Six clicks: Ways to keep your tech, your home, and yourself cool

Trying not to overheat this summer? Here is some (literally) cool tech for you.



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Tableau's Q2: Data discovery darling beats estimates, revenue up 82 percent

Tableau's business intelligence and data discovery platform made significant sales gains for the quarter, with more than 2,200 new customer accounts added.



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Microsoft is fixing IE11 on mobile because web developers aren't following standards

Having written IE11 to support web standards, Microsoft is shimming it to handle mobile websites that are not following standards but catering for webkit quirks and/or non-standard features in Apple's Safari on iOS.



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LinkedIn squashes Q2 estimates, launches social tool Sales Navigator

Wall Street was looking for earnings of 39 cents per share on a revenue of $510.98 million.



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Jive Software swings to loss but still tops Wall Street expectations

Wall Street was bracing for a loss at 11 cents per share on a revenue of $42.07 million.



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Twitter acquiring password security manager startup Mitro Labs

The social network has stepped up password security in the past, especially after finding itself the victim of widely reported cyber attacks.



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BadUSB: Big, bad USB security problems ahead

Everyone knows that USB thumb-drives can spell security trouble, but a German security group has found new and nasty ways to use USB devices to wreck havoc on computers.



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Twitter laments government roadblocks in fifth transparency report

Intellectual property is actually an overlooked hotspot given Twitter received nearly 10,000 copyright takedown requests for the micro-blogging site and subsidiary Vine.



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HTC: When good products aren't enough

HTC showed some stability in the second quarter and touted its latest One device. The problem is that HTC may be merely a one-quarter wonder.



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M-commerce in Brazil up 84 percent in a year

But segment still faces hurdles including poor mobile coverage and lack of retailer readiness.



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Researchers eye vision-correcting displays for devices

Researchers at the MIT Media Lab and University of California at Berkeley say the technology could improve conditions in emerging markets where glasses and prescription lenses don't come easy.



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Blackberry BBM now fully available on Windows Phone

BlackBerry said BBM for Windows retains the native user experience and modern design of the Windows UI.



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Zebra, NFL up ante on player stats via RFID system

RFID transmitters will be placed inside shoulder pads to track player position, speed and distance during Thursday Night Football games.



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Microsoft’s latest datacenter project started with $6 million in land

Microsoft's latest data center project looks like a solid win for the community.



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How auto insurer Progressive collected 10 billion miles of driving data from its customers

Progressive has quietly amassed a trove of driver data with Snapshot, its opt-in driving tracker device.



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Oracle buys TOA Technologies, fills in field service gaps

Oracle said it plans to integrate TOA with its Service Cloud, which is part of the company's customer experience suite, as well as its ERP apps.



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Why I bit the bullet and finally switched from Outlook to Gmail

Our own David Gewirtz has been using Outlook since before XP was released. He's changed every other aspect of his workflow infrastructure since then, but not email. Until now.



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Russia to Apple, SAP: Give us source code, prove you're not spies

Russian officials have asked the companies to hand over their source code so it can be tested for surveillance capabilities.



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Encrypt your face and foil the NSA

Surveillance cameras are everywhere, backed by sophisticated facial recognition software. But you can defeat them, the NSA and whoever else is monitoring you. Here's how.



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Six Clicks: Gadgets of yesteryear that defined mobile

Given how far it's come, mobile technology is not very old. In the early days, some outstanding gadgets set the stage for the mobile tech of today. These are six of them that had a big impact.



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T-Mobile tops 50m subscribers in Q2 2014, spectrum sparks profit surge

In what the T-Mobile CEO calls a wireless revolution, the firm continues to poach subscribers from rivals, and has now sailed past the 50 million benchmark.



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High tech gadgets for the home of the future

The gadgets reaching the Electrolux design lab semi finalists show healthy environments for the future high tech home with smart design solutions.



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TYLT: the Goldilocks of external batteries

Looking for an external battery? The Energi range has bags of style, but you have to pick the right one.



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Apple eliminates jobs following Beats acquisition

As Apple's acquisition of Beats Electronics and Beats Music comes close to completion, hundreds of employees may find their positions redundant and their pink slips issued.



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Poland's 'piracy tax' should be expanded to phones and tablets too, say authors

The Polish levy paid on blank storage media to compensate rightsholders for piracy should be added to even more hardware, according to the country's composers and writers.



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Tesla, Panasonic form 'Gigafactory' electric vehicle battery behemoth

The companies have signed an agreement to form a massive battery manufacturing plant dubbed the Gigafactory in the United States.



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Open Source provides compelling benefits to business

The benefits of open source software have long been understood and embraced within some sectors, but in the enterprise world open source has until recently been met with skepticism and caution. That's changing fast.



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Enterprise Mobility: Where to Start?

Is your company in the two-thirds that have only mobilised email, contact and calendar apps—nothing more? An interactive SAP website can help you identify and take the best next steps.



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Piracy discussion paper focuses on copyright stick not content carrot

Why would content owners want to make their products more easily available when the Australian government appears to be focusing entirely on deterring and punishing users for copyright infringement?



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Microsoft antitrust probe in China: the plot thickens

Chinese media believe Microsoft was raided as a result of withdrawing support for Windows XP.



