Monthly Archives: January 2017
Science Foundation, Carmakers Collaborate on Autonomous Vehicles
WASHINGTON—The National Science Foundation is actively involved in the development of autonomous cars, and in the related field of vehicle safety, said NSF Director...
Microsoft Azure Cloud Services Nearly Double in Size During Past Year
Microsoft reported strong second quarter fiscal year 2017 (2QFY17) earnings on Jan. 26, laying to rest any doubts that the software giant could transition...
Revenue From Google Cloud, Hardware, Play Units Jump in Q4
Google parent Alphabet's fourth quarter earnings report suggests that Google's attempts to broaden its revenue streams over the past several years may finally be...
Microsoft Warns of Emails Bearing Crafty PDF Phishing Scams
On the heels of a disturbingly convincing Gmail phishing scam, Microsoft is warning email users of other crafty schemes, this time involving PDF attachments.PDF,...
How to Avoid Fake Apps and Keep Your Online Data Private
Saturday, Jan. 28, is International Data Privacy Day, a project of the National Cyber Security Alliance. The idea is to draw attention to all...
HPI Recalls 101,000 Notebook PCs With Defective Batteries
Today's topics include HPI's recall of more than 100,000 notebook PCs with batteries that could overheat, how much Apple iPhone production slowed in 2016,...
Toshiba, Hit by Financial Scandal, to Spin Off Flash Business
Toshiba, which invented NAND flash memory in the late 1980s that is now being used in virtually all servers, smartphones and tablet PCs, is...
NSS Labs Improves CAWS Cyber Threat Protection Platform
Understanding how a potential threat will be handled by enterprise security technologies is a challenge that NSS Labs' Cyber Advanced Warning System (CAWS) platform...
Americans Lose Faith in Institutions to Protect Data, Identities
Americans have become resigned to the fact that the security of their data is beyond their control.In a study released on Jan. 26, Pew...
LG G6 Features to Look for at its Mobile World Congress Debut
LG G6 Features to Look for at its Mobile World Congress Debut
The Android world is counting on LG Electronics to introduce a major new...