Monthly Archives: February 2015
President Issues Executive Order for Unity in Cyber-security
STANFORD, Calif.—Since the current president took office in 2009, the U.S. federal government has been pushing buttons to promote cooperation among law enforcement, the...
Netatmo Dumps User WiFi Credentials in the Clear
Netatmo is the latest vendor to be exposed as having weak security to protect user information. The Internet of things (IoT) vendor has several...
Google Strikes Conciliatory Tone on Privacy in EU
Under fire in Europe over its privacy practices, a senior Google executive admitted to German lawmakers that the company has made some mistakes in...
Smartphone Unlocking by Mobile Carriers Is Now the Law in the U.S.
Mobile phone users who want to move their phone to a different carrier than the one they started with will now have an easier...
Cisco, SK Telecom Join ONOS SDN Effort
Cisco Systems and SK Telecom are joining the effort kicked off last year by the Open Networking Lab to develop an open operating system...
Microsoft Squeezes Windows 10 Onto Lumia Smartphones
A preview of Microsoft's ambitious Windows 10 operating system is now available for a handful of Lumia devices, the company announced.Windows 10 is less...
How Smartphones Could Transform Mobile Medical Lab Testing
An iPhone connected to a special "dongle" that turns the phone into a low-cost and mobile blood sampling laboratory is being used successfully to...
13 IBM Services That Simplify the Building of Cognitive Watson Apps
13 IBM Services That Simplify the Building of Cognitive Watson Apps
by Darryl K. Taft
Concept Expansion
This service maps euphemisms or colloquial terms to more commonly...
Google Cardboard Lets Smartphone Users Experience Virtual Reality
Google Cardboard Lets Smartphone Users Experience Virtual Reality
By Todd R. Weiss
Build Cardboard With Google's Free, Downloadable Plans
Once you download the plans, you can trace...
Intel Looking to Dump Stake in Imagination
Intel reportedly is selling off its 4.9 percent stake in Imagination Technologies, a company that has gone from partner to more of a competitor...