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Apple TV launches channel in Brazil

Partnership with 24-hour sports channel will support the company's first TV offering in Latin America



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Microsoft's board getting more mobile expertise with latest addition

Microsoft's Nadella posited the new board member's experience will "be invaluable as we transform Microsoft for growth and leadership in the mobile-first, cloud-first world."



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ServiceNow delivers Q2 sales surge, ups outlook

Meanwhile, Akamai and Equinix reported quarters with better-than-expected sales. ServiceNow's 63 percent revenue growth in the second quarter led the charge.



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Western Digital tops Q4 expectations thanks to laptops, enterprise units

Wall Street was expecting $1.74 per share on a revenue of $3.59 billion.



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LibreOffice 4.3: The best open-source office suite gets better

Microsoft Office has a worthy competitor in the new LibreOffice, the best non-Microsoft office suite.



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Tor warns users it was attacked, but details on deanonymizing efforts sketchy

While the company said users of Tor should "assume they were affected," the developers of the anonymous browsing service do not yet know what "affected" means.



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Intuit to acquire India-based KDK Softwares

The acquisition marks Intuits first in India, as well as its push into the tax computation and e-filing category in the country.



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Oracle's Database 12c goes GA: In-Memory everywhere?

Oracle's summer of product launches continues as Database 12c becomes generally available. Will all applications go in-memory?



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Salesforce.com marks ExactTarget anniversary with Marketing Cloud upgrade

The CRM giant takes a pulse check on its Marketing Cloud platform one year after the $2.5B acquisition of ExactTarget.



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Google expands Hangouts with new features for business customers

The search giant thinks there's even more reasons to meet face-to-face, thanks to improvements in its video-chat Google Hangouts features.



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Square announces plans to offer EMV chip reader to SMBs

The payments player is late to the embedded chip card game, but hopes competitive pricing will offset the lag.



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Hands-on with the full release of Windows Phone 8.1 and Lumia Cyan

Microsoft is actively rolling out Windows Phone 8.1 after three months of being in preview mode. The Lumia Cyan update is also coming to supported Nokia devices.



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AMD Opteron 64-bit ARM-based developer kits now available

Chipmaker AMD has announced that the AMD Opteron A1100-Series developer kit, which features AMD's first 64-bit ARM-based processor, codenamed "Seattle," are now available.



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Can real-time labor analytics save U.S. standard of living?

The U.S. is going to be whacked by demographics and an aging population, workforce participation and declining productivity. Accenture argues that real-time labor analytics could be a fix.



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Sprint Q1 meets expectations, but subscriber loss still an issue

Sprint lost 245,000 net contract subscribers during the quarter, slightly better than last quarter's loss of 383,000.



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The art of social media hype

Facebook, Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites are often used to promote suppliers' products and services. Here are a few interesting patterns I've noticed about how different companies utilize these tools.



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Red Hat starts work on 64-bit ARM servers

Red Hat and its partners are betting that 64-bit ARM processors are ready for the data center.



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One month with the Surface Pro 3: Microsoft updates kept it in my hands

I just passed the 30-day return period and thanks to Microsoft's speedy updates and several other factors, the Surface Pro 3 is now serving as my primary home and road computer.



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Six clicks: Excel power tips to make you an instant expert

Excel isn't just for number crunchers with accounting degrees. In this gallery, I present six of my favorite hidden features to make you more productive when working with Excel spreadsheets.



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Qualcomm acquires mobile ed tech firm EmpoweredU

The chip maker has acquired EmpoweredU, a company which focuses on mobile, cloud-based learning tools for the education sector.



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NSA Playset, 911 hacked and war cats: A wild ride at DEF CON 22

With one week until the eve of America's biggest and most controversial hacker conference, we've got a hotlist of explosive talks set to go off at DEF CON 22.



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Apple acquires and shutters podcasting app Swell

Earlier this week Apple acquired Concept.io presumably for its fabulous Swell app for iOS. While I was hoping that Apple would keep Swell alive post-acquisition, my worst fears have come true.



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Italians open LTE-A Christmas presents early, as Telecom Italia showcases superfast 4G

The incumbent mobile operator has been running a LTE-A showcase in Turin, giving consumers a taste of the network they can expect later this year.



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Review: Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8, Android tablets with Intel inside

There are lots of Android tablets to choose from, ranging from the inexpensive to big bucks. These two tablets from Dell are light on the wallet and have a unique feature.



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Driverless cars get green light for UK roads

From January, autonomous vehicles will be trialled in up to three cities on UK roads.



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Twitter snaps up deep learning firm Madbits

The microblogging platform has acquired Madbits, a startup focused on computer vision and dynamic search technology.



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Chinese hospitals tap Alipay for e-payment, medical appointments

Five hospitals in China will allow patients to book medical appointments, pay their bills, and receive test results via their mobile devices.



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Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 preview due week of August 4

Microsoft will make the first update to Windows Phone 8.1 available to developers the week of August 4. Here's what to expect in that update, feature-wise.



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Microsoft to roll out new Cortana beta and alpha releases in more countries

Microsoft is releasing Cortana, its personal digital assistant for Windows Phone, in beta in China and the U.K., and in 'alpha' form in Australia, Canada and India.



