Salesforce.com will do 'full review' of hackathon after controversy, Benioff says
Salesforce.com has come under fire from critics who say the "hackathon" it held at last week's Dreamforce conference was judged unfairly, and CEO Marc Benioff is now promising a thorough investigation. "We are doing a full review of the Hackathon," Benioff said in a Twitter message. "We always respond to feedback, and this will be no different. It must be a legitimate victory."
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BlackBerry shakeup claims operating, marketing and financial chiefs
BlackBerry's chief operating, marketing, and financial officers are leaving as recently appointed CEO John Chen makes his mark on the struggling mobile vendor. COO Kristian Tear, CMO Frank Boulben and CFO Brian Bidulka all are leaving BlackBerry, the company announced on Monday. James Yersh, the former controller and head of compliance, will take over the top financial spot.
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Microsoft cuts the hassle from email encryption with Office 365 upgrade
Two big complaints people have had about encrypted email often derail its use outside of a small circle. Complaint one: It's hard to use.
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NSA reportedly compromised more than 50,000 networks worldwide
The U.S. NSA (National Security Agency) reportedly hacked into more than 50,000 computer networks around the world as part of its global intelligence gathering efforts, and it also taps into large fiber optic cables that transport Internet traffic between continents at 20 different major points.
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IE11 leaves Flash media hanging on YouTube, more major sites
If you're having problems getting Flash sites to display properly in Internet Explorer 11 -- whether you're running Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 -- you aren't alone.
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Tim Berners-Lee says government snooping threatens future democracy
Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned that government surveillance and censorship will threaten the democratic nature of the Web. Berners-Lee made his comments as his World Wide Web Foundation (WWWF) released its annual Web index report, tracking global censorship.
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Retailers tracking customers via Wi-Fi suggests that privacy really is dead
"Privacy is dead -- get over it," has been a mantra of private investigators for years. But continuing revelations about how many different ways personal privacy is still disappearing are still enough to unnerve people. It is not just about the trail everybody leaves from the websites they visit or from security cameras in public places. It is also about smart cars. It is about the cellular towers that serve their smartphones. And it is now also about their friendly brick-and-mortar retailer.
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10 things we learned -- or didn't -- from Cisco's Insieme launch
Cisco's introduction of the Insieme Networks product line and strategy was the most anticipated networking announcement in almost two years. It represents Cisco's response to the software-defined networking (SDN) trend pervading the industry, and threatening Cisco's dominance and profits.
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'Team Moscow' wins $100K in PayPal's Battle Hack 2013
A group of Russian software developers dubbed "Team Moscow" has won PayPal's $100,000 Battle Hack 2013 awarded for the best socially worthy use of PayPal's API. A team of Israel finished second, and one from Miami finished third.
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Twitter tightens security against NSA snooping
Twitter has implemented new security measures that should make it much more difficult for anyone to eavesdrop on communications between its servers and users, and it's calling on other Internet companies to follow its lead.
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Microsoft sells 1 million Xbox One consoles on launch day
Microsoft says the launch of the Xbox One on Friday has been the most successful yet for its Xbox gaming console family. The company sold 1 million consoles in less than 24 hours, it said, putting it roughly equal with the launch of Sony's PlayStation 4 a week earlier. Gamers on both platforms have been waiting several years for the companies to update their hardware, so strong sales at launch shouldn't come as a surprise.
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