Cynthia Harvey

For its June 2013 Patch Tuesday update, Microsoft has a fairly light release planned—just five security updates. However, one of those is a critical update for Internet Explorer that addresses many vulnerabilities. InfoSecurity reported, “There are only five security bulletins from Microsoft this month, but with one involving versions of Internet Explorer from 6 to […]

A new report from the Pew Internet and American Life project finds that 34 percent of Americans over eighteen now own a tablet. People in their thirties and forties with incomes over $75,000 were most likely to be tablet owners. Suzanne Choney with NBC News reported, “Tablets are becoming more familiar members of the American […]

Cisco and iRobot (the company that makes the Roomba robot vacuum cleaners) have unveiled a new teleconferencing robot designed for offices. The Ava 500 will be able to move around offices, allowing remote workers to interact with their colleagues via video conferencing technology. GigaOm’s Stacey Higginbotham reported, “Networking giant Cisco has signed a partnership with […]

Last week, The Guardian broke stories about the U.S. government routinely obtaining phone call records for millions of Americans and secretly tapping the servers at major Internet companies. Now, the person who revealed that information has come forward and identified himself as Edward Snowden. The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill and Laura Poitras reported, “The […]

At the Computex show, AMD said that it will continue to support Windows, but it also might support other operating systems. Specifically, it might produce processors for low-end tablets and notebooks that run Google’s Android or Chrome operating systems. PCWorld’s Agam Shah broke the story, reporting, “After years of Windows OS exclusivity, Advanced Micro Devices […]

On the heels of a report that the FBI has been routinely collecting phone logs come more revelations about the NSA, FBI and British Intelligence collecting data from Internet companies. The PRISM program claims to be able to collect data directly from Internet servers belonging to Google, Apple, Facebook and several other Internet companies. The […]

Salesforce has named Keith Block, who formerly served as an executive vice president at Oracle, to be its new president and vice chairman of the board. Block left Oracle last year after news surfaced of disparaging comments he had made about Oracle’s Mark Hurd and about Sun Microsystems products. Patrick Hoge of the San Francisco […]

Samsung’s stock prices experienced its biggest single-day decline in six months on Friday. Analysts and investors are concerned that sales of the Galaxy S4 smartphone could be slowing and that newly released lower-priced models could eat into the S4’s profits. Miyoung Kim with Reuters reported, “Samsung Electronics Co lost $12 billion in market value on […]

A new survey conducted by security vendor Check Point Software Technologies finds that the vast majority of enterprises are experiencing very expensive mobile security incidents. As bring your own device (BYOD) policies become more prevalent, security incidents have also risen. All Things D’s Arik Hesseldahl reported, “Nearly 80 percent of large businesses experienced some kind […]

The Guardian is reporting that the Obama administration has been secretly collecting phone records for millions of Americans who aren’t suspected of doing anything wrong. Widespread outrage has accompanied the revelation. The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald reported, “The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of […]