Monthly Archives: January 2016
Mobile Technology Could Ease Frustration With Money Transfers
A large majority of international money transfer service users (82 percent) using services currently offered by existing players such as money transfer operators (MTOs)...
Businesses Find Need for Printers, Even in the Digital Age
Business owners and decision-makers use their printers more often than commonly thought, according to two surveys completed for Brother International by Wakefield Research and...
IBM Sees 2015 Growth in Cloud, Security and Systems
Despite another quarterly revenue slide, IBM sees a silver lining in its strategic imperatives as these key focus areas—cloud, analytics, mobile, social and security—show...
A Look at Linux, Android Zero-Days and the Perils of Patches
Some vulnerabilities have a bigger impact that others, and not every flaw that a researcher claims is critical represents an immediate risk to users.Case...
Self-Stacking Nanogrids Could Lead to Tinier Chips
Researchers at MIT have been studying whether molecules called block copolymers can be used as a new way to manufacture processors for memory and...
New VMware CIO Offers Insight Into Company’s 2016 Plans
VMware Senior Vice President and CIO Bask Iyer had some rather impressive shoes to fill when he joined the world's largest virtualization software company...
European Security Technology to Grab Spotlight at CeBIT 2016
HANNOVER, Germany—Security is always an important part of the CeBIT technology trade show here, but this year, new concerns are on the rise for...
Top-of-the-Line Surface Laptop and Tablet Go on Sale
Microsoft announced Jan. 22 that it has started selling 1TB versions of its Surface Book two-in-one laptop and Surface Pro 4 tablet in the...
451 Research Projects Cloud Storage Market to Double by 2017
There was good news Jan. 22 from 451 Research—although not all that surprising—for the cloud storage industry: Public cloud storage spending will double by...
Google’s Reported $1B iPhone Deal Highlights Value of Mobile Search
Reports this week that Google paid Apple $1 billion in 2014 to make its search bar the default choice on iPhones confirms previous speculation...