Monthly Archives: May 2015
Google, Huawei Latest to Offer OSes for IoT
Google and Huawei Technologies are the latest technology vendors to push an operating system for the rapidly growing Internet of Things.At the Huawei Network...
Patriot Act, Mass Phone Metadata Collection Seem Destined to Expire
It was the last hours of the last day before a congressional recess when the U.S. Senate considered two different actions regarding the USA...
How to Secure an OpenStack Cloud
Security is a key concern across all sectors of modern IT and is often noted as a primary barrier to adoption for cloud computing....
Ransomware Threat Drives Companies to Enforce Better Backup Habits
The threat of a ransomware infection encrypting valuable business data has convinced nearly a third of companies to change their backup strategy, with the...
Remains of GigaOm Bought by Content Farm Knowingly
Houston-based publishing startup Knowingly Corp. said May 26 that it has acquired a portion of the assets of GigaOm, a respected IT news and...
Kyocera’s New Torque G02 Smartphone Is Beach-Ready, Seawater-Resistant
Having a smartphone that can put up with many of the physical hazards that life can dole out is important. Drop protection, water resistance,...
Microsoft Turns OneNote Pages Into WordPress Posts With New Plug-in
Microsoft is turning its OneNote note-taking app into a blogging aid with a new WordPress add-on.Published to the WordPress plug-in directory, the new OneNote...
EMC Adds Hybrid Cloud Management in Virtustream Acquisition
Storage giant EMC, continuing to collect new-gen tools and intellectual property in its move toward becoming a full-fledged cloud infrastructure provider, revealed May 26...
Google Taps Community to Contribute to Google Translate
Google wants multilingual participants at its I/O 2015 developers conference (May 26 to June 5) to contribute translations and validations for common words and...
Charter Communications Wins Latest Race for Time Warner Cable
Charter Communications is acquiring Time Warner Cable as the musical chairs over which suitor buys the second-largest U.S. cable company is apparently coming to...