Monthly Archives: March 2016
Attorney General Explains Why Apple Should Crack iPhone
SAN FRANCISCO -- U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says she's surprised that Apple has put up a legal firewall against the Federal Bureau of...
Google Selling Virtual Reality Viewers Through the Google Store
When two Google engineers first dreamed up the Google Cardboard virtual reality viewer back in 2014, several small startups jumped onboard and made kits...
New Malware Threats Emerge on Mobile Platforms, Studies Find
Security researchers have long predicted that malware will arrive on mobile platforms, threatening the owner's sensitive information and using the devices to carry out...
Google for Work Users Gain Data Loss Prevention Features in Gmail
Google has updated the data loss prevention capabilities in Gmail for customers of the premium business version of Google Apps for Work.The new functions,...
Amazon Gives No Notice, Raises Free Shipping Minimum Order to $49
Amazon.com just raised the minimum order threshold for free shipping to $49 on Feb. 22 without announcing it to customers ahead of time, an...
Charitable Salesforce.org Releases Higher Education Architecture
As its name implies, Salesforce.com has traditionally targeted sales and marketing departments with its cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform, but Salesforce.org, the philanthropic...
Microsoft Is Quick to Nibble on Raspberry Pi 3
Raspberry Pi 3, with built-in WiFi, Bluetooth and a faster 64-bit processor, was released yesterday. Not missing a beat, Microsoft announced a new early-access...
IBM Expands Watson Analytics Program, Creates Citizen Data Scientists
IBM announced an expansion of its Watson Analytics academic program, along with a new student version of Watson Analytics.Last year, IBM rolled out an...
NSA Director Makes Plea to Tech Industry to Partner on Security
SAN FRANCISCO—U.S. Navy Admiral Michael S. Rogers, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, took the keynote stage...
Microsoft Cures Breach Blindness for Enterprises
Suffered a network breach? Microsoft's latest cloud-based data security service can help administrators prevent their Windows devices from giving up the goods.Using as a...