Monthly Archives: May 2014
Google Car Shows How Overhyped Big Data Works in Real World
NEWS ANALYSIS: The overused term "big data" may fall out of favor even as the Google Car prototype shows how masses of data are...
Spam Campaign Plays On User Fear Over Heartbleed
Attackers are actively leveraging the Heartbleed vulnerability as part of spam campaigns and security specialist Symantec is warning about the dangers of the latest...
Microsoft Previews Skype Real-Time Translation Tech
Microsoft unveiled a new technology called Skype Translator that may soon eliminate one of the biggest roadblocks in interpersonal communications.On May 27, during the...
What Apple Sees as Key to $3 Billion Beats Audio, Music Deal
In a deal that has been rumored for nearly a month, Apple finally made its move and announced on May 28 that it is...
Google Works to Defend Chrome Extensions from Malware
Google's Chrome browser has just adopted a new strategy to fight malicious attacks. Chrome extensions can now only be installed from the Chrome Web...
Google Building Self-Driving Cars With No Steering Wheel, Brake Pedal
Google is taking another huge step in its pursuit of developing self-driving cars by choosing to build its next generations of the vehicles on...
Intel CEO Krzanich Shows Off Smart Shirt, Robot
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich is continuing to stress the chip maker's push into such growth areas as wearable devices, embedded systems and the mobile...
Microsoft Snaps Up Mobile Analytics Provider Capptain
Microsoft announced today that it had acquired Capptain, a Paris-based mobile analytics specialist, for an unspecified sum. Aimed at marketers, Capptain's platform analyzes the...
WWDC Will Offer First Hints at Apple’s ‘Year of Innovation’
Apple hasn't introduced a new product category since the iPad in 2010, and its last event was seven months ago. But for investors and...
Apple, Google, Intel, Adobe Anti-poaching Settlement Gets June Hearing
Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe are waiting to find out if a California judge will approve a $324.5 million settlement agreement that they reached...