Monthly Archives: February 2017
Why Data Privacy is Losing Its War Against IT Innovation
SAN FRANCISCO -- A growing number of people think Facebook, other social networks, connected device makers--and potentially the entire internet of things market itself--are...
Windows Insider Program Is Going Pro
Microsoft is making some tweaks to Windows Insider over the next few months, bringing the Windows 10 testing and feedback program more in line...
IBM Puts Watson-Based Machine Learning to Work on z System Mainframes
IBM Puts Watson-Based Machine Learning to Work on z System Mainframes
IBM announced Feb. 15 that it’s bringing some of Watson’s artificial intelligence to the...
Google Tells RSA Show Audience How it Secures a Billion Android Users
Here are your top news stories from eWEEK. Today's topics include Google's presentation at the RSA Conference on how the company maintains the security...
HPE Unveils ‘Futureproof’ 3PAR Storage Operating System
Hewlett Packard Enterprise had been quiet regarding its 3PAR storage for several months, but that changed this week when it introduced a new HPE...
Ransomware Heads List of 7 Most Dangerous New Cyber-Attack Techniques
SAN FRANCISCO—If you didn’t already believe we live in dangerous times, a session at the RSA Security Conference on Feb. 15 here might have...
SecureWorks Exposes Phishing Fraudster Using Social Engineering Tricks
SAN FRANCISCO—Punking online fraudsters has a long history among hackers.Yet, managed security provider SecureWorks is recommending that some companies regularly play the dupe to...
Microsoft to Apply AI, Cloud Innovations to Health Care IT Push
Microsoft is already bullish about artificial intelligence (AI) in the corporate world. Even households are part of the Redmond, Wash. technology giant's plan to...
Google Broadens RCS Messaging Footprint With Telenor Partnership
Google’s efforts to drive broad acceptance of the Rich Communication Services cross-operator mobile messaging technology across the Android ecosystem got a boost this week.The...
Large DDoS Attacks on the Rise, Akamai Report Finds
Large DDoS Attacks on the Rise, Akamai Report Finds
Akamai finds an increasing volume of DDoS attacks greater than 100G bps in Q4, while the...