Major SSL flaw found in iOS, OS X
Security researchers revealed late Friday that iOS's validation of SSL encryption had a coding error that bypassed a key validation step in the Web protocol for secure communications. As a result, communications sent over unsecured Wi-Fi hot spots could be intercepted and read while unencrypted, potentially exposing user password, bank data, and other sensitive data to hackers via man-in-the-middle attacks. Secured Wi-Fi networks, such as home and business networks with encryption enabled, are not affected.
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Microsoft Azure continues enterprise push with private on-ramps
Microsoft continues to target the enterprise with the introduction of a private on-ramp for Windows Azure cloud services. The service, called ExpressRoute, allows organizations to directly connect their data centers to Azure without using the public Internet.
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Thirst for better data analysis drives demand for data architecture skills
With businesses looking to mine their vast amounts of data for a competitive edge, data architecture skills are in great demand and can lead to hefty salaries, an analyst report reveals.
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Glitch trips up Google Drive, Docs for hours
A service disruption that lasted more than five hours made key Google Web apps malfunction on Thursday. At around 2 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time, Google acknowledged on its Apps Status page a problem with its Drive cloud storage service and with its Docs word processing and Sheet spreadsheet applications, and later with its Sites intranet builder.
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IRS warns of 'Dirty Dozen' tax scams for 2014
Everybody wants your money -- the IRS too -- but at least they will take it legally. The IRS, however, doesn't want your money taken by scamsters who use tax season to celebrate Christmastime for dirtbags. The list of nastyscams sounds familiar with identity theft and phone fraud leading the way as they have for the past few years.
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Google grabs Spider.io to combat ad fraud
There are typically two ways to solve a technology problem: devise a solution yourself or find someone who's working on the problem and buy their expertise.
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Google's Project Tango developing phone that views in 3-D
Google has been working for the last one year on 3-D smartphones that aim to give the devices greater awareness of space and motion in natural environments. The goal of Project Tango is to give mobile devices "a human-scale understanding of space and motion," wrote Johnny Lee, project lead at Google's Advanced Technology and Projects group, in a Google+ post.
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Microsoft takes baby steps toward clearing up its branding mess
Microsoft's attempts at branding -- affixing names to products in ways that mere humans can understand -- have drawn widespread and well-deserved scorn.
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Dell, Red Hat team up on network virtualization
Dell is teaming up with Red Hat to drive its effort to be a force in the burgeoning area of network function virtualization (NFV) technology, aimed at helping carriers reduce costs and quickly roll out new services. Co-engineered Dell-Red Hat OpenStack-based NFV and SDN (software defined networking) applications are expected to be available in 2014, Dell said.
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Google makes good on threat, flips 'kill switch' on some Chrome add-ons
Google today upgraded Chrome to version 33, fulfilling its promise to block more add-ons in the Windows browser and quashing 28 bugs. The promotion of the new tools and features to Chrome's "Stable" channel, one of three that the Mountain View, Calif. company maintains, had been trumpeted previously, and baked into rougher builds.
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As Google Fiber approaches in Austin, Time Warner ups broadband speeds
With Google Fiber about to begin a fiber Internet service in Austin, Texas, Time Warner Cable said Thursday it is increasing home broadband speeds in the city by up to six times while keeping the price flat.
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Mt. Gox bitcoin price falls below $100
Bitcoin fell below $100 on major exchange Mt. Gox early Friday, dropping under a key psychological threshold. Traders pushed the digital currency as low as $91.50, far below its price at around $537 on two other exchanges tracked by CoinDesk.com.
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HP reverses decline in PC sales, claims broad progress in quarter
Hewlett-Packard has returned its PC business to growth and reported better-than-expected results for the first quarter of its fiscal year. HP's revenue was down overall, but by less than analysts had forecast, and the PC group reported its first sales growth in seven quarters.
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