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Singapore launches scheme to validate startup products

Country's ICT regulator offers accreditation programme to assess local tech startups based on their technical, financial, and operational capabilities, putting them in a better position to bid for government projects.



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Baidu scoots up to Google with own self-driving car

Unlike its U.S. rival, though, the Chinese search giant is developing a vehicle that allows drivers to take control if they choose to and is designed to assist drivers on the road.



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Line-of-business types get involved in IT infrastructure: is this a good thing?

Survey by the IBM Institute for Business Value finds impressive payoffs from IT-LOB collaboration.



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BlackBerry too small for Kantar to count

After sitting at around 1 percent or less of marketshare in many major markets around the world, the Kantar Worldpanel has decided to stop counting BlackBerry as a separate line item, and lump it into the Others category.



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IAC's Tutor.com buys The Princeton Review: Can these models, platforms merge?

Tutor.com has the technology platform, marketing and subscription model. The Princeton Review has the content, brand and high price points. Can these these two players combine to challenge Kaplan?



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Google fixes Android's Fake ID security hole

Bluebox Labs recently discovered a new serious security Android vulnerability. Google has released a fix for it. If you're not careful, though, you could still be in danger.



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Twitter's Q2 not nearly as bad as expected; bolstered by World Cup

Twitter shareholders must have been chipper after the bell on Tuesday given Wall Street was braving for a loss.



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BlackBerry's Passport: Crazy enough for work?

BlackBerry's Passport made an appearance in New York. The device is quirky but could find an audience in select industries.



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Ford drops BlackBerry for Apple's iPhone in two-year rollout plan

The automotive giant seeks to ditch its trusty BlackBerry devices in favor of iPhones, as part of a "global deployment" for its employees.



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Microsoft is out to prove productivity is more than PowerPoint

The self-described 'productivity and platforms' company is championing this week some cross-divisional projects meant to show how enterprise and consumer tech can be combined to create new kinds of apps and services.



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Social business maturity and digital transformation

Social enterprise -- communication, collaboration, and knowledge sharing across business silos and departmental boundaries -- is a core part of digital business transformation initiatives. Research from IDC sheds light on this topic.



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One Finnish phone maker wants to reclaim the lost glory of another

It has an intriguing new OS, but needs to rethink its price points if it is to stand even a sliver of a chance in the fastest growing smartphone market in the world



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WalmartLabs acquires e-commerce discovery community Luvocracy

Luvocracy developed an online community for surfacing product recommendations made by the most persuasive of tastemakers: family, friends and select online influencers.



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IDC: Smartphone shipments surge again while featurephone 'death' draws nigh

The market research firm estimated 295.3 million units shipped worldwide during the second quarter of 2014, representing annual growth of 23.1 percent.



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Microsoft delivers new OneNote features for iOS, Mac users

Microsoft is rolling out new OneNote features for iPhones, iPads and Macs, as well as a start on the promised support for OneDrive for Business for Macs.



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NASA request for information summarizes the data center market

A request for information from NASA reflects the current mindset of data center operators.



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BlackBerry's Passport: Aimed at industries, key execs inside enterprises

BlackBerry reiterated that spreadsheets will look swell on the Passport and that the device can work for well for employees in the financial services and healthcare industries.



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10 tips and tricks to make your LG G3 even better

The LG G3 is arguably the best Android smartphone available today. But there are many advanced software tricks available to improve an already fantastic experience.



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Microsoft debuts Sharks Cove, a costly Raspberry Pi alternative

First teased during its April Build conference, the Raspberry Pi-ish device is the result of combined efforts between Microsoft, Intel and product manufacturer CircuitCo.



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Asia pumps up Facebook, but it needs more cash and not just users

With growth flatlining in Europe and North America, there's a new urgency to focus on how to get more revenue from growing regions like Asia



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Rackspace joins Vormetric Cloud Partner Program

Rackspace plans to utilize encryption and key management services from Vormetric's Transparent Encryption solution.



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Stanford scientists discover breakthrough to boost battery life for mobile devices

The creation of a "pure" lithium battery could offer double or triple the energy storage density of today's lithium-ion batteries for your laptop, tablet, or smartphone.



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What the IBM and Apple deal means to you and me

IBM and Apple have combined forces to bring you the next phase of computing: Personalized Computing Intelligence. This is, of course, speculation on my part, but it makes more sense than anything else I've read on the subject.



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China investigating Microsoft over Windows anti-monopoly claims

The Chinese state industry and commerce administration is also looking at senior executives over claims it had not fully disclosed information about Windows and Office.



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BlackBerry acquires Secusmart, ups voice security ante

BlackBerry's acquisition of German software firm Secusmart is aimed at securing voice and data and putting better mobile security in every president and chancellor's hand.



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Google Analytics arrives on the small screen with iPhone app

For the first time you can access your Google Analytics data from your iPhone. The new mobile apps allows you to monitor your online business with real time reports in the palm of your hand.



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Six Clicks: Good reasons to still consider a BlackBerry 10 smartphone

While Android and iOS are usually the first type of devices you might consider, BlackBerry continues to build some solid hardware while updating their OS to offer a compelling platform.



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Internet of things big security worry, says HP

HP found 25 vulnerabilities per device including everything from TVs to thermostats to home alarms and scales.



