Monthly Archives: December 2014
Daily Video: BlackBerry Aims to Win Back Fans With ‘Classic’ Handset
Blackberry officially released its new BlackBerry Classic smartphone Dec. 17 at a press conference in New York City. The phone, with a 3.5-inch square...
Chinese Android Smartphones From Coolpad Get Security Warning
Coolpad smartphones sold in China and Taiwan have been found to include a factory-installed backdoor software application that can be used to download unwanted...
Microsoft Updates ‘Big Data in a Box’ Appliance
Microsoft has released a major new update to its turnkey "big data in a box" solution, Analytics Platform System (APS), the company announced this...
IoT, Tighter Security Top Microsoft’s Business Predictions for 2015
Next year, the Internet of things (IoT) will go mainstream, predicts Redmond, Wash.-based software giant Microsoft."IoT continues to mature across a range of industry...
An Improved U.S.-Cuba Relationship: What It Could Mean for Tech
When I first heard the news on Dec. 17 that the United States will finally begin working to normalize relations with Cuba after more...
SGI Wins $30 Million DoD Supercomputing Contract
Supercomputer maker SGI will get more than $30 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to deliver an ICE X system to its Air...
IBM Ends 2014 With a Cloud Bang
IBM announced it is closing out the year with a broad expansion of its global cloud computing network to 40 cloud centers with 12...
The Grinch That Tried to Exploit Linux
A new report has emerged of an alleged security flaw in the Linux kernel that is being named the "Grinch," after the character from...
BlackBerry Classic Goes Back to the Future With Latest Smartphone
BlackBerry Classic Goes Back to the Future With Latest Smartphone
By Don Reisinger
The Classic Goes Conservative With 3.5-Inch Touch-Screen
One might think, given that most of...
How to Distinguish a Cloud Poser From a Cloud Pro
How to Distinguish a Cloud Poser From a Cloud Pro
by Chris Preimesberger
Four 9s or Five?
As more companies transition important aspects of their businesses (email,...