Monthly Archives: March 2015
Alibaba’s Mobile Payment System Uses Selfies for Facial Recognition ID
Chinese e-commerce merchant Alibaba is developing a mobile purchase security system that uses a selfie taken on a smartphone at the time of a...
Windows 10’s Release Will Be Unlike All Earlier Microsoft OS Debuts
Windows 10's Release Will Be Unlike All Earlier Microsoft OS Debuts
by Don Reisinger
Windows 10 Will Be a Free Upgrade
Over the years, Microsoft has made...
Wireless Access Points From ZyXEL, Others Address SMB Needs
Wireless Access Points From ZyXEL, Others Address SMB Needs
by Nathan Eddy
ZyXEL WAC6502D-E Sports External Antennas
The WAC6500 series works in both stand-alone mode or can...
OpenPower Group Puts Initial Hardware Products on Display
OpenPower Group Puts Initial Hardware Products on Display
By Jeffrey Burt
Drawing a Crowd
Journalists and analysts get a look at the more than 1 dozen pieces...
What We Want to See in an Apple TV Upgrade
What We Want to See in an Apple TV Upgrade
by Don Reisinger
A Web TV Service Makes Sense
Apple TV could be turned into a streaming...
Libraries, Community Centers Get BT WiFi to Tackle Digital Divide
By Steve McCaskillSeventy libraries and community centers across England will be provided with WiFi and technical support in a bid to get more of...
Adobe Falls at Pwn2Own as HP Awards $317,500 on Contest’s First Day
Hewlett-Packard's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) kicked off its annual Pwn2Own browser hacking challenge on March 18 at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, British...
GCHQ Licensed to Hack Phones and Computers
By Tom JowittThe surveillance powers of GCHQ, Britain's intelligence agency, to hack and access anyone's computer, phone or other forms of communications, are far...
Federal IT Workers See Benefits of Video Surveillance
An overwhelming 99 percent of Feds believe that video surveillance technology will continue to play a significant role in their ability to prevent crime,...
Mobile App Developers, Security Engineers in Demand
The Internet of Things and 3D printing are among the top 15 tech trends for 2015. Top-trending IT jobs coinciding with these trends include...