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Drobo Mini gets SSD performance

Connected Data announces a new SSD-based Drobo Mini that gives what pro users have been clamoring for: performance. You can now edit video with a redundant array not much larger than a DVD drive.



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Review: ZAGG Auto-fit, universal keyboard for 7-inch Android tablets

Until this keyboard arrived, Android tablet owners were dependent on the tablet maker to build a keyboard just for their tablet. This universal keyboard case takes a unique approach to work for everyone.



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Apple refreshes MacBook Pro with Retina display lineup, drops prices

Today sees Apple refresh its premium MacBook Pro with Retina display lineup, bumping the CPU speeds and RAM, as well as dropping the prices of the high-end models, ahead of the release of OS X 10.10 Yosemite.



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eBay billionaire takes a second look at his $250m First Look Media venture

Pierre Omidyar has been unable to decide on the right strategy for his ambitious media venture. He says that several years of experimentation will be needed...



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Is OpenStack the future of Cloud Computing

Will OpenStack really dominate the cloud computing scene in the future?



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Having the best of both worlds with your modern datacenter

In today’s challenging business climate, IT planners and managers are continuously seeking creative ways to enhance service levels and drive cost reductions, without unnecessarily disrupting their end users. To this end, many forward-looking organizations are revamping IT infrastructure and deploying virtualization solutions and private cloud services to improve business agility and cut expenses.



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Baidu opens third startup center in China

Chinese search giant opens another startup development center in northern Chinese municipal of Tianjin, offering free office space as well as finance, legal, and technical support.



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CIOs: in the eye of a business and technology storm

A recent survey with IDG Research Services revealed that CIOs can be the best drivers for business innovation within their organizations. The results we saw from this survey suggested that getting the business and IT together may take something as fundamental as rethinking, and retitling, the CIO position itself.



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SEC to Facebook: yeah, we're good, Homeland Security does software, and go ahead and unlock your cellphone [Government IT Week]

It's been a slow summer in Gov news, but at least the Library of Congress seems willing to let you unlock your cell phone. The SEC just "liked" (or at least ignored) Facebook's IPO mess, and DHS is now the Department of Homemade Software. Read on...



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Mobile apps galore for managing business cards

Still managing stacks of 'analog' contacts? These smartphone applications could make life easier; some even boast direct connections to LinkedIn and Salesforce.com.



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DARPA funded proof of concept speeds up cloud provisioning

The aim of DARPA's CORONET project, which included IBM, AT&T, Applied Communications Sciences and others, was to create technology that could string together cloud networks on the fly to keep the Internet and government running.



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Samsung's Tizen smartphone OS: Dead or alive?

Does Tizen have a future, or is it going to be another unlaunched Linux-based mobile operating system?



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Pivotal and Hortonworks collaborate on Ambari for enterprise Hadoop

Pivotal said it will dedicate engineers to contribute installation, configuration and management capabilities to Ambari.



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Yosemite usage rates double following public beta

Following the start of the OS X Yosemite public beta on July 24, 2014, North American web traffic for the operating system jumped to 0.6 percent of total OS X traffic.



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Airbnb gets serious about business travel with Concur deal

Airbnb is making strides to tap into what has been a relatively overlooked opportunity for the accommodations website.



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Mozilla picks one of its own to be its new CEO

Mozilla has selected Chris Beard, who started with the company with the release of Firefox 1.0, to be its chief executive.



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Amazon's Fire Phone costs $205 to build

Amazon's debut entry into the smartphone arena, the Fire Phone, costs more than Apple's iPhone 5S to build, but less than Samsung's Galaxy S5.



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CIOs and CMOs see more eye to eye on technology initiatives, sort of

CIOs say marketing leaders lack focus. Chief marketing officers say IT is too slow. But both claim they are working closer with each other on digital projects.



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How Amazon knows so much about you – and how to regain your privacy

My Amazon home page shows me how much the company knows about me and my online activities. Here we show you which privacy and security settings can help you reduce the information Amazon holds about you.



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Fin's Bluetooth Ring: A wearable that could make Golum happy

Smart rings like Fin are impressing people and winning major crowd-funding money -- but are they a temporary fad?



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Hands-on with Amazon's Fire Phone: A closer look at the hardware

Amazon's Fire Phone has the design quality you might expect from Apple's iPhone, or Samsung's Galaxy S5. It's a strong contender in the Android space, even if it misses a few enterprise targets.



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Hands-on with Amazon's Fire Phone: Gimmicks over purpose

The Fire Phone has one flagship feature: a display with three-dimensional aspects. Other software elements in the retail giant's debut smartphone are gimmicky at best. This device feels like a work in progress.



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Five ways the Amazon Fire phone supports business use

The new Amazon Fire phone is targeted towards consumers and buying through the Amazon Prime service. However, if you want to bring it into the office, there is enough support to help you get work done too.



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Baidu selects Schneider Electric for their first modular data center

Schneider has previously worked with Baidu to provide custom IT cabinets as part of Baidu’s Open Source-based Project Scorpio.



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Mobility, BYOD and Dell, oh my!

Mobility and BYOD are both putting pressure on IT to break out of established, proven patterns. Dell's Sean Wisdom suggests an individual-centric set of approaches.



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Chinese regulators drop in on Microsoft

Chinese government investigators dropped in on multiple Microsoft offices throughout the country, according to reports.



