Microsoft and Google don't like Android-Windows hybrids
Microsoft may be comfortable with Windows Phone and Android splitting time on a single phone, but when it comes to PCs, fuhgeddaboutit. Google also isn't too thrilled with the idea of Frankenstein Android-Windows computers, and at least one PC maker may have to dump the hybrid devices from their lineup as a result.
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Secusmart puts its BlackBerry encryption chip to work on the desktop
At around €2,000 ($2800) each, the secure smartphones that SecuSmart showed at Cebit last year were out of reach of many businesses -- although three governments have since bought them to secure mobile phone calls between senior officials, according to CEO Hans-Christoph Quelle. Now the company has developed a less expensive and more flexible system intended for the enterprise and has extended the reach of its mobile system to secure VOIP calls on desktop phones.
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Microsoft plays frustrating game of hide-and-seek with Metro app updates
As part of my daily routine, I track down changes to Windows and follow up on reported problems. With Windows XP, Vista, and 7 that can be challenging; with Windows 8, it's damn near impossible.
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SOPA backers seek to restrict online rights again -- but this time outside the law
The next threat to online rights may not be posed by a piece of legislation, but rather from a series of tacit agreements worked out between content holders, payment processors, and service providers.
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Tech CEOs warn of threats to cloud, big data economy
CEOs at some of the nation's leading tech companies see boundless potential for big data and smarter, integrated systems to address major social challenges in areas ranging from medicine to education to transportation -- but at the same time, they worry that policymakers at home and abroad could stand in the way of that vision.
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Another security weakness found in iOS 7
A researcher has discovered a weakness in iOS 7 that would enable an attacker to bypass a number of mechanisms Apple uses to prevent exploitation of the operating system's kernel. The problem stems from being able to brute force the random number generator, called the Early Random PRNG, to predict its outcomes. The generator is used by a number of important memory protections for iOS devices.
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3 easy Linux alternatives for Windows XP refugees who don't want a new PC
Windows XP's refugees have two choices on April 8, when Microsoft stops supporting the decade-old operating system (for consumers, anyway). This is assuming a new PC with a new operating system (even Windows 7) is, for whatever reason, out of the question.
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Desktop search spending to fall this year as mobile grows, study finds
The money spent by advertisers on the desktop will decline this year as people continue to reach for their smartphones to search for information, according to new data from eMarketer. In the U.S., desktop search spending will drop by $1.4 billion in 2014, a decrease of more than 9 percent from last year, while mobile search will increase by more than 82 percent, the market research company said in a report published Thursday.
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NSA denies Facebook snooping as Zuckerberg lays into Obama
An article that accused the National Security Agency of impersonating Facebook to spy on U.S. citizens has triggered a denial from the NSA and a reprimand for the U.S. president from CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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IPv6 could open networks up to zero-day attacks
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) warns that moving from IPv4 to IPv6 is a process fraught with peril, which may explain why government agencies are so far behind their own deadlines for implementation.
But private security and technology experts say those concerns are largely overstated, and that a safe transition could happen right away, if you do it correctly.
What isn't in dispute is that the 4.3 billion numbers in the IPv4 protocol are rapidly running out.
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Huawei chip partnership looks toward Ethernet hitting 400 gigabits
A demonstration this week by networking vendor Huawei Technologies and chip maker Xilinx signaled the optical industry's eagerness for 400-Gigabit Ethernet, a standard that is still at least two years away.
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Oracle rolls out 'iOS 7'-inspired visuals for Fusion Applications
Oracle is continuing to simplify the look and feel of its Fusion Applications, including with a new skin inspired by Apple iOS 7, as the vendor ramps up marketing efforts around its application portfolio. The changes come as part of the eighth update to Fusion Applications, which first became available in 2011 after a lengthy development process.
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Phishing campaign targets Google Docs, Drive users
Symantec has spotted a phishing campaign leveraging Google Drive that would be hard for users to discern as a scam. Potential victims receive an email with a subject line saying "Documents" with encouragement to click on a link to a purported important document, wrote Nick Johnston of Symantec in a blog post.
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