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German nuclear plant infected with plethora of computer viruses
The viruses were reportedly kept offline and cannot impact the plant’s operations.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
House passes Email Privacy Act, 419-0
Though the legislation was unanimously passed in the House, it faces an uncertain future in the Senate.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
Survey: More companies encourage developers to work on open-source projects
Over half of survey respondents said they believe participation in open source projects is a competitive advantage.
By Justine Brown • April 28, 2016 -
Dropbox wants 'Infinite' storage to save users' hard drive space
With the new effort, dubbed "Project Infinite," Dropbox hopes to make storage a non-issue in the enterprise.
By Justine Brown • April 27, 2016 -
Defense Department wants its own encrypted messaging platform
The DoD wants to create a new messaging app based on blockchain technology, which would make communications more secure.
By Justine Brown • April 26, 2016 -
Microsoft, Google make peace after multi-year global regulatory battle
The companies say they plan to spend less time fighting each other and more time focusing on their core businesses.
By Justine Brown • April 25, 2016 -
Both revenue, losses increase for Alphabet's 'Other Bets'
Even though it is still operating at a loss, revenue from the company's moonshots, like Google Fiber and robotics, doubled year-over-year.
By Justine Brown • April 22, 2016 -
Deep Dive
The rise and acceptance of bots
Several companies introduced chatbots this month. Some think bots mark the return of Clippy, but for others, bots could be the future of the enterprise.
By Justine Brown • April 21, 2016 -
Despite missing expected earnings, EMC says deal with Dell is still on
The company's CFO attributed the lower than expected earnings to unfulfilled orders at the end of the quarter.
By Justine Brown • April 21, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Why Microsoft is losing the browser wars, again
Internet Explorer and Edge are losing ground as other browsers deliver a better, faster experience.
By Justine Brown • April 20, 2016 -
Intel to cut 12,000 jobs by mid-2017
After cutting 11% of its 107,000-employee workforce, by mid-2017 Intel expects to save the company $1.4 billion per year.
By Naomi Eide • April 19, 2016 -
Despite previous comments, Homeland Security supports federal open source policy
The department previously slammed a draft White House policy that would encourage 20% sharing of custom code between agencies.
By Justine Brown • April 19, 2016 -
Security loophole in cell phone system could give hackers access to calls, texts, locations
The FCC reportedly has done little to address the issue since it was first identified two years ago.
By Justine Brown • April 19, 2016 -
New EU data privacy law will go into effect in 2018
Companies have two years to comply with a new set of data privacy regulations in Europe and face steep fines if they do not comply.
By Justine Brown • April 15, 2016 -
(Corrected/hoax) Meet the man who deleted his entire company
A web hosting provider reportedly ran a "rm -rf /" command and essentially instructed a computer to ignore standard warnings and delete everything it was commanded to.
By Naomi Eide • April 14, 2016 -
Email Privacy Act takes another small step forward
The bill would require the government to get a warrant to get companies to hand over their customers’ emails or other electronic communications.
By Justine Brown • April 14, 2016 -
Slack to roll out threaded messaging
The company has been internally prototyping the message threads and will likely roll out the feature in the next quarter.
By Justine Brown • April 14, 2016 -
To alleviate privacy concerns, Box is making global data storage regional
The company will offer geography-based enterprise cloud storage to improve its appeal to multinational customers.
By Justine Brown • April 12, 2016 -
PC shipments hit new low in Q1
Shipments fell below the 65 million mark for the first time since 2007, according to analysis from Gartner.
By Justine Brown • April 12, 2016 -
Cloud IT spending to reach $38B in 2016, IDC says
Global cloud infrastructure spending on server, storage and networking is expected to grow 18.9% in 2016.
By Justine Brown • April 12, 2016 -
DHS struggles to hire much-needed cybersecurity experts
The talent shortage mimics the same issue in the private sector.
By Justine Brown • April 7, 2016 -
Re/code: Bid documents show Yahoo's financial 'free fall'
Yahoo is estimating that its revenue will drop around 15% in 2016 and its earnings will drop more than 20%.
By Justine Brown • April 7, 2016 -
Encryption now the default setting for WhatsApp
The Facebook-owned mobile messaging app rolled out full encryption in the wake of the highly publicized privacy battle between Apple and the FBI.
By Justine Brown • April 6, 2016 -
Study: Facebook by far the most-used social network
According to a new ComScore study, adult Americans who use social media are spending 15-18 hours per month on Facebook.
By Naomi Eide • April 4, 2016 -
Deep Dive
4 of the biggest stories from 2016's first quarter
From the rise of the cloud wars to technology battles with the FBI, the first quarter of 2016 saw stories that could have a lasting impact on the enterprise technology market.
By Justine Brown • March 31, 2016
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