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Google Gmail Has a Lot of Company on China’s Great Firewall Blacklist
Google Gmail Has a Lot of Company on China's Great Firewall Blacklist
By Don Reisinger
Google Won't Play Ball
There was a time when Google was available...
Apple Dominates Christmas Day Mobile Device Activations
Apple apparently won the Christmas shopping season mobile device sales war, as it collected some three times the mobile device activations by consumers on...
Trends to Expect in Business Intelligence, Big Data in 2015
As pointed out by Oracle Big Data and Analytics Vice President Neil Mendelson the other day here in eWEEK, data is now a new...
Prilock Security Training Program Aimed at Consumers
Small business online security education specialist Prilock Security announced the availability of its Internet-based security awareness program to consumers.Prilock shows people how to use...
Gmail Access Remains Blocked in China for Fourth Day
Google Gmail users inside China have been effectively cut off from access to their accounts for the fourth straight day on Dec. 29.Google's Transparency...
3D Printer in Space Produces First Tool Made From Uploaded File
The 3-D printer being used by astronauts on the International Space Station recently reached its second big milestone—it was employed to print a usable...
Why the Sony Hack Is the Start of Endless Cyber-War
Isolated cyber-attacks between governments have been taking place for decades. The 2010 Stuxnet attack on Iran to disrupt that country's nuclear program is one...
Microsoft Enables Skype Group Chats in Office Online
Skype is emerging as the connective tissue binding Microsoft's collaborative, cloud-enabled business software ecosystem.First teased last month, Microsoft has turned on Skype for Office...
Daily Video: Ireland Supports Microsoft in Email Privacy Case
The government of Ireland joined a growing list of Microsoft supporters as the software giant battles the U.S. government's efforts to obtain data on...
Xbox Live, PSN Back Online After Holiday DDoS Attacks
Unhappy holidays awaited new Xbox One and PlayStation 4 owners last week.Microsoft's Xbox Live service and Sony's PlayStation Network (PSN) were essentially knocked offline...