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Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto reportedly found: Secretive Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto is a 64-year-old man living near Los Angeles who declines to talk about his role in the digital currency, according to a news report.
Qualcomm's health-device platform wins over home care provider: A Qualcomm subsidiary's health communications platform will replace proprietary gear used by a company that provides remote care for 3.6 million people.
Facebook launches redesign with a bit of the old, a bit of the new: If you didn't like Facebook's News Feed redesign last year, you're in luck: The social network is trying to change what you don't like with another redesign.
Crazy theories and global manhunts for Bitcoin's creator Satoshi Nakamoto: Newsweek made waves this week with an article that claims to unmask Satoshi Nakamoto, the previously anonymous person whose name was the only one listed on the 2008 whitepaper that launched the modern cryptocurrency movement.
Trust issue looms large for tech companies capitalizing on personal data: As tech companies increasingly rely on analyzing and selling user data to boost revenue, trust is emerging as one of the defining issues of the year for the IT sector.
Another asteroid buzzes by Earth today: An asteroid measuring about 25 feet across will whizz safely past Earth today, the second such object in two days,
Microsoft plans to patch critical under-attack IE bug next week: Microsoft will deliver five security updates to customers next week, two tagged as "critical," including one that will quash the open vulnerability in Internet Explorer that hackers have been exploiting since January.
Five things to know about malware before driving it out: In today's network environments, malware that evades legacy defenses is pervasive, with communication and activity occurring up to once every three minutes. Unfortunately, most of this activity is inconsequential to the business. You would think that would be good news right? The problem is that incident responders have no good way of distinguishing inconsequential malware from (potentially) highly damaging malware. As a result, they spend way too much time and resources chasing red herrings while truly malicious activity slips past.
How The Container Store Uses Wearable Tech to Think Outside the Box: There are many reasons why The Container Store, a Coppell, Texas-based retailer of storage systems and accessories, has made Fortune Magazine's list of "100 Best Companies to Work For" the past 15 years.
TI targets enthusiasts with $19.99 mini-computer for small electronics: Texas Instruments is tapping into the growing trend among enthusiasts who want to make their own wearable devices and small electronics, announcing the Tiva C Series Connected LaunchPad mini-computer.
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to address IE problems: Microsoft is issuing five security bulletins this month, two of them critical and affecting all versions of Internet Explorer as well as all versions of Windows from XP to 8/8.1.
Groups ask US FTC to investigate Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should investigate Facebook's proposed US$19 billion acquisition of mobile messaging app WhatsApp -- and possibly block it -- because of the potential impact on users' privacy, two privacy groups said in a complaint filed Thursday.
Defining how a no-holds-barred Russia-Ukraine cyberwar would play out: With some opening shots in a cyber component to the war of nerves in the Ukraine already fired, security analysts today offered a look at how a full-fledged cyberwar in the region would unfold.
Tip of The Hat: Unraveling IBM's cloud plan: A Tip of the Hat to ZDNet's Larry Dignan for his incisive look at the state of IBM's cloud strategy after the unveiling of the BlueMix open cloud platform.
Extensive video of the HTC M8 leaks, HTC gets real mad: Strategically leaking information about upcoming smartphones and tablets to the press is a favorite way for manufacturers to create buzz around their products without having to spoil everything in an official reveal. This has been your tech marketing tip of the day, thank you, you've been a lovely audience.
Apple reveals unprecedented details in iOS security: An updated Apple whitepaper on iOS security delves into an unprecedented amount of detail about the security architecture and features of the company's mobile OS for devices such as the iPhone and iPad. Security professionals and IT consultants are praising both the company's transparency and its approach to protecting iOS devices, Internet security and users' data.
Skype-based malware shows how 'peculiar' malicious code can be: Malware often does strange things, but this one -- which looked like Skype installed on a corporate domain controller -- was most "peculiar," says Jim Butterworth, a security expert at ManTech International, whose security subsidiary HBGary recently found the custom-designed remote-access Trojan on a customer's network.
