Monthly Archives: March 2017
IBM X-Force Report Reveals a Record Number of Vulnerabilities in 2016
2016 was a particularly active year for cyber-security —that is if you look at it in terms of breached records and disclosed vulnerabilities. IBM...
FCC Data Privacy Rules Were Defunct Before Congressional Vote
NEWS ANALYSIS: The Federal Communications Commission had already voted to withdraw data privacy rules for Internet Service Providers well before Congress voted to overturn...
Samsung, IBM Make Deal to Bring Weather Channel App to Smartphones
IBM and Samsung have joined up to make the world's most common conversation topic, the weather, native on Android smartphones.The two companies revealed March...
Spreadsheet Co-authoring Comes to Microsoft Excel on Windows Desktop
Co-authoring, a feature that first appeared in the web-based Office applications, is finally available in Excel on Windows desktops. As its name implies, co-authoring allows...
Oracle’s Converged Cloud Storage Aims to Knock Out Cloud Gateways
It's not every day that a company claims to create and thereby "own" a new IT product and service market, but that's what Oracle...
Samsung to Introduce Bixby Assistant on Galaxy S8 Smartphones
Today’s topics include Samsung launching its Bixby AI assistant on Galaxy S8 phones; Intel unveiling Optane Memory to speed up HDD-powered PCs; Facebook starting...
Google Discloses Measures to Defend Android Against Ransomware
Ransomware has become a major threat on desktop and notebook systems, but has been somewhat less of a danger on mobile devices.Even so Google...
Microsoft to Release Windows 10 Creators Update Starting April 11
Microsoft will start issuing the Windows 10 Creators Update to eligible systems on April 11, the company announced today."The Creators Update is designed to...
Brocade Sells Data Center Networking Business to Extreme Networks
Brocade, once No. 2 only to Cisco Systems in the storage networking business, is being cut into pieces and sold off. But this transition...
Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ Handsets Debut With Larger Screens, Thin Bezels
Samsung introduced its latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S8+ and the Galaxy S8, on March 29 with large displays with almost no bezels, powerful...