eWEEK Staff

Today’s topics include an analysis on the true cost of ransomware; Facebook awarding $100,000 for spear phishing security research; Google partnering with UC Berkeley to create an eclipse movie; and Microsoft giving Skype for desktops a mobile look makeover. Ransomware has been a growing internet security attack tactic over the course of the past year—and […]

Today’s topics include the debut of HMD’s flagship Nokia 8 smartphone; the new Active Status feature for LinkedIn’s messaging app that shows when it’s a good time to chat with contacts; why Box selected Google’s cloud vision technology for image recognition; and the launch of Microsoft’s Azure Event Grid cloud service for event-based apps. The […]

Today’s topics include Microsoft’s acquisition of Cycle Computing to expand it high performance computing technology portfolio,  Kolos’ effort to build the world’s largest data center in  Norway; Docker’s Enterprise Edition update with secure multi-tenacity support; and the debut of Google Allo web text messaging app on the Chrome browser. Microsoft has snapped up a high-performance […]

Today’s topics include security researcher Marcus Hutchins’ not guilty plea to charges he created the Kronos banking trojan, a court ruling that favors Western Digital in its memory-chip dispute Toshiba; the security study findings that organizations are willing to try longer passwords and the addition of Android O support to Google’s Internet of Things platform. […]

Today’s topics include how people on the internet reacted to violent protests in Charlottesville, Va., Oracle’s new release of the Exadata database for the cloud; Amazon Web Service’s latest cloud migration services, and Google’s updated cloud speech API for Android app developers. Fringe political groups have been gravitating to the internet as a place where […]

Today’s topics include Facebook’s announcement of professional quality streaming video service to take on the likes of Netflix and YouTube, the launch of a new Google website to help explain its GDPR data privacy controls; Oracle’s introduction of a flock of new cloud applications; and the results of the Hack the Air Force bug bounty […]

Today’s topics include the FTC being asked to investigate privacy risks with AnchorFree’s Hotspot Shield VPN; Microsoft updating Outlook.com with a new look and some AI-inspired functionality; T-Mobile offering smartphone users aged 55 and older two lines for $60; and Hewlett Packard Enterprise adding Big Switch software to its open Altoline switches. According to a […]

Today’s topics include an engineer who was fired over his diversity “manifesto” threatening to sue Google; the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active smartphone becoming available at AT&T on Aug. 11; Intel readying its Core-X desktop chips aimed at gamers and content creators; and Microsoft warning that tech support scammers are using phishing tactics. Google has fired […]

Today’s topics include an activist investor that is pushing Qualcomm to up its $38 billion bid for NXP Semiconductor; a Google engineer’s “manifesto” that fuels a gender discrimination controversy; analysis on what Samsung must do right with the upcoming Galaxy Note 8 smartphone; and Microsoft expanding its Azure IoT Hub’s reach with Particle and Electric […]

Today’s topics include Hewlett Packard Enterprise spinning off of its software business; Google tweaking its Play store search to reward Android app quality; Microsoft Eye Control making accessibility widely available to the disabled; and Oracle joining SafeLogic to develop a FIPS module for OpenSSL security. Last September, Hewlett Packard Enterprise merged its software business with […]