Monthly Archives: August 2016
Rio 2016: Should You Ban Olympic Live Streaming on Your Network?
By Steve McCaskillThe Olympic Games might only take place every four years, but it can be a headache for IT departments. Just like Euro...
Rio 2016: Zeus Panda Banking Trojan Arrives in Brazil
By Steve McCaskillA variant of the Zeus banking Trojan has arrived in Brazil just in time for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de...
Facebook Filtering News Feeds to Keep Out ‘Clickbait Headlines’
Today's topics include Facebook's goal to reduce the number of clickbait headlines in users' news feeds, DARPA's Cyber Grand Challenge, which declared the Mayhem...
Rivals Google, Facebook Team Up on Efficient Rack Design
Google and Facebook are fierce rivals with a common challenge: how to fit as much processing power into their data centers as possible to...
FTC Commissioner Looking for Hackers’ Help With Consumer Privacy
Terrell McSweeny, commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, got a somewhat unique introduction at the DefCon security conference in Las Vegas on Aug. 5....
As iPhone 7 Debut Approaches, Pressure-Sensitive Home Button Rumored
The latest iPhone 7 rumors, which come in advance of the expected September launches of the new devices, say the upcoming handsets could have...
Why Gartner Believes Windows 10 Adoption Will Remain Robust
Why Gartner Believes Windows 10 Adoption Will Remain Robust
A new Gartner study looks at the success of Microsoft's recently ended Windows 10 free-upgrade offer—and...
AT&T’s 8-Inch Trek 2 HD: An Android 6.0 Tablet for Less Than $1
AT&T's 8-Inch Trek 2 HD: An Android 6.0 Tablet for Less Than $1
The Trek 2 HD tablet, made by ZTE and built as an...
Walmart Bets $3.3 Billion on Young E-Commercer Jet.com
Walmart, the world's largest physical-destination retailer, hasn't needed to envy many of its competitors, but Amazon.com—the world's largest online retailer—is certainly one of the...
Avaya Reportedly Considers Selling Contact Center Unit
Avaya executives in May said the business communications and networking vendor was evaluating its options for the future as it deals with a debt...