Technology
Microsoft Softens Stance on Windows 7 & 8.1 Skylake Support
By: Mary Jo Foley Instead of cutting off full, extended support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 on Skylake on July 17, 2017, Microsoft will now guarantee full extended support to July 17, 2018 on the set list of devices… Continue Reading
Skype Integrated into Office 365
By: Kelly Sheridan Microsoft this week announced several updates to Skype and Skype for Business. Most significant are some new and expanded features in Skype for Business, which are intended to broaden Skype services and make videoconferencing more accessible. [Read more…]… Continue Reading
Apple iCloud+Google Cloud?
By: Juli Clover Apple has signed a deal with Google that will see the Google Cloud Platform providing some of the cloud infrastructure for iCloud and other cloud-based Apple services, reports CRN (via Business Insider). Apple reportedly established a $400 to… Continue Reading
John Oliver on Encryption
Presidential Candidates Get Graded On Their Cybersecurity Stances
By: Jai Vijayan Trump, Clinton, Sanders, Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, are all unified when it comes to blaming China — but no one gets higher than a “C” average grade in any category. [Read more…] Source: Dark Reading
Seagate demonstrates fastest ever SSD at 10GB/s
By: Gareth Halfacree Storage specialist Seagate has announced a breakthrough in high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs): a production-ready design which can hit a high of 10GB/s throughput. [Read more…] Source: bit-tech
Lollipop becomes the most popular version of Android
At last, there’s a new flavor of Android on top of the heap. Google has published updated stats which show that Lollipop is now the most-used version of Android, snagging 36.1 percent of device share in early March versus former… Continue Reading
Encrypted WhatsApp messages frustrate new court-ordered wiretap
By: Cyrus Farivar According to a Saturday report in The New York Times, prosecutors have gone head-to-head with WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Facebook. Citing anonymous sources, the Times reported that “as recently as this past week,” federal officials have been “discussing how… Continue Reading
Why Microsoft Is Beating Google in Enterprise Cloud Email
By: Pedro Hernandez Businesses prefer Microsoft over Google when it comes to cloud-based email, but both have a lot of ground left to cover, according to Gartner. [Read more…] Source: eWeek