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One of the hottest new computer components that is currently being released is DDR4 memory, the successor to DDR3 SDRAM. This new technology will be more efficient than the previous generation of SDRAM, and buyers are looking for it to ...
Keeping personal and sensitive data secure is an ongoing task for both individuals and businesses. Location tracking of mobile device users can compromise security. Most companies have information they don't want publicly available. In addition to proprietary data on processes ...
Apache. Ubuntu. WordPress. Name your favorite open source platform or application and it probably conjures up an image of agility, robustness, and most of all, freedom from proprietary technologies and single sources. All good, right? But can open source cloud ...
Customer relationship management (CRM) software has passed the point where it's "nice to have" for midsize businesses and moved on to being a necessity. But thanks to rapid growth in both cloud and virtualization markets, CRM trends are driving a ...
Though analysts speculate that the laptop is set to go the way of the dinosaur, thanks to the surge in tablet production. That hasn't stopped computer companies from aggressively launching new PCs. Hewlett-Packard (HP) just released its first line of ...
Facebook announced new changes to their privacy policies. Officially, the changes were in response to an Irish government audit. But privacy advocates, long skeptical of Facebook's approach to consumer privacy, see the changes as an effort to soft-pedal concerns in ...
There are few givens in the world of technology, and those briefly got one fewer this past week when Adobe surprised the tech world with a radical decision to not patch a security hole in a few of its popular ...
Windows 8 tablets with Intel chips should reach the market this fall. Along with tablets will come hybrids, combining features of tablet devices and laptops. A funny thing is happening on the way to the mobility revolution: Lines are being ...
There's a "tipping point" for cloud adoption, according to Google CIO Ben Fried, and it's rapidly approaching. Once that point arrives and companies are over the hump and into the world of cloud computing, there's no going back--it will become ...
HP caused quite a stir this past year by giving up on the HP TouchPad tablet after sluggish sales, reducing the prices to fire-sale levels, and building a reputation as a quality tablet maker as sales shot through the roof. ...
No one (at least no one who is talking) seems to know much about the iPhone 5. That is, except for one thing: Persisting rumor has it coming out in October. Anything iGadget is always a big consumer/fanboy story, but ...
IT admins are under the constant threat of attack from a variety of sources--cyber criminals, hacktivists, and malware. The greatest risks for midsize business IT, however, stems from employees and a new breed of malware, dubbed "ransomware," that has recently ...
More small and midsize businesses are investing in virtualization and cloud computing technologies now that they have increased budgets. That's according to a recent IT survey that takes a close look at where smaller businesses are spending their money. The ...
Apple released a new version of its popular iOS software to address the continuing need for increased security in its iPhone and iPad devices. The 54M update available from the Apple iTunes site is termed iOS 5.1.1. It is designed ...
The partial verdict in the Oracle-Google trial found that Google had infringed on Oracle's copyright of 37 APIs. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on the key question of whether Google's use of the APIs fell under the ...
Read anything about cloud computing, and you'll get hype--hype if you're a consumer ("the cloud lets you store photos, talk to anyone, anywhere and there's never a chance anything could be lost!") and certainly hype if you're a manager or ...
Hacking and intrusions into web applications have increasingly become more common news events. A recent report from a software application-testing company reveals that an astounding 84% of web accessible applications were vulnerable to well-known, easily resolved risks.Appsec--short for "application security"--is ...
There's a new product on the market aimed at helping IT professionals at a midsize business weather the "bring your own device" (BYOD) storm. Avaya, a business communications company, recently released their Identity Engine (AIO) 8.0. As reported by InfoWorld, ...
The Information and Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) has released a new set of cloud guidelines meant to help business IT adopt this technology quickly and effectively. Although this guide is only one of many available in the burgeoning ...
Microsoft is trying to persuade users of Office for Mac to use its own SkyDrive for cloud storage rather than Apple's iCloud. On one level, this is just another corporate battle for market share. But these battles are now taking ...