Is Apple running out of ideas in Europe?: The figures released by the European Patent Office (EPO) on Thursday paint a grim picture of the European Union IT sector, but it also showed that some of the so-called global tech giants are not leading the way in innovation.
Tableau folds Splunk data into business analysis: Organizations can now add machine-generated data to their palate of information sources that can be aggregated and analyzed, thanks to a new connector jointly developed by Tableau Software, a provider of business intelligence software, and Splunk, which sells a log-file search engine.
Tablets coming back to earth after years of breakthrough growth: The rate of increase in tablet shipments is expected to slow this year after unabated growth during the product category's first three years of existence.
New crimeware tool Dendroid makes it easier to create Android malware, researchers warn: A new commercial tool designed to allow cybercriminals to easily transform legitimate Android applications into malicious software has hit the underground market, paving the way for cheap and easy development of sophisticated Android malware.
Getty makes 35 million images embeddable to gather data, monetize usage: Media company Getty Images had made about 35 million of its images embeddable in order to start gathering data and better monetize usage of its material, the company said on Thursday.
Startup Digital Ocean lands $37M to take on Amazon in the cloud: There are a lot of big names in the public cloud computing market: Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, Verizon and Rackspace among them. And here's another company that's looking to make that list one day: Digital Ocean.
Bidding war could lead to consolidation in French mobile telecommunications: French mobile operator SFR is the target of a bidding war between construction giant Bouygues, which hopes to merge the network with that of its own Bouygues Telecom subsidiary, and Altice, owner of French ISP and cable TV company NumA(c)ricable.
Mobile data growth helps Deutsche Telekom, Orange offset competitive pressures: Telecom operators Deutsche Telekom and Orange's latest results were negatively impacted by tough competition on fixed as well as mobile networks, but cost cuts and mobile data partly helped of offset that.
ICSA Labs Ready to Take EHR Certification, Interoperability Reins: ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon, is now the largest government-approved EHR testing and certification body. The organization has aspirations beyond meaningful use, though, and hopes to drive healthcare IT vendors toward interoperability and innovation.
Whittle down application sprawl: When it comes to shutting down out-of-date, risky or unnecessary applications, James Gordon, vice president of technology and operations at Needham Bank, doesn't mess around.
Security pros see increase in Meetup-like DDoS extortion: Meetup, which faced a massive DDoS attack after refusing to pay ransom, is just the latest of a rising number of attacks aimed at extorting money from websites, security experts say.
Cisco patches vulnerabilities in small business routers and wireless LAN controllers: Cisco Systems released new firmware versions for some of its small business routers and wireless LAN controllers in order to address vulnerabilities that could allow remote attackers to compromise the vulnerable devices or affect their availability.
IBM workers in China strike to protest transfer to Lenovo: Not all are fans of Lenovo's recent plan to buy IBM's x86 server business. Since Monday, close to 1,000 workers at an IBM factory in China have been protesting the proposed acquisition, fearing they may lose their jobs if the deal goes through.
At Goldman Sachs SDN is déjà vu all over again: Goldman Sachs has been doing SDNs for a long time. It just wasn't called SDNs when the investment giant invested in network programmability. It was just a bunch of APIs, software development kits and other code used to cobble together a large number of various specialized networks – trading, investment banking and the like -- across the globe.
Apple again denied permanent US sales ban against Samsung products: Apple has again been denied a permanent U.S. sales ban on 23 Samsung Electronics products that infringe on Apple patents.
10 questions on the Mt. Gox implosion: How do half a billion dollars vanish into thin air? That seems to be what happened at popular Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, which made a a bankruptcy protection filing in Japan last week.
Linux Foundation to offer introductory Linux MOOC on edX: The Linux Foundation will offer a Linux development course on edX, the massive open online course (MOOC) platform developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. The move is part of an edX effort, announced Thursday, to expand its course offerings to include content from nonacademic institutions. All edX content previously came from the nonprofit's 32 member schools, which include the University of California, Berkeley; Dartmouth College and McGill University.
