SAP sets launch date for its Cloud Platform SDK for iOS
Almost a year after SAP teamed with Apple to develop business applications for smartphones and tablets, the German enterprise software developer is ready to unveil the first fruits of their...
View ArticleTwitter accounts hacked, Twitter Counter steps forward as culprit
Twitter Counter, a third-party analytics service, appears once again to have provided a gateway for hackers to post messages to high-profile Twitter accounts.An unlikely number of Twitter users...
View ArticleSAP adds new features to Vora and readies a cloud version
SAP has added some new capabilities to SAP Vora, its in-memory distributed computing system based on Apache Spark and Hadoop.Version 1.3 of Vora includes a number of new distributed, in-memory...
View ArticleBlackBerry readies a more secure version of the Samsung Galaxy S7
Secusmart, the BlackBerry subsidiary that secures the German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s smartphone, will roll out a version of its SecuSuite security software compatible with Samsung Electronics’ Knox...
View ArticleCebit showcases security after Snowden
It's almost four years since Edward Snowden leaked U.S. National Security Agency documents revealing the extent of the organization's surveillance of global internet traffic, but he's still making the...
View ArticleHPE unveils a new SimpliVity appliance
Two months after acquiring SimpliVity for $650 million, Hewlett Packard Enterprise is beginning to reshape the company's converged infrastructure offering in its own image. SimpliVity's hyperconverged...
View ArticleThe goal of a new machine
Not every computer owner would be as pleased as Andrew Wheeler that their new machine could run “all weekend” without crashing.But not everyone’s machine is “The Machine,” an attempt to redefine a...
View ArticleResearchers build a microprocessor from flexible materials
Researchers have built a primitive microprocessor out of a two-dimensional material similar to graphene, the flexible conductive wonder material that some believe will revolutionize the design and...
View ArticleRead all about IT: CEOs see IT as more important than ever
As IT rises up the list of business priorities, CEOs are more likely to read about new technologies than they are to ask their CIOs for information.That's one of the findings in a new survey by...
View ArticleGerman court upholds WhatsApp-Facebook data transfer ban
Facebook must obtain the permission of German users of WhatsApp before processing their personal data, a German court confirmed on Tuesday.Last August, Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp changed its privacy...
View ArticleNSA suggests using virtualization to secure smartphones
The National Security Agency is now suggesting government departments and businesses buy smartphones secured using virtualization, a technology it currently requires only on tablets and laptopsThe...
View ArticleUsing Salesforce to access SAP? Pour yourself a stiff drink
The week after a U.K. court favored SAP in a $70 million licensing dispute, the software developer took another brewery to arbitration in the U.S., this time seeking damages of more than $600...
View ArticleUber offers taxi service, not software as a service, says EU court official
Uber operates a transport service, not a software service, and so can be subject to taxi licensing regulations, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union advised...
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25 simple tools for building mobile apps fast
Low-code mobile development toolsImage by ThinkstockThe debates over mobile web, native code, and hybrid mobile apps may never end, but one thing everyone can agree on is that we can’t build mobile...
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Amazon Web Services sets a lure for Java programmers
Amazon Web Services has long offered an SDK to make it easier to access its web services from Java. Now it has another lure for Java programmers: James Gosling, the father of Java.Gosling revealed his...
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