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Qualcomm Considering Job Cuts, Restructuring Options

Today’s topics include news that Qualcomm is considering restructuring options, Microsoft signs a huge Office 365 deal with General Electric, revelations on how the Hacking Team compromised cryptocurrency accounts on government order, and new processors from AMD. The turmoil around mobile chip maker Qualcomm looks likely to continue amid reports that officials this week could […]

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 Tablets to Launch This Summer

Today’s topics include the launch of Galaxy Tab S2 tablets, the release of Visual Studio 2015, details on the Ashley Madison dating site breach and more on a minor accident involving Google’s self-driving cars. Samsung is launching Galaxy Tab S2 tablets in August, 13 months after launching its original Tab S devices in June 2014. […]

Dell, HP, Lenovo, Others Ready Windows 10 PC Models

Today’s topics include a clarification of the confusion surrounding the availability of Windows 10 PCs, a new security ally for Adobe, a new video enhanced version of Yahoo’s free Messenger mobile app and Neil Young pulling his music from streaming sites. A Microsoft official threw a scare into an already shaken PC industry earlier this […]

Apple Refreshes iPod Touch With Faster Processor, Better Cameras

Today’s topics include the latest iPod Touch, details on the upcoming Black Hat USA security conference, the release of Skype 5.5 for Android and a change to Intel’s tick-tock processor schedule. Apple has introduced its latest iPod Touch, featuring a wide range of improvements including a more powerful processor, faster graphics, better still image and […]

Google Eddystone Poses Challenge to Apple iBeacon

Today’s topics include new Bluetooth LE beacon technology from Google, the continuing decline of tablet sales, the end of product support for Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 and why Google Photos keeps backing up your snapshots even after you turn it off. Google this week rolled out a new Bluetooth LE (low energy) beacon technology that […]

Firefox Browser Blocks Flash Due to Unpatched Zero-Day Flaws

Today’s topics include Mozilla blocking Flash usage in Firefox, a clarification on Nokia’s future smartphone plans, a move from Chinese state-backed company Tsinghua Unigroup to purchase Micron Technology and the announcement of the Cortana Analytics Suite. With two currently unpatched zero-day vulnerabilities in Adobe’s Flash Player, Mozilla has decided to take unilateral action and block […]

HP, Intel Join Forces to Bring HPC Into New Fields

Today’s topics include HP and Intel working to push high-performance computing capabilities, the latest Top500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers, the arrival of new ZenPad Android tablets and a court decision acknowledging consumer concerns about the practice of bundling unwanted apps known as “bloatware” in software downloads. Hewlett-Packard and Intel are partnering to help […]

OPM Says Breach Put 25.7 Million Americans’ Data Security at Risk

Today’s topics include more details on the Office of Personnel Management data breach, an early release date for the Galaxy Note phablet, a change in how Google handles spam and the release of the Lumia 735 smartphone. After weeks of speculation that the data breach of the U.S Office of Personnel Management’s systems affected more […]

Tech Issues at NYSE, United Airlines Raise Concerns

Today’s topics include fallout from Wednesday’s high profile technological issues, a new chip from IBM, new capabilities for Microsoft’s cloud platform and the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime phone available from Sprint. The four-hour outage at the New York Stock Exchange July 8 coupled with problems earlier in the day at United Airlines and the Wall […]

Microsoft’s Phone Biz Feels Brunt of Latest Round of Layoffs

Today’s topics include cuts at Microsoft, a disruption of United Airlines flights, Apple pushing for packaging changes from third-party vendors and a report on how attackers impact Google search results. Following weeks of talk about “tough choices” ahead for Microsoft, CEO Satya Nadella announced July 8 that the Redmond, Wash., tech giant is in the […]