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Amazon opens web store for customizable 3D printed products

The storefront offers pretty basic products, like jewelry, knickknacks and bobble heads, but the draw is that shoppers can personalize item details.



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Samsung indefinitely puts the brakes on Tizen launch

It's the Android-rival mobile operating system that never was. At least for now, anyway.



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Rackspace tacks on more open source database support

Rackspace's senior product director touted the expanded support should make "scaling and performance problems a thing of the past."



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Apple-Beats deal gets the nod from Europe

The European Commission saw no major barriers to the iPhone and iPad maker snapping up the headphone and music subscription service for $3 billion in cash and stock.



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Cell phone unlocking will be legal again

In 2012, the Library of Congress ruled that you couldn't unlock your cell phone from your carrier without their permission. Congress has finally passed a law that will make it legal again.



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Power-hungry SSDs: hotter than disks

Making flash SSDs look like disks isn't easy. In fact, advanced high-performance SSDs use more power and run much hotter than disks. They aren't your fathers thumb drive.



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Review: Acer C720 Chromebook with Core i3, best value yet

The C720 is one of the first Chromebooks to ship with an Intel Core i3 processor. We go hands on to see if all the excitement is justified.



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AWS worry misplaced: Welcome to the maturing cloud

Amazon's earnings spurred a flurry of worry about Amazon Web Services' growth. The larger takeaway that the cloud service game is maturing.



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Apple: Why the big-brother attitude with peripherals?

Cupertino is marching into the peripherals space with its purchase of Beats. However, what kind of a peripherals vendor sells products that may or may not work with your Mac?



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Another IoT: The (Mobile) Internet of Travel

Here’s the road report on three new mobile ways to make travel smarter and more satisfying.



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Beware the spin behind Australia's copyright law discussion paper

Another week, another propaganda-driven proposal from the mind of Australian Attorney-General Brandis. This one assumes that ISPs need to fix other people's broken product distribution models.



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Internet of Things starts to gain a developer following

The so-called Internet of Things gains traction, with two out of five developers looking at the possibilities.



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5 tips for getting the most out of working at home

The advantages of working at home, far away from the distractions of the office, are many. But it's not always a rose garden, and these tips will help those working at home make the most of it.



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Six Clicks: The best Linux desktop environments

Unlike Windows or Mac OS X, Linux offers a wide variety of desktop environments. Here are my picks of the most important of these PC interfaces.



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OS X 10.10 Yosemite preview: Welcome to infinite connectivity and seamless productivity

The tight integration with your iPhone packs a powerful productivity punch, bringing the best of mobile to your desktop and notebook. It does, however, leave one question in mind. Who needs an iPad now?



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Apple's next patent war? Bose slaps Beats with a lawsuit

The Apple-Beats deal is expected to close during the current quarter, ending mid-September.



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Facebook's bungled IPO now a distant memory as SEC drops inquiry

Fast forward from a disappointing IPO in 2012 to the present, Facebook has made it up to shareholders and then some.



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Thinking mobile is 100-year-old college bookstore's secret edge

Optimizing for smartphones and tablets helps The Duck Store at the University of Oregon handle online traffic spikes on game days, helping it win out against big sporting goods retailers.



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As OS X Yosemite beta opens to public, early testers report download problems

Being a beta tester for an unfinished operating system is risky business. But some would-be beta testers of Apple's upcoming OS are reporting problems even getting to the beta bits after receiving their invitation from Apple.



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Google Docs adds way to suggest edits to Office files without Office

The Google enterprise team posited that this is simply another idea to help businesses work on any file from virtually any device.



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ASIMO agile and responsive robot is poised to replace humans

Honda has launched the latest version of its humanoid robot ASIMO. This is its most dextrous and responsive robot so far, setting the scene for what a robot filled future will look like.



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Face-off: Sculley's Octopus versus the Zenfone and Mi3 in India's new smartphone wars

If John Sculley, former Apple CEO, had launched his phone even as recently as three months ago he would have ruled the market. Now he is up against some formidable competition



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Decibullz earphones: Custom molded, inexpensive, and built for fitness

When you workout and listen to music, there is nothing as frustrating as earphones that fall out. Decibullz solved that with their custom mold earphones.



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Firefox adds anti-malware file reputation service

Firefox has blocked known phishing and malware sites for some time. Now it will check reputation on individual files and soon use file signatures.



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Six clicks: Microsoft Word tricks to make you an instant expert

There's much more to Word than just pointing, clicking, typing, and spell-checking. In this gallery, I present six of my favorite hidden features to make you more productive when creating and editing Word documents.



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HP launches $250 Pavilion 10z laptop with AMD Mullins processor

The new notebook is the first major design win for AMD's new budget mobile chip.



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The Apple backdoor that wasn't

On Monday, several media outlets mistakenly reported that Apple had installed "backdoors" on millions of iPhones and iOS devices.



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Inside Amazon's Fire Phone

While on the outside the Fire Phone is sleek and smooth, according to iFixit the inside is "a veritable mess of cables, connectors, and glue." For anyone thinking of buying a Fire Phone with the idea of repairing it if something goes wrong, the iFixit verdict on this is simple – don't buy it.



