emerging cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) space.OpenShift...
Cisco, Juniper Work to Protect Networking Gear vs. Heartbleed
Cisco Systems continues to update the list of its products that may be vulnerable to the Heartbleed exploit, with the number standing at more...