eWEEK Staff

Microsoft to Replace Azure RemoteApp With Citrix XenApp Express

Today’s topics include Microsoft and Citrix’s partnership to deliver a remote network access application for Azure. Cisco’s release of its Meeting Server product that will improve interoperability between Skype for business and other collaboration platforms, Microsoft and MIT’s plan to bring digital tattoos to new markets and AT&T’s discounts for prepaid multiline GoPhone users. Microsoft […]

Microsoft Already Preparing Next Windows 10 Update

Today’s topics include Microsoft’s work on a post-anniversary update for Windows 10, security researchers’ discovery of a vulnerability in the keyless entry systems of more than 100 million Volkswagen vehicles, South Korean regulators’ antitrust investigation of Google and Kyocera’s rollout of its DuraForce Pro smartphone with an HD action camera. On Aug. 2, Microsoft began […]

Security Firm Outbids Apple With $500,000 Bounty for iOS Flaws

Today’s topics include Exodus Intelligence’s offer of up to $500,000 for an iOS security flaw to outbid Apple’s new bug bounty program, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s discovery of two new security vulnerabilities in widely-used enterprise software components, Seagate’s demonstration of a record-setting 60 TB solid-state drive and Microsoft’s announcement that it will acquire Beam Interactive. Among the […]

Apple MacBook Pro Update Rumors Keep Surfacing

Today’s topics include the rumors that Apple will soon give its MacBook Pro line a major overhaul, Facebook’s plan to begin overriding ad blockers on the desktop version of the social network, the news about a potentially damaging breach of Oracle’s Micros POS system and the reason why Hulu moved its free video content to […]

Flaws in Qualcomm Chipset Pose Security Risk for Android Devices

Today’s topics include the vulnerabilities found in a Qualcomm chipset that put 900 million Android devices at risk, the patch to a critical security flaw in the Fedora Linux Account System, the sudden departure of the CTO for Google’s self-driving car project and Google’s acquisition of cloud software marketer Obitera. A set of security vulnerabilities […]

Apple iPhone 7 to Include Pressure-Sensitive Home Button: Reports

Today’s topics include the latest rumors about the iPhone 7’s design, Walmart’s $3.3 billion buyout offer for e-commerce site Jet.com, the FTC Commissioner’s call for hackers to help improve privacy and security, and Google and Facebook’s partnership to develop a new Open Rack data center standard. The latest iPhone 7 rumors, which come in advance […]

Facebook Filtering News Feeds to Keep Out ‘Clickbait Headlines’

Today’s topics include Facebook’s goal to reduce the number of clickbait headlines in users’ news feeds, DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge, which declared the Mayhem system the best in autonomous computer security, Apple’s launch of its first formal bug bounty program, and Google and NYU researchers’ discovery that some software bundling services are intentionally installing unwanted […]

Intel Recalls All Basis Peak Smartwatches Due to User Burn Risk

Today’s topics include Intel’s recall of its Basic Peak smartwatches because of an overheating issue, the release of the Blackberry Hub+ productivity suite for Android smartphones, the results of a social experiment to see if people actually will plug random USB sticks they found on the ground into their PCs and IBM’s development of artificial […]

Researchers Develop Way to Unlock Smartphone With 2D Fingerprints

Today’s topics include a university professor’s discovery of an alternative way for law enforcement to unlock smartphones, Google’s initiation of new customer-supplied cloud data encryption keys, IBM’s X-Force Red security team that was created with the goal of identifying vulnerabilities in enterprise IT systems and Instagram’s introduction of its new “Stories” feature to make it […]

Samsung Introduces Galaxy Note 7 Handset With Improved Stylus

Today’s topics include the debut of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Phablet, HPE’s reorganization of its cloud unit, a security researcher’s Black Hat presentation on a flaw affecting Windows that allows cyber-threats to evade antivirus scanners, and IBM’s launch of its new lab-on-a-chip that’s designed to fight cancer. Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy Note 7 […]