Monthly Archives: September 2015
Timex Metropolitan+ Fashion Watch Tracks Wearer’s Activities
Timex Metropolitan+ Fashion Watch Tracks Wearer's Activities
The Metropolitan+ melds user activity tracking with a traditional analog watch face through an app that is compatible...
AT&T’s Latest No-Contract GoPhone, the ZTE ZMAX 2, Arrives
AT&T's Latest No-Contract GoPhone, the ZTE ZMAX 2, Arrives
The $150 prepaid ZTE ZMAX 2 smartphone, now available from AT&T, includes a 5.5-inch HD display,...
Cisco Rolls Out Free Tool for Detecting SYNful Knock Malware
Cisco Systems is releasing a free software tool that customers can use to scan their routers for the SYNful Knock malware that has infected...
Flexera Acquires Software Vulnerability Specialist Secunia
Flexera Software, which provides software licensing, compliance, security and installation solutions to application producers and enterprises, announced the acquisition of software vulnerability management solutions...
MongoDB Empowers ‘Giant Ideas’ for Innovators
NEW YORK—MongoDB, the company behind the popular open-source, eponymous NoSQL database, has undergone a rebranding of sorts, in that it now positions its flagship...
Apache Spark Continues to Gain Enterprise Traction
Apache Spark, the hot open-source data processing engine, is outgrowing Apache Hadoop in terms of user adoption, according to a recent survey.Databricks, the company...
Google to Help Hacked Websites Regain Good Standing in Search Results
Google is working on improving the process by which administrators of hacked Websites can get their sites restored to good standing in search engine...
Microsoft Makes Baidu the Default Search for Windows 10 Users in China
During Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Microsoft's Redmond, Wash., campus Sept. 23, the company announced several new initiatives aimed at popularizing its technologies...
Spiceworks Adds Free IT Pro Concierge to Service Lineup
AUSTIN, Texas—The annual SpiceWorld conference here, known mostly for costumed users, orange dinosaurs and wacky events took an unexpected turn. Actually more than one....
Report Details China’s Cyber-Spying Efforts as President Visits U.S.
As Chinese President Xi Jinping promised U.S. technology leaders in Seattle that China would not support hacking for economic gain, two security research firms...