Yahoo acquires social data visualization startup Vizify: Yahoo has acquired Vizify, a company that turns social media data into interactive visual aids such as infographics and videos, adding to the Internet giant's string of acquisitions designed both to get talent and access to new technologies and services.
Tracking with metadata: It's not all bad: Metadata has had a bad rap lately, with disclosures tying its collection to government spying programs. But those bits of information lurking behind our phone calls, photos and online chats can be useful in other ways if they're harnessed properly.
Stanford team tries for zippier Wi-Fi in crowded buildings: Having lots of Wi-Fi networks packed into a condominium or apartment building can hurt everyone's wireless performance, but Stanford University researchers say they've found a way to turn crowding into an advantage.
US school offers first-of-a-kind graduate degree in data center engineering: Plenty of people have engineering degrees but not many have one specific to data centers. A university in Dallas is offering what it says will be a first-of-its-kind graduate degree in data center engineering.
Cisco execs address defective memory component issues with routers, switches: Cisco executives in a roundtable session with reporters this week addressed the industry’s memory component degradation issue in products developed between 2005 and 2010. Cisco’s taking a $655 million charge to address remediation actions customers are taking to replace products that include the defective memory components.
Cisco revamps enterprise product pricing: In an effort simplify enterprise customer procurements, Cisco is implementing a licensing model for data center, WAN and access product purchases.
US funding for key IT research programs could be slashed: While the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency may get more money in 2015 to study sensors and robots for use in warfare, the hot area of cognitive computing research could lose out.
IDC forecasts deeper declines in PC shipments for 2014: Shipments of new PCs, most of them equipped with Microsoft Windows, will decline more in 2014 than thought a few months ago, according to IDC.
Report: Half of all exploits target Java: Once upon a time, Microsoft was the favorite target of malware developers. As Microsoft improved the defenses in its software, though, cybercrooks moved on to easier pickings. Adobe was a prime target for a while, but Adobe followed Microsoft's lead and made its software more secure as well. According to data from the 2014 IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Quarterly Report, the favorite target is now Java.
Red Hat to take on Microsoft with .NET hosted service: Challenging Microsoft's Windows Azure on its own turf, Red Hat is ramping up services that would offer Microsoft .NET and SQL Server capabilities on its OpenShift platform as a service (PaaS).
Target CIO Resignation Puts Retail CIOs on Alert: As Beth Jacob's resignation from Target shows, retail CIOs are culpable for security breaches even though they might not have the resources in-house to protect the company.
Khan Academy to offer free SAT prep in partnership with the College Board: The Khan Academy will offer SAT test prep materials for free, the online learning platform said Wednesday, through a partnership with the College Board that aims to help level the playing field in a college admissions process that has increasingly favored wealthier applicants.
CyberLocker's success will fuel future copycats: Nothing spurs malware development like success and that's likely to be the case in the coming months with ransomware.
The Legacy IT Conundrum: Money Pit or Value-Add?: Last week, Saugatuck Research released an analysis of IBM's new BlueMix offering. In introducing BlueMix, IBM announced its intention to invest $1 billion in application-oriented initiatives, including a commitment to CloudFoundry and making technologies such as the venerable application server WebSphere available as an online offering. The always insightful Lydia Leong from Gartner weighed in; she's obviously impressed by BlueMix.
Research on bendable glass could lead to flexible mobile phones: What if one day you accidentally step on your smartphone and instead of it shattering, it simply bends? Research underway at the Los Alamos National Lab could give consumers more durable smartphones, tablets and laptops.
Network firewalls aren't dead yet: Phil Cummings says network firewalls will continue to be a critical piece of Health Information Technology Services -- Nova Scotia security portfolio for one simple reason: nothing's come along to replace them.
US lawmakers call for data protection standards to avoid breaches: The U.S. Congress should mandate that banks, retailers and payment card processors adopt new security standards to protect against widespread data breaches, some lawmakers said Wednesday.
