Strange Big Data: Humans vs. Machines
Alongside the rise of technology spreads the dilemma that computers might one day take over and enslave humanity. That may sound a bit beyond the pale but perhaps it can actually happen like we’ve…
10Gen Raises $42 Million to Bolster MongoDB and Battle for the Database Market
The disruption in the database market is fully apparent today with the news that 10Gen has received $42 million in funding from New Enterprise Associates and existing investors. 10Gen develops MongoDB, the open-source NOSQL database.…
ProInsights Tops this Week’s Tablet Business Apps
This week Mint updated their app with new features from the site, and a LinkedIn visualization tool for Android called ProInsights made it to a top spot on the list. iPad Mint The company…
Diablo III Hacked Account Rumors Abound After Launch
By Kyt Dotson
Activision-Blizzard has a penchant and reputation for making excellent, blockbuster games and Diablo 3 has been no exception. As of it’s launch, it came with some expected caveats including an always-connected element that forces…
6 Worst Layoffs in Tech – Past 12 Months
By Saroj Kar
HP, the world’s largest manufacturer of computers, decided to layoff about 27,000 employees before the end of the 2014 business year. The cuts, announced last week, represent the largest layoffs in HP’s working history. The…
Cyberthreat Weekly Roundup: Bitcoin Compromised, Celebrity Death Spawns New Malware, and FBI Getting Wary over Cyber Threats
The cyberspace is a vast territory that is yet to be fully explored, and it will take us a very long time before we can say that we know it well. For now, let’s…
Could a Smartphone be the Way Up for Facebook?
A week and a half ago Facebook went public after many months of speculation, and managed to pass the $100 billion mark with its valuation. But reality soon caught up to the hype, and…
NASA Denies Breach Claim by “The Cyber Warriors Team” Iranian Hacker Group
By Kyt Dotson
As a high profile agency within the US government, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is a likely target for hackers looking to make their bones in the hacker scene. As a result,…
Yo CIO – Just Innovate, Would You?
CIOs don’t want to listen to the innovators message that urges them to let 1,000 projects bloom. But maybe the approaching bombs will get their attention. The choice became readily apparent at the MIT…
Cisco, Juniper Face Anxious Rival in Alcatel-Lucent: Re-entering the Market
Telecommunications provider Alcatel-Lucent has unveiled a new core routing product and is officially making its entry into the $4 billion market for Internet core routers. The new platform, the 7950 Extensible Routing System (XRS),…