Monthly Archives: February 2015
Cell Phone ‘Selfies’ Blamed for 2014 Small Plane Crash in Colorado
The NTSB has ruled that a May 2014 small plane crash that killed a pilot and his passenger in Colorado was likely caused by...
Google’s Certificate Transparency Project Gains New Backers
Making sure that Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates are authentic and have not been improperly issued is a challenge the Google-led Certificate Transparency effort...
Researcher Discloses Potential Internet Explorer XSS Zero-Day Flaw
Security researcher David Leo publicly disclosed a new potential zero-day security issue on Jan. 31 that Microsoft is set to patch with a future...
Android 5.1 Lollipop Makes Unannounced Appearance
Google has quietly started shipping Android 5.1 Lollipop, the latest version of its mobile operating system, on Android One smartphones in Indonesia.The company has...
Microsoft Raises Limits on NoSQL DocumentDB Cloud Service
Debuting as a preview release last summer, DocumentDB is the Redmond, Wash.-based software company's answer to an industry shift toward non-relational data stores as...
Open-Source NFV Group Names Director, Adds 5 Companies
The Open Platform for NFV project, formed in September 2014 to help accelerate the adoption of network-functions virtualization, is adding a director and five...
Yammer Debuts Apple iOS-Mac Handoff Feature, Android Wearables Support
In a bid to boost Yammer collaboration, Microsoft is connecting all the dots in terms of mobile device support.Microsoft product manager Carlos Bohórquez Marín...
Carbonite Adds Hybrid Support for Exchange Server, Office 365
Business continuity provider Carbonite is connecting an important dot to its cloud storage service: Microsoft Office 365, which is expected to grow to 30...
Three Adware-Infected Android Apps Suspended From Google Play
Security vendor Avast warned on Feb. 3 that it had found three popular apps in the Google Play Android apps store that were infecting...
Cisco Unveils Products for Industrial IoT
Discussions of the Internet of things (IoT) tend to revolve around systems for the home and how the technology can help people in their...