Microsoft aims to make Office 365 'smarter' via social, APIs, machine learning
Microsoft will add new software, developer tools and capabilities to Office 365 in an attempt to make the cloud applications suite a "smarter" product that is better at helping people interact at work. At its SharePoint Conference, which kicks off in Las Vegas on Monday, Microsoft will demonstrate a new machine learning application code-named Oslo designed to understand how employees work in Office 365 and with whom.
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Linux group could hasten 64-bit Android for ARM mobile devices
Linaro, the open-source development consortium for Linux on ARM architecture, is working on software, tools, and drivers that could hasten the release of 64-bit Android. The move is significant because, apart from Apple's iPhone 5s, no 64-bit smartphones have been announced, a situation that analysts partly attribute to the lack of 64-bit Android for ARM processors, which are the most widely used in handsets and tablets.
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Microsoft: Use Laplink's Windows XP migration tools, not ours
With the April 8 support deadline for Windows XP looming more closely, Microsoft is stepping up the pressure to get as many users off XP as possible.
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Second federal 'kill switch' bill introduced targeting smartphone theft
A second federal bill that proposes "kill switch" technology be made mandatory in smartphones as a means to reduce theft of the devices was introduced Monday. The kill switch would allow consumers to remotely wipe and disable a stolen smartphone and is considered by proponents to be a key tool in combating the increasing number of smartphone robberies.
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Microsoft announces extended Windows XP support in China -- or has it?
Early this morning, Michael Kan reported from Beijing that Windows XP will continue receivin
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IE11 still zaps Windows 7 gadgets
Over the weekend, a longtime Windows user wrote to me with a problem I thought Microsoft had fixed ages ago.
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The paranoid's survival guide: How to protect your personal data
Who says privacy is dead? While it's true that marketers, the government, data aggregators and others are gathering and analyzing more data than ever about every individual, you can still exert some control over what's out there, who's tracking you and what they do with that information.
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Sears says it finds no evidence of data breach -- yet
Sears Holdings said a review of its systems does not show evidence yet of a data breach as retailers continue to stay on guard in the light of payment card terminal hacking at Target and Neiman Marcus. The department store chain, with 2,500 stores in the U.S. and Canada, is the latest company to say it is investigating a possible breach, following the hotel management company White Lodging Services and the arts and crafts chain Michaels.
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How to keep your PC secure when Microsoft ends Windows XP support
The Windows XPocalypse is almost upon us. After a legendary dozen year run, Microsoft will stop providing security patches for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. Without Microsoft's protection, all those WinXP PCs will have targets painted on their hard drives.
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Tami Reller and Tony Bates are out at Microsoft -- stay tuned for more departures
Over the weekend, Kara Swisher at Re/code posted a blog that really
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Users refuse to chuck XP as Windows 8 uptake flattens
For the second month in a row, Windows XP and Windows 8 defied their maker's wishes, as XP -- which Microsoft just wants to go away -- gained user share, and Windows 8, the OS Microsoft hopes will fuel sales of new devices, flatlined in February, an analytics firm reported.
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Survey: Developers eager for Java 8
Yes, Java has had plenty of bad press in recent years because of security issues. Yes, the upcoming release of Java, version 8, has had its initial feature set pared and has been delayed.
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Five things you should know about iOS security
Security is an extra-hot topic these days, as all sorts of government agencies short on letters but long on budgets keep getting accused of spying on their own citizens, and debates rage on whether what look like accidental bugs may actually turn out to be quite intentional.
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