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Facebook announced new changes to their privacy policies. Officially, the changes were in response to an Irish government audit. But privacy advocates, long skeptical of Facebook's approach to consumer privacy, see the changes as an effort to soft-pedal concerns in ...
There are few givens in the world of technology, and those briefly got one fewer this past week when Adobe surprised the tech world with a radical decision to not patch a security hole in a few of its popular ...
Windows 8 tablets with Intel chips should reach the market this fall. Along with tablets will come hybrids, combining features of tablet devices and laptops. A funny thing is happening on the way to the mobility revolution: Lines are being ...
There's a "tipping point" for cloud adoption, according to Google CIO Ben Fried, and it's rapidly approaching. Once that point arrives and companies are over the hump and into the world of cloud computing, there's no going back--it will become ...
HP caused quite a stir this past year by giving up on the HP TouchPad tablet after sluggish sales, reducing the prices to fire-sale levels, and building a reputation as a quality tablet maker as sales shot through the roof. ...
No one (at least no one who is talking) seems to know much about the iPhone 5. That is, except for one thing: Persisting rumor has it coming out in October. Anything iGadget is always a big consumer/fanboy story, but ...
What do you think of when you hear someone described as a VIP? If you’re anything like me, the term ...
IT admins are under the constant threat of attack from a variety of sources--cyber criminals, hacktivists, and malware. The greatest risks for midsize business IT, however, stems from employees and a new breed of malware, dubbed "ransomware," that has recently ...
More small and midsize businesses are investing in virtualization and cloud computing technologies now that they have increased budgets. That's according to a recent IT survey that takes a close look at where smaller businesses are spending their money. The ...
The partial verdict in the Oracle-Google trial found that Google had infringed on Oracle's copyright of 37 APIs. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on the key question of whether Google's use of the APIs fell under the ...
Read anything about cloud computing, and you'll get hype--hype if you're a consumer ("the cloud lets you store photos, talk to anyone, anywhere and there's never a chance anything could be lost!") and certainly hype if you're a manager or ...
Hacking and intrusions into web applications have increasingly become more common news events. A recent report from a software application-testing company reveals that an astounding 84% of web accessible applications were vulnerable to well-known, easily resolved risks.Appsec--short for "application security"--is ...
There's a new product on the market aimed at helping IT professionals at a midsize business weather the "bring your own device" (BYOD) storm. Avaya, a business communications company, recently released their Identity Engine (AIO) 8.0. As reported by InfoWorld, ...
The Information and Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) has released a new set of cloud guidelines meant to help business IT adopt this technology quickly and effectively. Although this guide is only one of many available in the burgeoning ...
Microsoft is trying to persuade users of Office for Mac to use its own SkyDrive for cloud storage rather than Apple's iCloud. On one level, this is just another corporate battle for market share. But these battles are now taking ...
The head of Interpol, the international police agency, said that organized criminal gangs are behind most cyber-crime attacks. Cyber-crime is also increasingly international in structure. The message for midsize firms and their IT managers: You are a prime target.Unlike politically ...
Apple filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to obtain iPhone5.com. The website consists of forums dedicated to discussing possible features of Apple's next generation iPhone. WIPO is a United Nations agency that protects trademarks, patents, designs, ...
It's no surprise that mobile technology is starting to dominate the business cloud; devices like Windows phones, iPads, and Android-based tablets have been using cloud-like structures to communicate for years. They would have advanced the cloud agenda even if platform ...
The Microsoft iPad strategy--keeping the dominant tablet device at arm's length--may be a big mistake. At least, that's the opinion of one industry observer. For IT managers at midsize firms, Microsoft's choice could have a major impact on the productivity ...
The Oracle Fusion Applications suite is available in two versions, hosted (and thus in the cloud) and on-site. So far, Fusion customers are showing a marked preference for the hosted version. Their experience may offer insights to IT managers at ...