Monthly Archives: August 2015
Android Phones’ Fingerprint Sensors Vulnerable to Hackers
Android users have a new security issue to worry about, this time involving fingerprint sensors that could allow hackers to copy a user's fingerprint...
Intel Expands Efforts to Diversify Workforce
Intel last week stepped up its efforts to bring more minorities and women into the tech field and into the company, giving employees greater...
Syntasa Aims to Unlock Big Data Value With Marketing as a Service
Business intelligence tools have long been important to helping companies spot buying patterns, product return rates and other information useful in product development and...
Microsoft Offers Open-Source Windows Bridge for iOS
Microsoft this week delivered on its vision of building bridges to non-Microsoft platforms with an early version of its bridge for running iOS apps...
Microsoft Puts a Bigger Bounty on Bugs
Microsoft is increasing the rewards for security pros who help harden its Windows operating system technologies."We are raising the Bounty for Defense maximum...
Cyber-Attackers Targeting Web-Connected Fuel Tanks, Experiment Finds
Attackers have begun targeting fuel-tank monitoring systems, which are known to be vulnerable to manipulation, researchers at security firm Trend Micro stated in a...
Microsoft Brings Outlook Email to Apple Watch
Today's topics include the availability of Outlook for Apple Watch, EMC looks to VMware for a possible buyout, Xiaomi is preparing to produce its...
Qualcomm to Buy Ikanos to Grow Broadband Portfolio
Qualcomm is looking to grow its capabilities in the home gateway market and the Internet of things through its decision to buy Ikanos Communications...
IBM’s $1B Medical Imaging Buy Lets Watson ‘See’
IBM announced that its Watson cognitive computing system will gain the ability to "see" by bringing together Watson's image analytics capabilities with data and...
Black Hat, DefCon Put Car Hacking, Web Privacy on Center Stage
Black Hat, DefCon Put Car Hacking, Web Privacy on Center Stage
Car hacking was a key theme at the two Las Vegas security conferences this...