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Can Foxconn Partnership Save BlackBerry?
December 20, 2013 12:44PM Beleaguered Canadian handset maker BlackBerry has inked a deal with iPhone maker Foxconn, under which the Taiwanese company will develop BlackBerry phones. Foxconn will also manage BlackBerry’s inventory, ...
Sailfish-Based Jolla Phone Debuts; Will Its New OS Fly?
November 29, 2013 10:06AM Jolla’s Linux-based Sailfish OS is the direct descendant of an open-source OS called MeeGo. Aside from not being dependent on Google’s Android, the selling points of Jolla’s Sailfish ...
No Zero-Day Office Flaw Fix on Patch Tuesday
Microsoft’s November Patch Tuesday Advance Bulletin is out and everyone is breathing a sigh of relief and frustration. Relief because for the first time in a few months, this is a relatively ...
Americans Not Sold on Wearable Tech
November 7, 2013 1:51PM The expected market value for wearable tech is definitely a good sign and shows that companies are thinking far ahead of consumers as to what will end up ...
Google+ Adds New Privacy Controls for Business
Even though Google+ has upped the security of its groups, businesses may not be all that confident in Google’s ability to keep information private in the Google+ sharing space. That’s especially true ...
Google Chromecast Adds Hulu Plus App
October 3, 2013 9:26AM When Google brought out the Chromecast streaming media player, the device supported only four apps: Netflix and Google’s own YouTube, Google Play Movies and Google Play Music properties. ...
Adobe Resets Passwords after Massive Data Breach
The massive breach into Adobe’s networks may have been the work of the same attackers who compromised LexisNexis and other organizations, using the same techniques. Security professionals around the world should be ...
Assange: WikiLeaks To Speed Release of Leaked Docs
January 12, 2011 9:36AM WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says the whistle-blower organization is stepping ups its publication of confidential U.S. embassy cables and other confidential documents. American officials are trying to build ...
DirectX 11 and DRM Are Not Part of Intel’s Sandy Bridge
Intel has clarified that its new Sandy Bridge processors do not include DirectX 11 technology, and that Intel Insider is not digital rights management. Users who want DirectX 11 will need a ...
Floundering Yahoo Lays Off Four Percent of Workers
December 14, 2010 11:40AM Up to five percent of Yahoo’s workers were expected to be laid off as the company continues to struggle. An analyst said CEO Carol Bartz was “the wrong ...