eWEEK Staff

New Netflix ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Episodes Released by Hackers

Today’s topics include a Netflix hack that led to the leak of 10 new “Orange Is the New Black” episodes, a flaw leaving hundreds of Android applications open to attack, Microsoft’s latest cloud updates for developers and the Hajime botnet’s infiltration of over 300,000 internet-of-things devices. A hacker group called “The Dark Overlord” leaked 10 […]

Google Global Cache Service Goes Live in Cuba

Today’s topics include Google becoming the first foreign ISP in Cuba; SAP’s Next-Gen innovation hub turning to the Big Apple for inspiration; Verizon releasing a data breach report that reveals a spike in ransomware; and Microsoft rolling out Outlook Customer Manager for small businesses. Google is the first foreign internet service provider to host internet […]

CEO Marissa Mayer’s Yahoo Golden Parachute to Exceed $100 Million

Today’s topics include estimates of the size of outgoing Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s golden parachute, Why Oracle’s Content and Experience Cloud is a direct challenge to Adobe, IBM’s Bluemix cloud data center expansion, and Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report notes a rise in politically-motivated cyber-attacks. Outgoing Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will receive an internet-scale golden […]

IBM Watson Showing Its Smarts on Factory Floors

Today’s topics include why IBM’s Watson supercomputer is going to work on factory floors, the demonstration of the all-electric Kitty Hawk flying car prototype, new LinkedIn and Dynamics 365 sales data integration and a new study confirms that businesses continue the risky practice of deploying thousands of cloud applications without IT department supervision. IBM Watson […]

Samsung Galaxy S8 Smartphone Built With Higher Parts Costs

Today’s topics include Samsung’s new feature-packed Galaxy S8 phone that comes with a higher parts price tag; Microsoft’s test drive of a replacement for its popular Wunderlist app; Linux Foundation’s introduction of Edge X Foundry; and Violin Memory’s resurrection after finding a private equity buyer. Samsung has packed its latest Galaxy S8 smartphone with components […]

Qualcomm CEO Says ARM CPUs to Power New Windows 10 Devices in Q4

Today’s topics include word that Microsoft is going to make another try at selling Mobile PCs with Qualcomm ARM chips, Google’s latest transparency report that shows governments requests for user data spiked in 2016, Riverbed’s acquisition of Xirrus and the security risk posed by unmaintained open source code that is widely use in commercial software. […]

Microsoft Cognitive Services Recognizes Faces Landmarks

Today’s topics include new Microsoft cognitive services capable of recognizing faces and landmarks, a Google white paper on the company’s enterprise mobile security strategy; the start of preorders for the new 2-in-1 Samsung Galaxy Book 12; and Acalvio’s ShadowPlex defensive security platform that’s designed to divert cyber-attackers away from real network assets. Microsoft has announced […]

Security Vendors Find Banking Malware, Spyware on Google Play

Today’s topics include potentially harmful applications on the Google Play mobile app store, Oracle releasing its largest security update to date, Docker Inc.’s new professional services offering and Microsoft Hyper-V enabling Linux containers to run on Windows Server. While the Google Play store is generally considered the safest place to find and download Android applications, […]

Facebook Reveals Plans for Augmented, Virtual Reality at F8 Conference

Today’s topics include Facebook targeting virtual worlds and augmented reality, Google’s acquisition of 1,210 acres in Nevada, Uber expanding its business services with Uber Central and cloud security risks associated with Amazon Web Services misconfiguration. Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg thinks experiencing augmented reality through glasses is still a few years away, but that’s […]

Microsoft Says It’s Fully Patched 13 Exploits Dumped by Shadow Brokers

Today’s topics include Microsoft’s rapid response to a hacker group’s recent exploits, HTC cutting the price of some smartphones through April 23, Hewlett Packard Enterprise acquiring storage maker Nimble earlier than planned and Instagram’s latest feature release. On April 14 a hacker group called the Shadow Brokers sparked fears of a new group of previously […]