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Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are secret backers behind European Privacy Association
After being accused of a lack of transparency by an independent watchdog, the European Privacy Association (EPA) has confirmed that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are backers. The Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), which works to expose privileged access in E.U. policy making, said in a complaint Thursday that the...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Foxconn reports three possible suicides at factories in China
Three workers at Foxconn factories in China have fallen to their deaths in recent weeks and police are investigating, according to the company. On April 27 and May 14, two workers employed at the Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China, separately fell to their deaths, according to the Taiwanese manufacturing giant. On...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
It's official: Yahoo will buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion
After a weekend chock full of rumors and speculation, Yahoo has announced it plans to acquire Tumblr, the popular social service that hosts more than 105 million GIF-filled blogs, for $1.1 billion in cash. That's a whole lot of users, and a whole lot of cash. In her announcement-appropriately posted on Yahoo's...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Yahoo on Tumblr: We won't 'screw it up'
Yahoo has confirmed widespread reports that it will acquire the popular blogging service Tumblr, and also promised not to "screw it up." The deal is worth about US$1.1 billion, nearly all in cash. "Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business,"...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Corning taps into optical fiber for better indoor wireless
Bringing wireless indoors, which was once just a matter of antennas carrying a few cellular bands so people could get phone calls, has grown far more complex and demanding in the age of Wi-Fi, multiple radio bands and more powerful antennas. DAS (distributed antenna systems) using coaxial cable have been the main...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
40 years ago, Ethernet's fathers were the startup kids
Bob Metcalfe, Dave Boggs and the rest of the scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1973 were a lot like young developers at a Silicon Valley startup today. "Beards, Birkenstocks, blue jeans, T-shirts," Metcalfe said earlier this month, recalling how he and his colleagues looked and dressed when they went...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Jolla announces first Sailfish-based smartphone
Finnish startup Jolla has announced its first smartphone, which shows off its Sailfish OS on a 4.5-inch screen. Jolla, which was founded by a former Nokia employees who wanted to continue the development work the Finnish phone maker had done on the MeeGo OS, is with the introduction one big step closer to entering...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
How to dummy-proof the PCs of friends and family
BRR-RING! The phone rings at midnight, interrupting your sleep-or worse, your late night Steam session with your gaming clan. Is someone sick? Did a car hit your dog? Is it your pal, calling to tell you he got the munchies and discovered that, joy of joys, the McRib is back? Perplexed (and maybe a bit hungry), you...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Samsung launches $800,000 app contest for Galaxy S4
Samsung will host a US$800,000 contest for developers that build apps for the Galaxy S4 using the company's peer-to-peer software interface. The South Korean company said Monday entrants in its "Smart App Challenge 2013" must make use of the Samsung Chord SDK (software development kit). Chord is a software interface...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
US Defense Department approves Apple's iOS devices for its networks
Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating systems. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), which certifies commercial technology for defense use,...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Yahoo Japan says 22 million user IDs may have been stolen
Yahoo Japan, the country's largest Web portal, said up to 22 million user IDs may have been leaked during a hack that was discovered last week. The company emphasized that the IDs are already public information, and no passwords or other private data were affected. Yahoo Japan IDs are used along with password to log...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
After two-year hiatus, EFF accepts bitcoin donations again
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has resumed accepting bitcoins donations, saying some of the legal ambiguity around the virtual currency has disappeared. The influential digital watchdog stopped accepting bitcoins two years ago citing a raft of complex legal questions that could have inadvertently thrust the...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
5 Gmail tips for power users
While there's no shortage of email providers, Gmail's simple design, ease of use and cool features continue to attract users. Whether you're sorting through hundreds of work emails a day or using the service to keep in touch with friends and family, keeping up to date on its latest features can help you get the...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Bitcoin developer talks regulation, open source and the elusive Satoshi Nakamoto
With Bitcoin all the rage and startups popping up left and right, it's hard to know who's an expert in the virtual currency and who just has an opinion. Most people would put Jeff Garzik in the former camp. A Bitcoin core developer for three years, he left his job at Red Hat on Friday to start work at Bitpay, the...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
As tablets rival laptops, Asus straddles both formats
In the face of a slump in PC sales and industry debate over whether the smartphone or tablet is now the preferred tool for a large segment of domestic and even small business users, Asus continues to release a number of combined and flexible devices that try to play on both sides of the dividing lines. Transformer...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Report: Yahoo board OKs deal to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion
Yahoo's board of directors has approved spending US$1.1 billion in cash to buy popular blogging site Tumblr, according to The Wall Street Journal. The plan is for Tumblr to operate as an independent business, the Journal reported on Sunday, quoting anonymous sources. Asked via email about the Journal's report, a...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Tech innovation not limited to Google's big showcase
Google I/O got most of the attention this week, but a conference at the other end of Silicon Valley showed there's plenty of innovation happening in the word of data centers, too. On the exhibition floor at the Uptime Institute Symposium, I/O Data Centers showed software that lets a facilities manager navigate...
