eWEEK Staff

Microsoft Confirms Details of Windows 10 Release on July 29

Today’s topics include a release date for Microsoft’s Windows 10, top personnel changes at Cisco, an update on provisions to the Patriot Act and the purchase of Altera by Intel. Microsoft finally ended one of Windows 10’s biggest remaining mysteries: its release date. Terry Myerson, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Operating Systems group, blogged that […]

Microsoft Links QuickBooks, Power BI to Offer New Financial Insights

Today’s topics include a preview version of Microsoft QuickBooks Online content pack for Power BI, Dell’s first Internet of things product, Microsoft bringing the technology from its How-Old.net Website to Bing and questions on whether it’s legal to use the Apple Watch while driving. Microsoft has released a preview version of the QuickBooks Online content […]

Daily Video: Arabic Text Message Shuts Down Apple Devices

Today’s topics include a text message that can crash Apple devices, a new app for the Windows 10 operating system, the official introduction of Google’s Project Brillo Internet of things operating system and new rules from the FCC that should virtually eliminate all automatically dialed phone calls. A simple text message that can crash Apple […]

Daily Video: Google, Huawei Latest to Offer OSes for IoT

Today’s topics include word of Internet of things operating systems from Huawei and Google, a major data breach at the IRS, Apple adding transit directions in its iOS 9 mapping app, and the future of Internet traffic. At the Huawei Network Congress 2015, Huawei officials unveiled LiteOS, a lightweight operating system that was introduced as […]

Daily Video: Apple’s Jony Ive Promoted to Chief Design Officer

Today’s topics include a top executive promotion at Apple, more details about a failed buyout deal between Microsoft and Salesforce, possible new split-screen and multi-user log-in capabilities for Apple’s iPad and HP’s acquisition of ConteXtream. Jonathan “Jony” Ive, Apple’s senior vice president of design and an integral part of the company’s design team since 1996, […]

Daily Video: Apple Updates Apple Store App Log-In Security

Today’s topics include increased Apple Store log-in security, Intel and Microsoft’s collaboration on the new Edge Web browser, Google’s plan for this year’s leap second and updates to Microsoft’s Sway. Apple increased log-in security for its Apple Store iOS app by offering two-step verification for log-ins when users enable it on their iPads, iPhone and […]

Daily Video: Microsoft Squeezes Office Onto Android Phones

Today’s topics include a new preview version of Office apps from Microsoft, a data breach disclosure from CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, a new Twitter feature for Android and iOS, and a another decline in the global tablet market. Microsoft has released preview versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint for Android smartphones, Jared Spataro, general manager of […]

Daily Video: Microsoft Moves to Declutter Outlook Inboxes

Today’s topics include a new email management tool from Microsoft, as well as moves to incorporate the company’s Outlook mobile apps for iOS and Android into Enterprise Mobility, a report on the increase of distributed denial-of-service attacks and a survey that shows IT workers are feeling less stress these days. Clutter, an Office 365 technology […]

Daily Video: Apple, Google Others Fight U.S. on Mobile Data Access

Today’s topics include tech companies banding together to oppose data encryption “backdoors,” a clarification from Microsoft regarding piracy, a partial patent lawsuit victory for Samsung and new big data storage systems from Toshiba. Some 140 tech companies led by Apple and Google are urging President Barack Obama to oppose any policies that would weaken data […]

Daily Video: FBI Probes Claim of Airliner In-Flight Control Hack

Today’s topics include an FBI probe into a security researcher’s claim that airliner flight control systems can be hacked, Intel’s continuing its pursuit of Altera, steps toward network virtualization from AT&T and the OpenStack Foundation reports the successful launch of new initiatives. Security researcher Chris Roberts is in the news again, a month after he […]