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Hackers Claiming Support for Islamic State Breach DOJ Network

Today’s topics include a data breach resulting from a hack of the U.S. Department of Justice’s network, Apple’s advice to iPhone owners that are getting “Error 53” messages on their screens, Kaspersky Lab’s report on new bank and ATM malware attacks, and Microsoft adds new DevOps services to the Azure hybrid cloud platform. A hacker […]

OnePlus Lowers Price of OnePlus 2 Smartphone

Today’s topics include a price drop on the OnePlus 2 smartphone, the introduction of a new Logitech group video conference system, an app update to the Microsoft Band 2 and Comcast’s new WiFi Pro service for small businesses. OnePlus has lowered the price of its OnePlus 2 smartphone to $349. This is a $40 drop […]

Apple to Accept Broken iPhones as Trade-Ins for New Models

Today’s topics include a new broken iPhone trade-in policy introduced by Apple, the Bing mobile app now includes a price comparison tool, MIT researchers revealed they could be bringing artificial intelligence to smartphones and Internet of things devices, and Google will start testing autonomous vehicles in Washington. Apple customers can now trade in damaged iPhones […]

Google Reports Flaws in Major Anti-Malware Products

Today’s topics include Google’s disclosure of flaws in Avast, Comodo and Malwarebytes products; Canonical’s launch of Ubuntu Linux on tablets for computing convergence; Intel’s gains in employee diversity efforts; and CoreOS’ launch of Docker Rival Rkt 1.0. The Google Project Zero security research effort publicly disclosed multiple security flaws in products from big antivirus vendors, […]

Salesforce’s Latest CRM Apps Let Users Do Business on Mobile Devices

Today’s topics include Salesforce’s latest apps that it claims let users run their businesses on mobile devices, the U.S. and European Union agreement on a privacy shield to maintain transatlantic data flow, Cisco’s announcement that mobile traffic will grow eightfold by 2020 and how Docker 1.10 is designed to bolster container security. Salesforce.com is using […]

AMD Debuts Virtualized Graphics Cards and Quiet Chips

Today’s topics include AMD’s introduction of their new quiet chips, the extension of Microsoft Office 365 FastTrack Service to more SMBs, UC Berkeley students sue Google for scanning their emails without consent and the NSA’s advice on defending against nation-state attackers. On Feb. 1, Advanced Micro Devices unveiled virtualized graphics cards that can be installed […]

Samsung S7 Smartphones to Make Debut at Galaxy Unpacked 2016 Event

Today’s topics include word that that Samsung will introduce its S7 smartphones at Mobile World Congress this month, a former chip architect at AMD and Apple is now heading to Tesla, the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to allow Qualcomm and Verizon to test LTE-U, and reports that phishing attacks are growing in volume and complexity. […]

Xerox Decides to Split Into Separate Document, BPO Operations

Today’s topics include the announcement of Xerox splitting into two companies, Google’s Chrome browser may soon mark HTTP sites unsafe, Microsoft has released Cordova tools extension for its Visual Studio Code and software maker PTC is pushing to bring augmented reality technology to the enterprise. On Friday, Xerox announced that it will split into two […]

Office Users Can Better Collaborate on Files Stored in Cloud

Today’s topics include Microsoft beefing up Office’s third-party cloud storage support, details on the new Chrome for iOS, Linaro will be releasing an open-source software platform for ARM servers, and Pindrop raised $75 million to advance technology that fights phone fraud. This week Microsoft is making it easier for users to collaborate on Office documents […]

Salesforce Rolls Out Heroku Enterprise for App Cloud

Today’s topics include the launch of Salesforce’s Heroku Enterprise, the addition of another layer of security to Microsoft’s SQL Server 2016, Amazon’s effort to move services deeper into Android devices and Safebreach’s cyber-attack simulator helps enterprises find security risks. Salesforce.com has launched a newly architected enterprise version of its Heroku application development platform. Customers use […]