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Remembering the BlackBerry

If you’ve been around for a while, odds are you have fond memories of one BlackBerry or another.



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Windows is not the desktop and why Windows RT isn't dead

Microsoft's One Windows strategy is only causing confusion because we seem to have forgotten what an operating system is.



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Top tech crowdfunding campaigns of the month: July 2014

What are some of the most innovative tech projects and ideas seeking crowdfunding on Kickstarter and Indiegogo this month?



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OneNote to rule them all?

Microsoft's OneNote used to be the hidden jewel in the Office crown, now on its own and with a public API, it's time for it to highlight Microsoft's new direction.



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Brazilian banks to consolidate ATMs

The largest banks in the country will partly replace their own kit by cashpoints that serve customers of other institutions.



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NetSuite's Q2 strong, sales up 30 percent

NetSuite's sales growth has been at least 30 percent for eight consecutive quarters.



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Amazon's Q2: Sales up 23 percent, misses the mark on earnings

In reaction to a larger-than-projected loss, Amazon shares started to tumble in after-hours trading.



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Digital transformation and consulting/outsourcing firms

Changing technologies, client expectations, competition and an evolving market environment have forced business process outsourcers to adapt. Here's what you need to know.



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Microsoft moves Yammer under Office 365; Co-founder David Sacks is out

Microsoft is fine-tuning further its Office businesses and is moving Yammer under Office 365. Yammer Co-founder David Sacks is leaving Microsoft.



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2nd Watch launches CM3 to simplify AWS deployments

The new service delivery methodology uses a catalogue-based approach to simplify data and app migration to Amazon Web Services.



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Digital Transformation, Part 1: Rapid State of Change

Businesses need to embrace change and innovation, and cloud technologies are the best way to facilitate that transformation.



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When it comes to Android vs. iOS in the enterprise, Android is the Borg

IBM and Apple may be resisting Android's dominance for now, but resistance is futile. A potent mix of flexibility, diversity and low-cost lets Android be whatever it needs to be -- for any business.



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Pinterest logs 20 terabytes of new data each day

The budding social network wants to remind people that underneath all of the DIY wedding tips, it, too, is a big data company.



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Microsoft delivers OneNote for Amazon Fire Phone, Kindle Fire tablets

Microsoft is making its OneNote note-taking app available for free for the Fire Phone and Kindle Fire tablets through Amazon's Appstore for Android.



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Visa nixing account numbers, tapping into wearables with cloud payment suite

To heighten security, Visa's new cloud payment suite of services replaces 16-digit account numbers with a digital token.



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What Xerox can learn from Kodak's disintegration and Fuji's re-invention

In a world that is rapidly becoming digital what Xerox does in the next few years may determine its fate



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Google Coordinate now included with Maps Engine Pro subscription

Maps Coordinate, the mobile and web app designed for divvying up jobs and sharing locations among teams in real-time, will now be included with a Maps Engine Pro subscription.



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Largest study on 'Native Advertising' finds benefits for brands, risks for publishers

The IAB/Edelman report questioned 5,000 consumers of general news, business news, and entertainment news.



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LG reports profit as smartphone sales increase

As LG continues to innovate in the smartphone space, with shipments of the LG G3 just hitting store shelves, the company expects more sales in the third quarter.



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IDC: Tablet shipments sluggish, but bright spot lies in enterprise

Market research firm IDC released its second quarter report Thursday, with analysts affirming that the days of astronomical year-over-year growth of tablet shipments are over.



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Dutch government can use spy data gathered illegally, court rules

Data collected by the likes of the NSA in a manner that would be forbidden in the Netherlands can still be used by the country's government, according to a recent court ruling.



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PTC announces Axeda acquisition for IoT push, posts solid Q2

Axeda's core product is its Machine Cloud Service, which addresses security in M2M and IoT connectivity.



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Sony settles PSN hack lawsuit for $15 million

The tech giant plans to offer restitution for those affected by the 2011 PSN hack in free games, subsidies and cash payouts.



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Why did Macs defy the PC sales slump?

Just as the iPod became a gateway drug for the iPhone, which itself became the gateway drug for the iPad, iOS is set to become the platform that tempts people into the OS X ecosystem.



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Vuzix, Lenovo forge wearable pact for China enterprises

Vuzix's M100 smart glasses will be co-branded with Lenovo and pushed across China's industrial and manufacturing sectors.



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HP invests $50 million in Hortonworks, forges big data partnership

The two companies will integrate engineering strategies, collaborate on sales and make it easier for HP customers to adopt Hortonworks.



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Projecting your PC or mobile device with Miracast: How well does it work?

Miracast is a signature feature of Windows 8.1 and newer Android versions. In theory, it allows you to project a presentation or HD video wirelessly from your mobile device to a large screen. How well does it work in the real world?



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Six Clicks: Six ways Windows Phone is better than iPhone

We're certainly not claiming that Windows Phone is better overall than iOS (or even the reverse). But there are ways that Windows Phone beats current iPhones.



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Salesforce plans Sales Reach, aims to meld sales, marketing

The overall goal of Salesforce1 Sales Reach is to enable companies and sales teams to target the "notion of the one click buyer."



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Wi-Fi security boost just over the horizon

Wi-Fi, especially public Wi-Fi, is still fraught with security problems. A solution has been in the works for some time but is still not ready for most.