NSA's civil liberties impact to be measured by federal watchdog: A government watchdog group tasked with overseeing whether actions the President's executive office takes to combat terrorism don't throw civil liberties overboard in the process is taking aim at the National Security Agency's "PRISM" data-collection surveillance program.
SAP adds subscription pricing for Hana cloud services: SAP is introducing a set of new subscription pricing options for its Hana in-memory cloud computing platform, in a move that falls in step with the pay-as-you-go model common in the cloud computing industry.
Tip of The Hat: Apple's key edge in car tech game: Macworld's Dan Moren offers a reason to be optimistic about the future of Apple's new CarPlay in-car, iPhone user interface after its less-than-enthusiastic reception: Apple's expertise in developing and updating software.
Roku's new streaming stick challenges Chromecast: Roku's new iteration of its streaming media stick chops the price from $99 to $49 and it now works with any TV. And it's not just looks that make it different from Chromecast.
Facebook goes thumbs-down on illegal gun sales: Facebook on Wednesday announced a set of new restrictions designed to curb the illegal sale of guns and other restricted items on its site, a phenomenon that had become vexing problem for the social network.
CIOs Must Look to Adaptive Security Systems in Face of Evolving Threats: Microsoft's government security expert warns that there's no such thing as perfect security, so systems must be able to adapt and respond to attacks on unforeseen vulnerabilities.
Google sharpens Gmail app for iOS: The latest version of the Gmail app for iOS cuts down on inbox refresh delays and simplifies the log-in process for users with multiple Google mobile apps, the company said Wednesday.
Duck! Just kidding. Asteroid to pass safely past Earth today: An asteroid is flying relatively closely past Earth today, NASA reported. No need to duck or take to the root cellar, though.
Target CIO resigns following breach: Target CIO Beth Jacob has resigned following a data breach at the retailer that may have affected as many as 110 million U.S. residents.
Withdrawal vulnerabilities enabled bitcoin theft from Flexcoin and Poloniex: Hackers found security weaknesses that allowed them to overdraw accounts with Flexcoin and Poloniex, two websites that facilitate bitcoin transactions, and exploited them to steal bitcoins from the two services. The attacks put Flexcoin out of business and cost Poloniex's users 12.3 percent of their bitcoins.
Microsoft digs into 'natural interaction' technologies for touch-first Office: As it works on its much-anticipated version of Office for touch interfaces, Microsoft envisions building on what it calls "natural interaction" technologies like digital ink and voice recognition, according to a company official.
China's R&D investment getting closer to U.S.: President Barack's Obama's fiscal 2015 budget plan would increase federal R&D spending by 1.2% over this year, if Congress approves.
Splunk and Tableau Join Forces to Give Machine Data to Business Users: Splunk and Tableau have formed a strategic alliance through which Tableau's visual analytics business intelligence platform can connect to machine data from Splunk as a native data source. The partners say the alliance will drive new kinds of real-time business analytics.
CIOs Battle Worker Apathy Towards Lost or Stolen Mobile Phones: American workers don't get too worked up about lost or stolen mobile phones -- even if those phones contain company data. A large percentage think it's not their problem and don't change their security practices afterwards. Are CIOs partly to blame for not setting stricter and clearer mobile security policies?
State withholding $25.6 million from Oracle over health exchange website woes: Oregon is holding back US$25.6 million in payments from Oracle over work the vendor did on the state's troubled health care exchange website.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux now on Amazon's GovCloud: RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) is now available on Amazon Web Services' GovCloud, an isolated part of Amazon's cloud designed for U.S. government agencies.
Inside Cisco's private cloud: Do private clouds work?
Microsoft reaches RTM milestone for Windows 8.1 update: Microsoft has reached a critical milestone for its next update to Windows 8, which is slated to ship early next month, according to reports.
Revisiting Cisco's newest data center: We were last in Cisco's new data center in Allen, Texas, in the fall of 2010 when the company was just putting the finishing touches on the 160,000 square foot building with 35,000 square feet of "raised floor" (they still use that lingo even though this facility doesn't use raised floors).
