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  • LTE-U is coming to take your Wi-Fi away, consumer advocates warn

    A carrier technology that uses Wi-Fi frequencies to provide LTE connectivity could let the big wireless providers mess with your home connection and push you on to their networks, according to comments filed today with the FCC by several watchdog groups.

    Written by Jon Gold30 June 15 05:31
  • Apple TV is dead, long live Apple TV!

    Apple will not enter the television set market with its own long-lauded, long-expected hardware, according to an online report, putting an apparent end to one of the more persistent rumors weaving around the Cupertino, Calif. company's future.

    Written by Gregg Keizer22 May 15 06:52
  • Corporate culture hinders cyber insurance buy-in

    The relatively new field of cyber insurance offers a potentially valuable shield from the financial toll that a data breach can visit on a company, but that market is held back by a lack of information about the threat landscape and a culture in many firms that too often marginalizes cyber issues, a senior government official warns.

    Written by Kenneth Corbin19 March 15 01:45
  • MWC 2015: Galaxy S6 and Edge feature plums for workers and IT shops

    BARCELONA: With the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung is making a concerted effort to attract workers as potential buyers and to win the hearts of IT managers who have to wrangle with enterprise smartphone security and management.

    Written by Matt Hamblen05 March 15 04:31
  • Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to uninstall Office

    Microsoft today took the unusual step of telling users running Windows 10's Technical Preview to uninstall Office before applying one of December's security updates.

    Written by Gregg Keizer10 Dec. 14 08:47
  • Cisco seen building momentum in Nexus 9K, ACI

    Cisco is getting a lift from apparent momentum behind its Nexus 9000 switches and Application Centric Infrastructure fabric. Investment firm UBS boosted its Cisco stock price targets after discussions with EMEA chief Chris Dedicoat yielded numbers UBS found encouraging.

    Written by Jim Duffy05 Dec. 14 05:20
  • Coming soon: Murder by Internet

    Imagine a fleet of quad copters or drones equipped with explosives and controlled by terrorists. Or someone who hacks into a connected insulin pump and changes the settings in a lethal way. Or maybe the hacker who accesses a building's furnace and thermostat controls and runs the furnace full bore until a fire is started.

    Written by Patrick Thibodeau28 Nov. 14 22:39
  • Woz Talks Smartwatches, Apple Watch at DEMO Fall 2014

    On Wednesday, Apple cofounder and Silicon Valley idol Steve Wozniak took the stage at the DEMO Fall 2014 show to tout his new company, Primary Data, a startup that will focus on data virtualization for enterprises. Wozniak, or "Woz," is the company's new chief scientist, and he left his previous role at Fusion.io, where he held the same title, to join the new venture.

    Written by Al Sacco20 Nov. 14 08:46
  • 10 things we want from our vendors

    Do you have favorite vendors, ones you would gladly work with again and again? What is it that sets them apart?

    Written by By Steven Jeffery18 Sept. 14 21:07
  • Samsung flexes enterprise muscles with Tab Active and Knox

    Samsung promoted enterprise uses for its upcoming Galaxy Tab Active rugged tablet, its Knox security and management software, and even its Gear VR headset at its recent Super Mobility Week in Las Vegas.

    Written by Matt Hamblen17 Sept. 14 05:21
  • A strategy for strategy: Figuring out how to figure out what IT should do next

    Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesnt matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle -- when the sun comes up, youd better be running.

    Written by Thornton May03 Sept. 14 03:08
  • Security council blames breaches on poor PCI standard support

    The growing number of data breaches resulting in massive numbers of payment cards being stolen from retail stores and other businesses is occurring because they're failing to keep up with the Payment Card Industry's data security standard, according to the PCI Security Standards Council.

    Written by Ellen Messmer28 Aug. 14 22:54
  • Solar power war between U.S. and Asia escalates

    New tariffs imposed by the U.S. on Chinese imports of solar cells and (for the first time) Taiwan has infuriated some in the solar power industry who believe the steep taxes will adversely affect businesses and consumers.

    Written by Lucas Mearian29 July 14 07:38
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