Monthly Archives: November 2014
Unauthorized File Sharing a Major Threat to Businesses
Nearly half (46 percent) of respondents have stored confidential company information on their personal file sharing and sync apps, according to a survey by...
IBM Patents Design for Data Privacy Engine
IBM recently announced that it has patented the design for a data privacy engine that can help businesses protect personal data as it is...
AARP Aims Its RealPad Tablet at Technology-Hesitant Senior Citizens
AARP wants to get its recently launched $189 RealPad tablet into the hands of a key group of users—the elderly parents of Baby Boomers....
Apple Relabels Its ‘Free’ Apps to Satisfy Regulators
Apple has stopped tagging apps as "free" in its app store to comply with requests from European regulators, who have been actively fighting labels...
New Robots Designed to Patrol Routes Security Guards Shun
Chances are the Knightscope K5 security robot isn't what you'd expect when you think about robots. But then again, when iRobot's Roomba came out,...
Cisco, AT&T Alliance Aims at Business Collaboration
Cisco Systems officials spent much of the week quickly ramping up the company's collaboration abilities, unveiling everything from a new mobile app designed to...
Governments’ Vow to Take Down Webcam Aggregator Beggars Security Issue
The discovery of a Website that displays links to more than 10,000 insecure Internet-connected cameras has quickly led to calls to take down the...
NSA Director Warns China Has Power to Kill U.S. Power Grid
The nation's top security administrator told a congressional committee Nov. 20 that China has been identified as a key international player that has the...
DEMO Highlights Novel Mobile Apps, Services, Drones for Enterprises
New mobile technology and startup ventures dominated at the DEMO Fall conference Nov. 18-20 in San Jose, Calif., and there was a good reason...
Microsoft Refreshes Bing With Mobile and Map Updates
After a recent update, users will notice that mobile and desktop search results differ in some significant ways, according to Mir Rosenberg, a principal...