Monthly Archives: October 2016
AMD Reports Strong Earnings, Revenue Up 23 Percent
Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices turned in improved quarterly earnings Oct. 20, notching its first positive earnings-per-share report in the last two calendar years, thanks...
Snapchat-esque Photo Drawing Coming to Windows 10
Microsoft is busily piecing together its upcoming "Redstone 2" update for Windows 10, which is expected sometime in the spring of 2017. (Redstone 1...
NSA Contractor Committed ‘Breathtaking’ Thefts, DOJ Alleges
Back on Aug. 27, National Security Agency contractor Harold Thomas Martin III was arrested on charges of confidential information theft. Initially investigators found six...
Yahoo’s Earnings Exceed Expectations but Ad Revenue Still Eroding
Today's topics include the continued decline of Yahoo's desktop advertising revenue, Intel's strong quarterly revenue report masks weaker prospects, hyperconverged data center products from...
Czech Police Apprehend Alleged LinkedIn Hacker
The long arm of U.S. justice may well have finally caught up with one of the individuals behind the 2012 breach of social networking...
Google Announces New Long-Time Archiving Cloud Storage Option
Google this week introduced a new data archiving option for enterprises as part of a broader refresh of its Cloud Storage Services.The announcements, at...
Oracle Fixes 253 Security Flaws in October Update
Oracle released its October Critical Patch Update, fixing 253 different vulnerabilities across the company product portfolio. The update, released Oct. 18, is the second-largest...
Qualcomm Turns Its Focus to Connected Cameras, 5G
Qualcomm is driving deeper into the internet of things and 5G connectivity.At the mobile chip maker's 4G/5G Summit in Hong Kong this week, Qualcomm...
10 Key Findings From Gartner’s Rosy Worldwide IT Spending Study
10 Key Findings From Gartner’s Rosy Worldwide IT Spending Study
Gartner predicts a pickup in IT spending in 2017, thanks to increasing interest in software...
Intel Gets Help in Lengthy Appeal of $1.4 Billion EU Fine
Intel is getting some help in its years-long effort to appeal a $1.4 billion fine levied in 2009 by European antitrust regulators.The chip maker...