eWEEK Staff

Microsoft Outlook Available on HoloLens Augmented-Reality Headsets

Today’s topics include Microsoft’s debut of Outlook for HoloLens, IBM’s launch of its Data Science Experience application, Verizon’s latest bid for Yahoo’s Web business and T-Mobile’s commencement of its customer thanks initiatives. Microsoft has released its first “holographic” email and calendar apps for HoloLens, the company’s Windows 10-powered augmented-reality headset. The device, currently available to […]

IBM Steps Up Support for R Programming Language, Joins R Consortium

Today’s topics include IBM’s partnership with R Consortium to improve the R programming language, Lenovo’s expansion of its networking, storage and server portfolios, Intel’s launch of its latest high-end processor and Salesforce’s plan to streamline the sales process for Lightning Voice. The R Consortium, an open-source foundation to support the R programming language and its […]

Oracle Returns to Court, Now Facing Off Against HPE

Today’s topics include Oracle’s latest legal dispute with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, ownCloud’s discontinuation of its U.S. operations, Windows’ release of a mobile build of Windows 10 that allows Cortana-based interactions between smartphones and PCs and AMD’s unveiling of its latest generation of APUs for PCs. Oracle’s $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems in 2010 opened […]

LG Stylus 2 Plus Smartphone Coming Soon to North America

Today’s topics include LG’s latest smartphone model that will come with a more powerful processor and a better screen, OnePlus’ latest high-end smartphone model, Xiaomi’s acquisition of 1,500 patents from Microsoft and Dell’s development of a water-cooling system for hyperscale data centers. LG has unveiled its LG Stylus 2 Plus smartphone, which includes key performance […]

Sirin’s $14K Luxury Solarin Smartphone Boasts High Security

Today’s topics include Sirin’s new highly secure Solarin smartphone, why 425 million MySpace and Tumblr accounts were put up for sale on a hacker forum, Microsoft’s call to OEMs to create devices that support the Windows Holographic platform and the new study that finds that exposure to cell phone radio frequencies cause cancer in male […]

ARM’s New GPU, CPU Designed for Virtual Reality, Mobile Gaming

Today’s topics include ARM’s plans to enter the virtual reality, augmented reality and mobile gaming sectors, Asus’ hardware introductions at the Computex 2016 trade show, Microsoft’s plans to invest in early-stage startups and CommScope’s survey finds that millennials are willing to pay more for high-speed Internet. Over the past decade ARM has become the mobile […]

Apple Plans to Open Siri App to Outside Developers: Reports

Today’s topics include the rumor that Apple plans to open its Siri platform to developers, the preview of the new streamlined Windows 10 upgrade, Facebook and Microsoft’s plan to run a high-capacity subsea cable from Virginia to Spain, and Dell, Qualcomm and Brocade’s new partnerships in China. Apple plans to open up its Siri personal […]

Phishers Massively Increase Web Pages Built to Hide Cyber-Attacks

Today’s topics include how cyber-criminals are ramping up phishing attacks, the importance of blockchain database technology for the financial services industry, the bot technology behind Microsoft’s news-gathering and the launch of a Xiaomi Drone in China. The number of distinct Website links in phishing attacks jumped by more than 150 percent in five months, showing […]

Microsoft Announces Layoffs as It Refocuses Its Smartphone Business

Today’s topics include Microsoft’s announcement that it will be laying off employees as it shrinks its smartphone operations, the raid of Google’s Paris offices by local tax authorities, Samsung and SK Telecom’s plans to collaborate on building an IoT-dedicated network and Red Hat’s expansion of its Ansible technology. Microsoft is laying off up to 1,850 […]

Apple to Deliver Thinner, Lighter MacBook Pro Models: Analyst

Today’s topics include Apple’s plans to revamp its MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops, Facebook’s defense of its editorial policies against complaints of political bias, an investment firm’s counter offer to Mitel’s $1.96 billion bid for Polycom and Cray’s new supercomputing system designed to help enterprises run big data analytics. Apple is looking at revamping its […]