Cynthia Harvey

Michael Dell and Silver Lake have increased their buyout bid in the deal that would take Dell private. However, they want a change in shareholder voting rules that would make it easier to get approval for their offer. Poornima Gupta, Soyoung Kim and Greg Roumeliotis with Reuters reported, “Dell Inc founder Michael Dell on Wednesday […]

A new survey conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) details the negative impact that news of the NSA’s Prism intelligence-gathering program is having on the cloud computing industry. Companies outside the U.S. are canceling contacts, and most are now reluctant to do business with American vendors. Computerworld’s Jaikumar Vijayan reported, “A Cloud Security Alliance […]

On Monday, Intel unveiled its vision of the data center of the future. It’s a vision where the entire data center is software-defined and Intel chips run it all. AnandTech’s Johan De Gelas reported, “This week, Intel is hosting a datacenter event in San Francisco. The basic message is that the datacenter should be much […]

Cisco has announced that it plans to purchase Sourcefire for $2.7 billion. Sourcefire makes network security products, many of which are based on open source software. Michael J. De La Merced with the New York Times reported, “Cisco Systems agreed on Tuesday to buy Sourcefire, a provider of cybersecurity services, for about $2.7 billion in […]

A new report from DeepField sheds light on Google’s domination of the Internet. A majority of devices send traffic to Google every day. CNNMoney’s Chris Boyette reported, “Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) accounts for nearly a quarter of Internet traffic in North America, according to a recent study conducted by analytics firm DeepField. That makes Google’s […]

While many other parts of mobile phones have been hacked, SIM cards have been free of known security vulnerabilities—until now. A security researcher says he can hack many phone SIM cards simply by sending two SMS texts. Kevin J. O’Brien with The New York Times reported, “A German mobile security expert says he has found […]

Facebook’s app for feature phones, called Facebook for Every Phone, now boasts more than 100 million monthly users, many of them in developing countries. The stripped-down version of the social networking app uses less data than the Facebook app for smartphones. CNET’s Don Reisinger reported, “Facebook is more mobile than ever, the company announced on […]

Unnamed sources are saying that Apple is testing larger screen sizes for the iPhone and iPad. Currently, most high-end smartphones have larger screens than the iPhone. The Wall Street Journal’s Lorraine Luk reported, “Apple Inc. and its Asian suppliers are testing larger screens for iPhones and tablets, officials at the company’s suppliers say. In recent […]

Apple’s iOS developer site has been offline for about three days. The reason? A security breach. TechCrunch’s Greg Kumparak reported, “After 3 days of silence as to why the iOS Developer Center has been down, Apple has just confirmed that they are investigating a security breach.” Macworld quoted the email regarding the incident that Apple […]

For three years, SAP has been in the unusual position of having two CEOs. But next year, that will  change as Germany-based Jim Hagemann Snabe steps down and Bill McDermott continues as the company’s CEO. Alex Konrad with Forbes reported, “SAP announced Sunday that co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe will step down from that role and […]

Microsoft’s financial report for its fourth fiscal quarter missed analyst expectations by a wide margin, thanks in part to very poor sales of its Surface tablet line. The company’s stock fell sharply. Mashable’s Seth Fiegerman reported, “Microsoft is having a bad day. The company’s stock was down more than 8% when the stock market opened […]

Anonymous claims to have hacked into servers at the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and it has divulged contact names and information it obtained from a database as proof. The group says the hack was in response to a exercise in which FEMA practiced responding to a cyberattack by a fictional terrorist group named […]