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LG’s G6 will reportedly be the first non-Pixel phone with Google Assistant

Americans fear their data isn't safe, yet do little to defend it

A Pew Research Center report sees doubt and disinterest in cybersecurity Approximately 28 per cent of Americans are "not confident at all that the federal government can keep their personal information safe," the Pew Research Center reported on Thur…

Microsoft's Q2: LinkedIn In, Mobile out, Azure up, Xbox down

Cloud jump helps SatNad and Co keep revenues gaining Microsoft is crediting growth in its cloud services with helping it to top expectations for the quarter.…

Commvault revenues growing nicely but profits ain't

Investing for growth and hoping rising profits will follow Commvault is on the up and up, with sales rising nicely and third-quarter revenues up 7 per cent annually to $165.8m, although it did make a $100K loss.…

Google-overlord Alphabet's stiff growth fails to satisfy investors

Shares slip in extended trading Google parent Alphabet reported "exceptional" fourth quarter growth, resulting in a 22 per cent increase in revenue compared to the same period a year ago, or 24 per cent year-over-year in constant currency.…

Domesday Clock moves to 150 seconds before midnight. Thanks, Trump

Closest setting to doom since the heady days of 1953 The Domesday Clock, maintained for the past 70 years by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, has been moved to two and a half minutes from midnight following the election of Donald Trump.…

Hitachi ponies up $3.5m for laptop battery rip-off

Joins Sony, LG and NEC, but Panasonic, Samsung, Sanyo and Toshiba still fighting Hitachi has agreed to pay $3.45m for its part in a massive price fixing conspiracy over lithium-ion batteries.…

IBM's SoftLayer is having a meltdown, and customers aren't happy

It's been a mess ever since BlueMix took over, says user An extended outage with IBM's Bluemix SoftLayer portal has customers fuming, and they say there is no way for them to tell Big Blue about it.…

Time to face the music, Violin Memory: Upstart's asset auction is over

Who won? Well, we're waiting – and waiting and waiting and ... Violin Memory's assets were scheduled to be put up for auction on Monday in New York. So far, no successful bids have been announced, although a buyer could be revealed by the end of the…

IBM's SoftLayer is having a meltdown, and customers aren't happy

It's been a mess ever since BlueMix took over, says user An extended outage with IBM's Bluemix SoftLayer portal has customers fuming, and they say there is no way for them to tell Big Blue about it.…

Time to face the music, Violin Memory: Upstart's asset auction is over

Who won? Well, we're waiting – and waiting and waiting and ... Violin Memory's assets were scheduled to be put up for auction on Monday in New York. So far, no successful bids have been announced, although a buyer could be revealed by the end of the…

Trump signs 'no privacy for non-Americans' order – what does that mean for rest of us?

Europe's Privacy Shield shaken by US prez Analysis  US President Donald Trump may have undermined a critical data sharing agreement between the United States and Europe that internet giants rely on to do business overseas.…

Eerste 5g-test start op een akker in Groningen

Op een akker in het Groningse Vierhuizen is de eerste test met een 5g-netwerk van start gegaan. Op het land zijn sensoren geplaatst waarmee de akkerbouwer de vruchtbaarheid van de grond en het vochtgehalte in de gaten kan houden.

Mozilla Firefox 51.0.1

Mozilla heeft een update voor versie 51 van zijn webbrowser Firefox uitgebracht. In versie 51 wordt onder meer een waarschuwing gegeven wanneer een webpagina waarop inloggegevens gevraagd worden geen beveiligde https-verbinding gebruikt. Verder is e…

Oracle sues its own star sales rep after she wins back $200k in pay fight

Database giant's contract slammed as 'draconian' and 'manifestly unfair' Oracle, which requires salespeople to agree to binding arbitration to avoid costly disputes in court, is unhappy that an arbitrator ruled against it. So it is suing one of its …

More mobe malware creeps into Google Play – this time, ransomware

Charger seeks to drain bank accounts of unlucky 'droids Researchers say a piece of ransomware disguised as a battery app made its way into the Play store.…

Overwatch now has more than 25 million registered players

VRT maakt NU-videoplatform beschikbaar

De VRT heeft zijn onlinevideodienst NU voor een breed publiek beschikbaar gemaakt. Na een test met een selecte groep, kunnen Vlamingen programma's van de VRT tot een maand na de aanvankelijke uitzending op tv via een website bekijken.

Facebook adds support for hardware security keys

Need for 2FA grows for many kinds of accounts Facebook is upgrading login security by rolling out support for hardware security keys.…

Editors Keys launch new keyboard skins for the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Editors Keys (https://www.editorskeys.com) has launched shortcut keyboard covers for the Apple MacBook Pro with Touch Bar. The new keyboard covers protect the laptop from dust and liquid spil…