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  • The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, July 30

    Obama wants to boost U.S. supercomputing power...OPM, Anthem hackers also hit United Airlines...Oracle preps 'Sonoma' chip for low-priced Sparc servers...and more tech news.

    Written by IDG News Service staff30 July 15 21:57
  • OPM, Anthem hackers reportedly also breached United Airlines

    The cyberespionage group that stole the personal records of millions of Americans from U.S. health insurer Anthem and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has also reportedly breached United Airlines.

    Written by Lucian Constantin30 July 15 20:14
  • United's woes show what's hard about networking

    United Airlines grounded its planes for about an hour on Wednesday, reportedly because of a router failure. That's a wide path of destruction for one piece of equipment, but it's the kind of hazard that comes with networking, where each piece is always linked to everything else.

    Written by Stephen Lawson09 July 15 10:06
  • United routes root of outage to router

    <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-united-flights-grounded-20150708-story.html">United Airlines blamed a router problem</a> for disrupting service and halting flights for over an hour today. 

    Written by Jim Duffy09 July 15 06:26
  • United launches bug bounty, but in-flight systems off limits

    United Airlines is offering rewards to researchers for finding flaws in its websites but the company is excluding bugs related to in-flight systems, which the U.S. government says may be increasingly targeted by hackers.

    Written by Jeremy Kirk15 May 15 13:54
  • T-Mobile ups the ante for business wireless with custom support, flat-rate data

    Small businesses generally don't get customized service from large wireless providers. It's simply not profitable. T-Mobile, however, says it's going to change that. On March 22, when T-Mobile's latest wireless plans for businesses go live, all of its business customers will get their own support team.

    Written by Bill Snyder20 March 15 08:00
  • Walmart slashes iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus prices

    The new Apple iPhone 6 Plus phablet was nowhere to be found among all the blockbuster Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals last month, but <a href="http://www.walmart.com/cp/iPhone-6/1228448?wmlspartner=TnL5HPStwNw&amp;sourceid=30182817552573327969&amp;oid=183959.1&amp;u1=skim14610X714040X4231bc0f46c307c3f85af48283353e23&amp;affillinktype=10&amp;veh=aff">Walmart</a> has surprised this week by announcing a deep discount on the smartphones through February.

    Written by Bob Brown13 Dec. 14 08:24
  • Senator questions airlines' data privacy practices

    A senior U.S. senator is asking airlines about their data privacy practices, saying he's concerned about what information the companies are collecting and sharing with third parties.

    Written by Grant Gross19 Aug. 14 05:35
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