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Today’s topics include BlackBerry suing Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for patent infringement; the SEC regulating crypto-currency exchanges and coin offerings; Google using artificial intelligence to evaluate drone images for the Department of Defense; and a Kaspersky Lab report finding mobile malware attacks grew in 2017. BlackBerry is suing Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp subsidiaries, […]

Today’s topics include Google previewing the largest quantum computing processor to date; the DDoS record broken again as a memcached attack hits 1.7 Tbps; Microsoft revamping the setup experience for Windows 10; and hyperconverged infrastructure systems as one of the hottest IT markets of 2018. Google this week previewed Bristlecone, a 72-qubit quantum processor that […]

Today’s topics include a U.S. regulatory committee putting Qualcomm’s shareholder vote on hold; Facebook automatically upgrading links to HTTPS; Microsoft Azure Stack coming to government customers; and HP releasing special notebooks for health care usage. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which reviews deals that have potential national security implications, has ordered […]

Today’s topics include Microsoft issuing more Meltdown and Spectre patches; Fortinet boosting its security fabric with cloud and SD-WAN features; Google releasing Hangouts Chat for enterprise collaboration; and Slack working to keep rivals Microsoft and Google at bay. Microsoft has resumed issuing patches to fix Meltdown and Spectre CPU vulnerabilities in PC CPUs after having […]

Today’s topics include GitHub being hit with the largest DDoS attack ever recorded; a congressional report detailing Russian social media meddling; Intel partnering with Tsinghua Unigroup on 3D NAND flash storage; and Zoho updating its CRM app with the Zia Voice assistant. GitHub reported on March 1 that it was the victim of a distributed […]

Today’s topics include attackers using memcached servers to amplify DDoS attacks; Google’s new SSL policy setting capability for load balancers; Microsoft’s new Windows 10 build adding extra setup features; and the release of OpenStack Queens. Global service providers and cloud operators are reporting a new threat vector where attackers are using misconfigured memcached servers to […]

Today’s topics include the Supreme Court divided on the Microsoft cloud data privacy case; Apple iCloud turning its attention away from Microsoft Azure in favor of Google Cloud; Intel and Qualcomm accelerating 5G efforts; and Ericsson and Equinix partnering for 5G data centers. U.S. Supreme Court justices heard arguments Feb. 27 in the Department of […]

After the Feb. 14 high school mass shooting in which 17 Parkland, Florida students and staff were killed, social media came alive with a torrent of postings. While most messages were expressions of shock, grief, and outrage, many were also intended to inflame opinions on all sides of concern over the tragedy.  The Russian Internet […]

Today’s topics include Samsung revealing its new Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones; Samsung and PTC partnering on IoT initiatives; Microsoft’s Quantum Development Kit arriving on Linux and macOS; and CrowdStrike revealing time to breakout as a key cyber-security metric. Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S9 and S9+ smartphones were unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, […]

Today’s topics include cyber-security reports showing increasing data breach risks; Google simplifying virtual machine management with cloud updates; DataTorrent fortifying its streaming data management toolset; and Dropbox going public. Last week, at least nine technology companies released reports providing broad industry context for the state of cyber-security in 2018 as well as in-depth looks into […]