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Today’s topics include new Bluetooth LE beacon technology from Google, the continuing decline of tablet sales, the end of product support for Microsoft’s Windows Server 2003 and why Google Photos keeps backing up your snapshots even after you turn it off. Google this week rolled out a new Bluetooth LE (low energy) beacon technology that […]

Today’s topics include Mozilla blocking Flash usage in Firefox, a clarification on Nokia’s future smartphone plans, a move from Chinese state-backed company Tsinghua Unigroup to purchase Micron Technology and the announcement of the Cortana Analytics Suite. With two currently unpatched zero-day vulnerabilities in Adobe’s Flash Player, Mozilla has decided to take unilateral action and block […]

Today’s topics include HP and Intel working to push high-performance computing capabilities, the latest Top500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers, the arrival of new ZenPad Android tablets and a court decision acknowledging consumer concerns about the practice of bundling unwanted apps known as “bloatware” in software downloads. Hewlett-Packard and Intel are partnering to help […]

Today’s topics include more details on the Office of Personnel Management data breach, an early release date for the Galaxy Note phablet, a change in how Google handles spam and the release of the Lumia 735 smartphone. After weeks of speculation that the data breach of the U.S Office of Personnel Management’s systems affected more […]

Today’s topics include fallout from Wednesday’s high profile technological issues, a new chip from IBM, new capabilities for Microsoft’s cloud platform and the Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime phone available from Sprint. The four-hour outage at the New York Stock Exchange July 8 coupled with problems earlier in the day at United Airlines and the Wall […]

Today’s topics include cuts at Microsoft, a disruption of United Airlines flights, Apple pushing for packaging changes from third-party vendors and a report on how attackers impact Google search results. Following weeks of talk about “tough choices” ahead for Microsoft, CEO Satya Nadella announced July 8 that the Redmond, Wash., tech giant is in the […]

Today’s topics include cyber-exercises at the U.S. Department of Defense, speculation over the future of Google Glass, the launch of the Wireless IoT Forum and a new minicomputer from the BBC. The U.S. Department of Defense wrapped up a 20-day series of cyber-exercises incorporating more than 100 federal and state organizations as well as private […]

Today’s topics include new details on the HP split, connections between separate Google and Cisco lawsuits, the recent availability of two new versions of Mozilla’s Web browsers and a major move from Alcatel-Lucent. Hewlett-Packard in its Form 10 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission early this month gives greater depth to what Hewlett-Packard Enterprise […]

Today’s topics include the early impact of California’s kill-switch law, facial recognition and fingerprint software testing from MasterCard, the launch of Oracle Commerce Cloud and Renee James stepping down at Intel. Smartphone thefts in California are expected to continue a downward trend now that the state’s new “kill-switch” law went into effect on July 1. […]

Today’s topics include Apple having to pay hundreds of millions in fines, a new add-on from Microsoft, bold claims from a new study on Google and Windows 10 finally integrating with Cortana. Apple must pay consumers a total of $450 million in damages after the company lost an appeal of a 2013 court decision, which […]