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Homeland Security gets into software security

It sounds unlikely, but the Homeland Security Agency is now providing an online, open-source code-testing suite with the unlikely name of SWAMP.



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Veeam Management Pack v7 for System Center

Veeam believes that Microsoft System Center users want the same view into a Hyper-V virtual machine environment that VMware's vCenter users enjoy. The company's new Management Pack v7 for System Center's support for Hyper-V directly addresses that need.



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iPad Air in the office: Better than you think

The race to get iPads in the office has become a focus for Apple with the alliance with IBM. What makes this interesting is how well the iPad Air performs in a work environment.



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European Central Bank suffers security breach, personal data stolen

The European Central Bank's website has been hacked and personal information has been stolen by a cybercriminal.



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Neat eyes life beyond scanners, shifts focus to software and cloud

Neat is trying to break from its hardware roots to become a complete provider of cloud-based expense tracking and management workflow tools for SMBs.



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EBay served class action lawsuit over hack

EBay is facing a class action lawsuit over a security breach earlier this year which left customer data compromised.



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Qualcomm commits millions to Chinese venture fund

The chip maker is investing up to $150 million in Chinese startup companies related to a range of mobile technologies.



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Thai university brings its libraries online

Thammassat University launches digital services for its four libraries allowing users to borrow e-books, making it the first Thai education institute to offer a digital library.



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Mt. Gox Bitcoin investors voice anger after creditors meet

Investors from failed Bitcoin exchange express anger following the first creditors meeting in Tokyo where questions remain unanswered over how US$500 million worth of the digital currency went missing.



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Oracle Linux 7 released

Oracle has released its clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.



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Facebook makes strides with SMBs, Internet.org, emerging markets

Small businesses, in particular, seem to have a fondness for the Facebook secret sauce.



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Twitter workforce diversity report: 'We have a lot of work to do'

Twitter promises it is working with organizations like Girls Who Code as well as historically black colleges and universities to diversify its workforce.



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Earnings roundup: Citrix, Polycom, CA Technologies

Another busy day in Silicon Valley and on Wall Street after markets closed on Wednesday. Here's what happened in tech earnings.



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Qualcomm delivers blowout Q3, but cuts outlook over China woes

Mobile processor giant Qualcomm said a regulatory investigation in China and licensees that aren't reporting sales of licensed products will hurt fourth quarter results.



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Facebook nears $3 billion in quarterly revenue while crushing Q2 estimates

CEO Mark Zuckerberg offered a succinct, if not humble, reflection in prepared remarks: "We had a good second quarter."



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You can only manage what you can measure – cloud is impacting everything that we do

The distance between the engineer and the end user of the product can be dramatically reduced – thanks to cloud. The result is unmatched speed of innovation, simplicity and reduced time to value.



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Google teams with Sprint on Apps, touts new Drive security API

Sprint will start offering its own "mobile-centric" version of Google Apps for Business soon.



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Another view: shadow IT has little to do with BYOD

Bringing devices to work does not create a separate IT platform, and shadow IT digs far deeper into the enterprise than smartphones.



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Google Glass' amazing medical usages (Warning: You may end up missing an organ)

Google's device can revolutionize teaching in the medical field or eve diagnostics in rural areas, but there will have to be rules on how you use it so patients don't suffer



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Stratasys 3D prints giant creature, invades Comic-Con

It's named Bodock, and 3D printing powerhouse Stratasys will march the giant, 14-foot, 2,000-pound creature into the event Thursday.



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Cook 'not worried' about iPad declines: Here's why

iPad sales are strong, but declining. Apple may have the bulk of the Fortune 500 in its portfolio, but penetration rates are low. Why isn't Cook worried?



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Microsoft brings Skype to Amazon Fire phone

Microsoft is making Skype available on Amazon's Fire phone, making good on the company's commitment to provide its productivity tools on all mobile platforms.



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Docker acquires London startup Orchard Laboratories

Orchard Laboratories makes the Orchard and Fig applications - popular projects to come out of the Docker open-source ecosystem.



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Google acquires Finnish 3D graphics firm drawElements

drawElements specializes in analyzing and assessing mobile 3D graphics. Its signiture product, dEQP, is a toolkit for benchmarking the accuracy, precision and stability of OpenGL ES and OpenCL GPUs.



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Wix launches Etsy app that turns a marketplace shop into a website

Wix said the key achievement of the app is that it gives small business sellers the freedom to sell items on both Etsy and Wix with cohesive branding.



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EMC Q2 solid, ups outlook

EMC said its XtremIO all-flash storage array is on a $300 million annual run rate and is landing new customers.



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What 'one Windows' really means (and doesn't)

Is Microsoft buiding a single version of Windows that will run on phones, tablets, PCs and gaming consoles? Nope. Here's a refresher as to what really is happening.



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SAP supports open source Cloud Foundry and OpenStack for cloud

SAP has been moving its enterprise suite to the cloud for some time, and now it's embracing the open source cloud.



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Top 5 Wearable Techs You Might Not Know

Sports bras for men? 3D printed makeup?...what's next? The Internet of Things and wearable tech is taking over. Will you be seen in connected clothing?



