News

Sony hack was ‘cyber vandalism,’ not act of war, says Obama

US rejects North Korea offer to investigate Sony hack, reaches out to China

North Korea wants joint probe into Sony hack, warns of consequences if not

Judge questions evidence on whether NSA spying is too broad

Three ways enterprise software is changing

Support for security tech tops iSoc’s Africa plan for 2015

10 predictions for IT in 2015

If I am right, this will be a tough year for tech and everyone else.

Sky’s the limit for Cisco Intercloud

Interconnected providers, all using ACI APIC, will number in the thousands, company says

T-Mobile to pay $90M for unauthorized charges on customers’ bills

Obama promises response on Sony hack, says pulling movie was mistake

DOE takes real world look at electric car use

Trojan program based on ZeuS targets 150 banks, can hijack webcams

2015 to test Microsoft’s resolve and execution

It's put-up or shut-up time for Windows, devices and mobile, say analysts

What we know about North Korea’s cyberarmy

Hybrid cloud adoption set for a big boost in 2015

Cloud market expected to see 23% growth in the new year, thanks to security efforts and hybrids

2014 IT outsourcing in review: Grading our predictions

Last year, we predicted that smart machines would radically alter outsourcing, insourcing would increase and cloud computing would come down to earth. Now it's time to grade those and the rest of our predictions.

Polycom unifies Lync Unified Communications

This week, Polycom announced its video infrastructure has been qualified by Microsoft for Lync 2013.

Microsoft files suit against alleged tech support scammers

Microsoft helps boost Android, iOS app performance with offline access

Think North Korea hacked Sony? Think about this

The ‘grinch’ isn’t a Linux vulnerability, Red Hat says

Worst security breaches of the year 2014: Sony tops the list

Theft of credit card numbers from stores was the major trend in data breaches, signaling the maturity of for-profit cybercrime networks

Sale of Nigeria’s Nitel bogs down in confusion yet again

Vulnerability in embedded Web server exposes millions of routers to hacking

Organized criminals targeting individual iPhone, Android users

A well organized criminal group is targeting both iOS and Android users with man-in-the-middle attacks

Sony hit with second employee lawsuit over hack

Point-of-sale malware creators still in business with Spark, an Alina spinoff

U.S.-Cuba breakthrough is no slam dunk for Internet

U.S. on Sony breach: North Korea did it

Responding to North Korea over Sony hack is a tricky problem

Human error root cause of November Microsoft Azure outage

Judge: No Steve Jobs for you

Rejects request by the AP, Bloomberg and CNN to release Jobs' 2011 video deposition for just-concluded antitrust case

Microsoft kills EU browser choice screen

Sony cancels release of “The Interview” due to hacker threats

Sony cancels ‘The Interview’ release after threats following cyberattack

Forensic software gets around iCloud security features

Obama pushes for net neutrality, opposes data localization in trade pact

Microsoft and IBM keep the pressure on Amazon’s cloud

IBM accelerates data center build out; Microsoft adds new Azure features

Chinese Android phone maker hides secret backdoor on its devices

Coolpad's backdoor installs apps and tracks customers without their knowledge, say U.S. security researchers

New ransomware avoids hitting the same victim twice

A new strain of ransomware, OphionLocker, generates a unique hardware identifier for each new infected machine so that it can avoid hitting the same victim twice

Financial firms pause private cloud plans to mull public cloud

They’re being wooed by price cuts

US agency sues Sprint for alleged unauthorized charges

Suing Arista was always the plan

Cisco didn't want a royalty arrangement; it wanted revenge

Did Alcatraz escapees survive? Computer program says they might have

Hydrology app may prove Alcatraz escapees could have survived; they may not want to show themselves however

5 biggest smartphone disappointments of the year

Microsoft’s $84 million man: What’s Nadella done to earn it?

Windows 10, cloud gains, lower license fees for hardware vendors are bold moves whose effectiveness is yet to be determined

Revamping the cloud for real-time applications

Increase in use of real-time applications is creating problems for the cloud.

Daum Kakao will release taxi-hailing app in South Korea

How predictive analytics can help set perfect hotel room prices

By mashing together years of data from a multitude of sources, startup Duetto is helping hotels optimize their room pricing. And in this tight-margin world, a small increase in revenue per available room makes a big difference in profitability.

Why Comcast’s pro-net neutrality ads are totally disingenuous

The giant cable company and ISP is running commercials claiming to support the "Open Internet." Don’t believe it for a second.

Avaya’s secret weapon: Engagement Development Platform

There is one product that can help Avaya rise above the noise of UC.