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Chief security officers should look to the public cloud as a role model in 2015

By Maria Deutscher Jan 12, 2015

The number of attack vectors into the enterprise is increasing with every added device and cloud service while hackers are only becoming more skilled at exploiting the growing disarray of the corporate network. That…

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Should Microsoft give Windows 10 away for free? It may not have a choice

By Mike Wheatley Jan 12, 2015

Microsoft has a lot of big decisions to make in 2015, but perhaps few will be more closely watched than its pricing strategy for the upcoming Windows 10. We’ll likely learn more about Microsoft’s…

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Microsoft and Google strike back at AWS with their own cloud upgrades

By Maria Deutscher Jan 12, 2015

The war for the public cloud continues apace. Days after Amazon.com Inc. rolled out the latest batch of improvements to its dominant infrastructure-as-a-service platform, rivals are hitting back with their own upgrades in the opening…

Rare video game auction reaches $100k, but will anyone pay?

By Eric David Jan 12, 2015

An ultra-rare video game from the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is currently going for $99,850 on ebay, but there is a good possibility the seller might never see that money. The rare game…

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What you missed in Cloud: Infrastructure players keep up frenzied pace

By Maria Deutscher Jan 12, 2015

The cloud witnessed a predictable post-holiday surge in activity last week as players from every corner of the ecosystem scrambled to make up for the lost time. Blue Box Inc., one of the last…

Meet smrtGRiPS, the remarkably clever yet simple smart bike grips

By Duncan Riley Jan 12, 2015

The Internet of Things comes in all shapes and sizes in 2015, and whereas some have dubious merit, occasionally you hit something so cleverly simple yet useful you just go wow. Meet smrtGRiPS, billed as…

BTC for the ears: here’s some great Bitcoin podcasts for your listening pleasure

By Duncan Riley Jan 12, 2015

In 2015 Podcasting is cool again. Led by Serial, the space has had a second coming, and the Bitcoin market hasn’t missed out on the action. We’ve cruised the web to deliver you a list of some…

Samsung launches Galaxy A7: ultra-thin, metal uni-body and 8-core processor

By Collen Kriel Jan 12, 2015

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has officially introduced the new ultra-thin Galaxy A7 smartphone. Coming in at a thickness of just 6.3mm, the Galaxy A7 beats the recently launched Galaxy A5 and becomes Samsung’s thinnest…

Facebook is still king of social media—for now

By Eric David Jan 12, 2015

The latest social media study from the Pew Research Center shows that Facebook Inc. is still on top by a large margin, but its growth has slowed to a crawl as other services take up…

Microsoft unhappy with Google (again) for releasing a Windows 8.1 vulnerability two days before patch

By James Farrell Jan 12, 2015

Two days before Microsoft was due to release a patch for a vulnerability in Windows 8.1 Google inspired the ire of the Redmond giant by disclosing information about the bug in its Project Zero…