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AT&T recently announced a cloud-based storage service designed to meet the security requirements of federal government agencies. This community cloud offering has the same features, policies, capabilities and EMC Atmos technology as AT&T’s commercial cloud storage offering. However, this service provides additional security measures, including storage towers that are physically separated from other users’ towers […]

Samsung unveiled Galaxy Note Edge and Galaxy Note 4 during media events around the world on Sept. 3. Gregory Lee, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics America, explained that the company is aiming to enter a new universe of elegantly designed mobile devices. The Galaxy Note Edge stole the spotlight at the event with an […]

This past weekend, attackers posted explicit pictures of Hollywood celebrities online including Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence, which were allegedly obtained via a vulnerability in Apple’s iCloud data storage service. The pictures were posted to the 4chan website, where the original poster claimed to have additional photos for which payment was being sought. Some of the […]

The Federal Communications Commission has fined T-Mobile USA $819,000 for violating federal laws that require phone service providers to stock a minimum number of cell phone models that are compatible with hearing aids for consumers that need them. The FCC explained that these rules have been around for over a decade, and stated that T-Mobile […]

The latest Apple product rumors suggest that the company will introduce a 12.9-inch iPad, which would be the largest iPad model the company has built so far. Market rumors suggest that Apple will release this larger tablet model in early 2015. However, Apple isn’t expected to unveil the new tablet during a Sept. 9 media […]

Starting July 15, 2015, all smartphones sold in California will be required to include a “kill switch” that can be remotely activated to disable a stolen phone and render it useless. This is part of a strategy to end the problem of cell phones being stolen during the commission of often violent street crimes. Governor […]

Microsoft has launched a preview of the SQL Database Auditing feature for Azure SQL DB. SQL Database Auditing is available on all Azure SQL DB service tiers, including Basic, Standard and Premium plans, explained Tony Petrossian, group program manager of Azure SQL DB. Audit logs count against an organization’s plan and are written to specified […]

Apple has announced that iPhone 5 owners who have been experiencing problems with the battery life on their devices could now be eligible for a free battery replacement under a new repair program. In a post on Apple’s website, the company admitted that a small percentage of iPhone 5 devices need to be charged more […]

Microsoft is hoping that the Windows Phone 8.1’s built-in capabilities will help its newest operating system catch the eye of security-driven U.S. government agencies, which are under pressure to adopt mobile-enabled work styles. Rick Engle, Microsoft’s principal Windows technology specialist, wrote a blog post aimed at combating the belief that increased mobility means increased risk […]

There was bad news and good news in Hewlett-Packard’s fiscal third-quarter earnings report. The bad was that the IT giant posted earnings that were down 29 percent from a year ago, mostly due to the costs of thousands of employee layoffs and payments on several expensive past acquisitions. The good was that HP’s streak of […]