Oscars Showcase Power of Second-Screen Interactivity: Twitter dominated the social conversation on Oscars night, but it holds no exclusive claim to that role on live TV. The battle for second-screen companionship in real-time on social media has never been more competitive. But the big question: Can Twitter and Facebook translate second-screen supremacy into advertising dollars?
The future of Microsoft Office is shared and social: Microsoft Office doesn't want you to be alone. Productivity should be a shared experience, apparently, and now the vaunted Office suite wants to integrate your social circles into all your spreadsheets, Word docs, and presentation decks.
SDNs move from theory to reality: SDNs have gone from concept to reality.
Adobe's Revel photo-editing app comes to Android: Adobe has made its Revel photo-app available for Android, allowing users to share and edit photos on their Android devices.
Facebook Messenger arrives for Windows Phone: Facebook has made its Messenger app available for Windows Phone 8, a bonus for Microsoft as it seeks to increase the number of applications available for its smartphone OS.
Ballmer regrets not aping Apple sooner: In his first public appearance since he stepped down as Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer again acknowledged that the company missed the boat on mobile.
9 must-do's if you must stick with Windows XP: Without updates after April 8 Windows XP is expected to fall prey to any number of zero-day attacks for which Microsoft will provide no defense, but there are some things die-hard XP users can do to make their machines safer.
Yahoo to phase out signing to its services using Facebook, Google: Users of Yahoo services will down the line have to use a Yahoo username to sign on to its services, as the company plans to phase out signing up to these services using Facebook and Google credentials.
Pre-installed malware turns up on new phones: David Jevans, CTO and founder of Marble Security, recently received some bad feedback from a potential customer testing his company's product, which helps organizations manage and secure their mobile devices.
Android-based malware: the good, the bad and the ugly: When it comes to mobile devices, it's well known that malware writers like to target Android. But a threat report published today by security firm F-Secure puts in perspective why Android malware attacks often flop and why Android itself is no pushover.
AT&T lays out 'radical' network changes with SDN: AT&T is remaking its infrastructure as a "user-defined network cloud" in the pursuit of greater flexibility, lower costs and faster response to user needs, the carrier's infrastructure chief said.
NASA's 2015 budget plan maintains Mars landing plans: NASA's $17.5 billion proposed fiscal 2015 budget would maintain the U.S. space agency's plan to send humans to Mars by 2030, to study near-Earth asteroids and to send astronauts to the International Space Station.
No Internet? Facebook could fix that with drones: Facebook's grand scheme to bring Internet access to underserved parts of the world could soon get off the ground, literally, with drones flying high overhead.
Red Hat Extends JBoss with Open Source BPM: Red Hat is extending JBoss up the middleware stack with a new business process management suite that gives organizations advanced decision and process automation capabilities.
Seagate preps large-capacity storage drives for tablets: Seagate Technology thinks the storage capacity could be larger in tablets, most of which come with a relatively small amount of native storage.
NIST seeks to bring rigor to data science: The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wants to bring some metrics and rigor to the nascent but rapidly growing field of data science.
Major security flaw threatens Linux users: A source code mistake in the GnuTLS library – an open-source software building block used in a large number of different Linux distributions to handle secure Internet connections – could prove a serious threat to the privacy of Linux users, as developers rush to patch the vulnerability.
The risk of offshoring security: Over the past twenty years or more, corporations in nearly all industries have been outsourcing and offshoring at hyperdrive.
Toshiba's OCZ cranks up speed on new 3.2TB solid state drives: OCZ Storage Solutions is starting a new chapter in its enterprise operations with shipments of a new line of solid-state drives (SSDs) that offer maximum storage capacity of 3.2TB.
Bitcoin bank Flexcoin shuts down after massive theft: Flexcoin, a site that described itself as the "world's first bitcoin bank," has closed after it got hacked and all of the bitcoins it had placed in online storage were stolen, the site recently announced.

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