Monthly Archives: September 2014
Broadcom Looks to Double WiFi Performance in Smartphones, Tablets
Broadcom is looking to double the WiFi performance of mobile devices like smartphones and tablets with a new chip that combines powerful 802.11ac and...
Sony Joins AllSeen Alliance IoT Standards Group
Sony is the latest major tech vendor to join the AllSeen Alliance, a consortium of technology companies, device makers and appliance manufacturers that is...
Trend Micro, Asus Partner on Network Management
Security software specialist Trend Micro and consumer electronics company Asus announced a partnership which will see Trend Micro’s Smart Home Network worked into Asus...
Is Apple’s iCloud Less Secure Than Other Cloud Storage?
How relevant to all of us is the Labor Day weekend hack attack on female celebrities that exposed a number of nude photographs stored...
IEEE Predicts Top Technologies for 2022
Curious about what the technology landscape will look like in 2022? The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which represents more than 400,000...
Google Developing Quantum Computing Chip
Google is teaming with researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, to develop processors for quantum computing systems, expanding an effort that the...
Home Depot May Be the Latest POS Malware Victim
U.S. home improvement retail giant Home Depot could potentially be the latest victim of a data breach at its stores."At this point, I can...
Acronis Acquires BackupAgent to Bolster Its ISP Offering
Data storage and security provider Acronis, which normally develops and markets its own products, announced Sept. 2 that it has acquired Amsterdam-based BackupAgent to...
Microsoft Switches On Office 365 Theme Support
Businesses can now tweak Office 365 to better reflect their corporate identities. Taking a cue from "skinning," the practice of customizing software applications and...
Daily Tech Briefing: Sept. 2, 2014
The Federal Communications Commission has fined T-Mobile USA $819,000 for violating federal laws that require phone service providers to stock a minimum number of...