Monthly Archives: May 2014
Symantec Adding Defenses, Not Ditching Endpoint Security
Symantec, the largest seller of endpoint-security software--commonly referred to as antivirus software—grabbed the media spotlight May 5, when an executive told The Wall Street...
OpenSSL Gets Patch for 4-Year-Old Flaw
The open-source OpenSSL cryptographic library is being patched for a pair of security flaws, one of which has been in the code for at...
Acer’s Shih to Retire as PC Vendor Makes Cloud Push
Stan Shih came out of retirement in November 2013 to become chairman of Acer, the company he founded and which had seen its financial...
Microsoft: Cloud-First Partners Continue to Outperform Others
As Microsoft prepares for its upcoming Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in July, the company has commissioned a study that shows that partners that have...
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AMD Unveils Expanded ARM Chip Roadmap
Advanced Micro Devices officials for the past couple of years have been touting the chip maker's ambidextrous computing strategy, the idea of offering both...
Heartbleed-Like Security Flaws Far-Reaching but Rare
It was nearly one month ago that the Heartbleed Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption flaw upended the world with one of the most wide-reaching...
AT&T’s Motives for Fast Fiber Expansion Come Under Scrutiny
AT&T’s April announcement that it has eyes on 100 candidate cities and municipalities where it would like to expand its fiber network that's capable...
Tablet Sales Slowdown Reveals Limits to Today’s Devices
I remember the decided lack of excitement when I walked into the T-Mobile store in Fairfax, Va., to buy my iPad Air back in...
KitKat 4.4 Accounts for Bigger Slice of Android Market Pie
Android KitKat 4.4, the latest version of Google's Android mobile operating system, is gaining more use on more devices, according to the latest figures...