Cynthia Harvey

Researchers from Bluebox Security are sounding the alarm about a security flaw in Android. The vulnerability affects nearly all Android devices released within the last four years. The Washington Post’s Hayley Tsukayama reported, “Security researchers believe they have found a major security flaw in the Google’s Android mobile operating system, which could affect up to […]

Taiwan-based HTC has reported quarterly profits that are 83 percent lower than last year. Still, the numbers were quite a bit better than HTC’s record-setting losses in the first quarter of this year. Bloomberg’s Tim Culpan and Yu-Huay Sun reported, “HTC Corp. (2498), the Taiwanese smartphone maker, posted second-quarter profit that missed analyst estimates as […]

According to the June statistics from Net Applications, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) now has more users than its predecessor, IE9. Overall, IE is still number one, used by more than half of PC users. Neowin.net’s John Callaham reported, “Internet Explorer 10 is now being used on more PCs than its previous browser version IE9, […]

Many industry watchers have been speculating that sales of the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone have been slow, but new reports from Korea say that the company has actually shipped 20 million of the devices since its launch in April. That would be a record for Samsung and for Android. The Inquirer’s Carly Page reported, “Korean […]

French game maker Ubisoft has admitted that hackers have breached its networks, gaining access to usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords. The incident likely affects millions of people worldwide. PCMag’s Max Eddy reported, “Yesterday, French video game publisher Ubisoft alerted fans that customer information had been accessed by an attacker. The company advises everyone with […]

Yahoo is continuing to purchase smaller companies. Its latest acquisition is Qwiki, a company that makes a video creation app for the iPhone. PCMag’s Stephanie Mlot reported, “Yahoo has made yet another acquisition: iOS movie-making app Qwiki. The startup combines social video sharing with filters, transitions, soundtracks, and text to create ‘stories’ out of everyday […]

According to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), May 2013 chip sales were up 4.6 percent month-over-month. That’s the biggest increase in three years. All Things D’s Arik Hesseldahl reported, “Sales of personal computers and servers may be slowing down, but sales of chips are growing faster than at any time in the last three years, […]

The market researchers at Gartner have reduced their predictions for worldwide technology spending in 2013 from 4.1 percent growth to just 2 percent growth. They believe the market will be worth $3.6 trillion this year. Computerworld’s Chris Kanaracus reported, “Gartner has lowered its expectations for growth this year in global IT spending, saying it will […]

Microsoft has announced that it is shutting down TechNet, the subscription service that allowed IT professionals and hobbyists to get early access to Microsoft software. Instead, those who want info on upcoming Microsoft products will either need to rely on Microsoft’s free offerings or join MSDN, which is considerably more expensive than TechNet. PCMag’s Chloe […]

Microsoft’s Windows Store has reach an important milestone: it now includes more than 100,000 apps for the Windows 8 operating system. Steve Ballmer predicted the store would hit 100,000 in July, and it appears he was correct. The Verge’s Tom Warren reported, “While Microsoft didn’t quite hit 100,000 in time for its Build developers conference […]