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Six months with the Asus Transformer Book T100: Still a top Windows hybrid

I was impressed with this 2-in-1 when I bought it six months ago and it still meets my needs.



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Google, IEEE launch $1m 'Little Box' power inverter challenge

Google is offering $1 million for you to come up with a compact solution for transforming renewable energy sources into something usable at home.



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Why Africa needs Maker Faire

The organiser of Maker Faire Africa talks to ZDNet about why he wants to build a network of inventors.



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Alibaba denies princelings’ influence on the company

Responding to a NYT report which connects some of its shareholders to Chinese political powers, Alibaba said the background of its investors mattered little to the group and slammed some international media for making things out of nothing.



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Hacker worms their way into WSJ computer systems

The Wall Street Journal is a fresh target in what appears to be a renewed assult against media publications online.



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Flash Boys, book review: Exposing the Wall Street shuffle

According to Michael Lewis, the financial markets are rigged, with banks and big brokers operating 'dark pools' that can be exploited by high-frequency traders. This book exposes the scam, and describes how one group is trying to change the game.



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Apple struck with lawsuit over missing pay packets and breaks

Has the iPad and iPhone maker deliberately flouted Californian labor laws?



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ARM Mali on track to power wearable tech

ARM's processor and security technology have been tapped to power Atmel silicon designed specifically for wearable tech and automaton factory solutions.



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Apple refers to iOS back doors as 'diagnostic capabilities'

A knowledge base article was posted to address concerns about packet sniffers discovered running on every iOS device.



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Spotify hopes to help fight piracy in Brazil

Company executive expects to repeat results seen in other countries.



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Amazon's Fire Phone life-meets-work review: Wild cards, but notable Android entry

Amazon's Fire Phone proved itself to be a good everyday phone even though it's unclear whether Dynamic Perspective and Firefly will be hits. Amazon's Fire gives us something unique in the me-too land of Android smartphones.



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Intel launches SSD Pro 2500 family of hardware-based self-encrypting drives

The business-friendly solid-state-storage lineup comes in 2.5-inch and M.2 formats with capacities up to 480GB.



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Microsoft's enterprise offerings continue to carry the day

Microsoft still is an enterprise-driven company, even if management wants to do its best to deny that fact. Just look at its fourth quarter fiscal 2014 earnings for proof.



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Apple Q3: Cook talks future product line-up; IBM, Beats deals

Apple's third-quarter earnings were a splattering of hits and misses. What's coming up for the second half of the year is slated to be the most exciting.



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UK makes ODF its official documents format standard

Turning its back on Microsoft Office's native formats, the UK government has adopted the Open Document Format for all its sharable documents.



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EU ups antitrust pressure on Google; cites NSA scandal, Android domination as a factor

According to a lawyer close to the EU's investigation, the search giant's alleged complicity with the National Security Agency's surveillance of Europeans is a "factor" in the reopening of an antitrust case.



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Apple Q3 2014 hardware sales: By the numbers

Apple's Q3 2014 earnings are out, and the data provided gives us an insight into how well the company performed over the last quarter relative to historical data.



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LinkedIn sharpening B2B tools with Bizo acquisition

The professional social network has agreed to pay $175 million for the B2B marketing platform.



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Apple Q3: iPhone gravy train derails in expectations miss

What were you expecting, a blowout quarter? Apple's fiscal third quarter was about as dry as the Utah desert, as Wall Street gears up for an expected revolutionary second-half.



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Juniper Networks satisfies Q2 earnings estimates but soft on outlook

Juniper is also selling off its Junos Pulse product portfolio to Siris Capital for approximately $250 million.



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Microsoft's Q4 mixed amid Nokia drag

Nokia's operating loss of $692 million put the hurt on what was otherwise a solid quarter for Microsoft.



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VMware tops Q2 expectations while investors push for split from EMC

Wall Street was expecting earnings of at least 79 cents per share on a revenue of $1.44 billion.



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Oracle Data Cloud builds off BlueKai merger for social, marketing deals

Despite nearing the dead middle of summer, it's already been a big time for big data at Oracle.



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Teradata's Hadoop dreams lead to two company acquisitions

Teradata continues its mission to meld data warehouses and big data, announcing that it acquired the assets of Revelytix and Hadapt.



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RSA's security utopia requires China, US to be friends

Countries must set aside their differences and work together to create new norms of behavior in an interconnected digital world, or risk having the current digital chaos "bleed" into the physical world, warns RSA chairman Art Coviello.



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Nvidia debuts Shield tablet for gamers

Nvidia add a new member to the Shield family, the new Shield high-performance gaming tablet featuring the Tegra K1 processor based on the Kepler architecture and 192 GPU cores.



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Wireless charger Swich is stylish design hit

Swich – the Smartphone Wireless Charger is a stylish accessory for your mobile device made entirely from sustainable materials.



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Big Switch releases SDN switching fabric for data centers

The company says its Big Cloud Fabric will accelerate the adoption of hyperscale networking technologies.



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Apple and Samsung find themselves on the same side in patent fight

In an ironic twist, Apple and Samsung, bitter patent foes, find themselves on the same side of a battle against Enterprise Systems Technologies, a patent troll.



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Passwords are key when firing employees

Many companies don't do all they should to secure the company from a potentially hostile former employee. Without the right tools it can be hard.



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