Monthly Archives: January 2018
IT Science Case Study: Helping the Sheriff Get the Job Done
This is the latest article in a new feature series in eWEEK called IT Science, in which we look at what really happens at the intersection of...
Hybrid Notebooks, Laptops, Tablets Headline Early CES 2018 Tech Intros
Hybrid Notebooks, Laptops, Tablets Headline Early CES 2018 Tech Intros
The parade of new notebooks, laptops, tablets and televisions started days before the CES exhibition...
Amazon Alexa Set to Become Power Business Tool on Windows 10 PCs
Amazon has announced its Alexa voice-controlled digital assistant is being integrated into Windows 10 computers. The new computers, with Alexa installed, will begin hitting...
Google Pay Becoming Cloud Giant’s Single Payment Service Brand
Google will bring together the company’s different online payment apps into a unified service branded Google Pay. Google Pay will replace the currently separate Android...
Report Says Huawei Failed to Reach Smartphone Sales Deal With AT&T
Rumors that surfaced in December that Chinese smartphone maker Huawei was working on a first-of- its-kind deal to sell its handsets directly to U.S....
Intel Supporting AMD’s Radeon Vega Graphics Processor Technology
Advanced Micro Devices’ Radeon Vega GPU is getting a lot of attention in Las Vegas as the CES 2018 tech show gets underway.Executives with...
Microsoft Stresses Security, Responsible AI in Cloud Policy Updates
Harnessing and commercializing cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology innovations, is more than a profit-generating business strategy for Microsoft. Brad Smith, president...
Microsoft Investigating Problematic Meltdown Patch on AMD PCs
Meltdown and Spectre are already causing trouble, even if there's no evidence that cyber-attackers have weaponized the critical processor flaws.On Jan. 3, the Google...
Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities Impacting Most Modern CPUs
Today’s topics include a pair of flaws found in most modern CPUs; a Google Apps Script vulnerability exposing malware risks; Google introducing a new...
Cryptocurrency Mining Operations Take Aim at SSH Servers
As the value of cryptocurrency continues to rise, so too is interest from attackers and security researchers alike. So far in 2018, multiple new...