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Privacy Advocates Oppose Information-Sharing Bill

Today’s topics include controversy surrounding the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, Microsoft’s CEO offers an update on Windows 10 adoption, SAP introduces its new Hybris Jam Communities Edition, and the new Ubuntu Linux paves the way for Canonical’s Long-Term Support release. Controversial legislation aimed at allowing companies to share cyber-attack information with government agencies continues to […]

EMC and VMware Creating a Jointly Owned Hybrid Cloud Company

Today’s topics include EMC and VMware forming a new hybrid cloud company, HP announces it will be shutting down its Helion Public Cloud, Apple updates OS X and iOS in order to Patch Security flaws, and AMD’s new embedded processors are aimed at 4k video uses. EMC and VMware are creating a new jointly owned […]

Dell Offers Preview of New Network and Data Security Offerings

Today’s topics include Dell revealing its new security service, Google adopting stricter email authentication, Docker acquiring cloud service Tutum, and China continuing to hack U.S. companies. At the Dell World 2015 show in Austin, Texas, Dell officials are showing off a security service that they say offers customers a new way of detecting and blocking […]

FAA to Impose Drone Registration Rules Before Year’s End

Today’s topics include new Federal Aviation Administration drone regulations, reports that Apple is preparing to offer replacements for defective MacBook screens, Intel wireless modem chips may end up inside an upcoming Apple iPhone model, and HP’s latest Chromebook 14 models. The problem of irresponsible drone use in the United States has become so bad that […]

Facebook Starts Sending Alerts to Users About Suspected Intrusions

Today’s topics include Facebook’s warning to users about nation-state intrusions, a petition that calls for Microsoft to revamp Windows 10 updates, rumors of 3D Touch in the Galaxy S7, and Sprint says it will throttle back the network speeds of customers that exceed a 23GB monthly data limit. If government network hackers in Syria or […]

U.S. Court Rules Google Book-Scanning Doesn’t Violate Copyrights

Today’s topics include Google’s recent legal victory, Yahoo announces a new password-free email system, IBM takes Bluemix to China amid source code sharing reports, and manufacturers fail to eliminate vulnerabilities on mobile devices. On Oct. 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Google’s massive project to make digital copies of […]

Jury Finds Apple Infringed on University of Wisconsin Chip Patent

Today’s topics include a verdict in the University of Wisconsin’s patent infringement case against Apple, AT&T’s offer of a single mobile number for all your devices, T-Mobile’s new 10Gigs4All family data plan, and law enforcement authorities take down the Dridex banking malware botnet. A federal court jury found that Apple infringed on a chip technology […]

VMware Developing Ways to Use Encryption to Secure Virtualization

Today’s topics include VMware’s plan to use encryption to secure virtualization, AMD Fellow Phil Rogers’ jump to rival chip maker Nvidia, why Intel is building up its data center business, and NetApp’s hybrid cloud product line expansion. VMware is working on new encryption technology to improve the security of virtual networks and the application workloads […]

Android Users Are Slow to Upgrade to Latest Versions of OS

Today’s topics include why Android devices run on old versions of the mobile operating system, Twitter’s announcement of an 8 percent staff cut, HP partners with F5 on a network-functions virtualization proof-of concept, and TAG Heuer’s plans to roll out its newest luxury smartwatch. Just because Google keeps periodically releasing new versions of its Android […]

Dell to Aquire EMC Enterprise IT Business for $67 Billion

Today’s topics include Dell purchasing storage giant EMC, HP CEO sees the Dell EMC deal as an opportunity, Microsoft enhances Azure Cloud management, and Acer unveils a Windows 10 convertible and portable all-in-one. Dell is buying storage giant EMC for $67 billion in a move that accelerates its efforts to become a premiere enterprise IT […]