pcworld.com (2 days ago)
Bitcoiners rally to enlighten Washington
Washington's biggest problem when it comes to Bitcoin may just be that policymakers on the Hill don't know enough about it, yet. That was the general consensus of a panel of legal experts speaking Saturday at a Silicon Valley conference devoted to the nascent digital currency. "Congress is the wild card here," said...
pcworld.com (3 days ago)
Bitcoiners crave coders to cope with demand
Bitcoin is not going away, the digital currency's developers say, and they're craving more technically savvy people to support its use. "Our bottleneck is not new code, it's code review and testing," said Gavin Andresen , chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation, which provides most of the core backend development...
pcworld.com (3 days ago)
Bitcoin's rollercoaster ride is not slowing down
More bumps in the road are probably in store for Bitcoin. The virtual currency has seen some massive swings in value over the last several weeks, but that volatility is not likely to end soon, its lead developer suggested on Saturday. "We've been on a rollercoaster ride," said Gavin Andresen , chief scientist at the...
pcworld.com (3 days ago)
FBI urges banks to share data, tactics to fight cyberattacks
The FBI has reportedly briefed bank executives on a wave of cyberattacks that have lashed the industry since last summer as part of a new policy designed to foster cooperation between the state and private sectors. According to comments made at a Reuters event by FBI executive assistant director Richard McFeely,...
pcworld.com (3 days ago)
Cloud getting crowded, and that means bottlenecks
As data-transfer shifts increasingly to the cloud, the servers stacked in datacenters handling the data become increasingly crowded. Virtualization means multiple users can share a single server. This has positive aspects: servers don't sit idle, scalability is less of a concern, and datacenter efficiency improves....
pcworld.com (4 days ago)
Smartphone security in the workplace a tough issue with BYOD
The "Bring Your Own Devices" trend has a dual-personality problem on its hands. How can corporate data and personal data exist on a single smartphone? Companies don't want their deep secrets to get out, while employees don't want to be told how to use their precious mobile gadgets that they bought with their own...
pcworld.com (4 days ago)
Cybersecurity chat focuses on industry-government collaboration
The nation's critical infrastructure is vulnerable to cyber attacks and better information sharing is needed to strengthen defenses. That's the message Charles Edwards, deputy inspector general for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, told a Congressional committee at a public hearing on Thursday. Since 1990,...
pcworld.com (4 days ago)
Bitcoin finding its feet at first Silicon Valley conference
Bitcoin is growing up. The virtual currency that caught the public's attention last month when its value zoomed briefly past US$200 kicked off its first Silicon Valley conference Friday evening and shows no sign of losing momentum. The event is small by Silicon Valley standards, with about 1,000 attendees expected...
pcworld.com (4 days ago)
How to find out where you can see your favorite movie
The TV Guide WatchlistRecently, the conversation turned to POW movies, which inevitably got me talking about "Stalag 17," the classic that inspired the (inferior) TV series "Hogan's Heroes." I hadn't seen the film in years, but now, with it at the forefront of my mind, I was dying for a screening. Indeed, I thought...
pcworld.com (4 days ago)
No big-bang Apps news at I/O, but some announcements merit attention
Apps, Google's flagship product for enterprise IT, had a minor presence at this week's I/O developer conference, but some announcements at the show and in prior weeks deserve attention from customers of the cloud email and collaboration suite. Specifically, a string of news about Gmail, Google Plus and Hangouts this...
pcworld.com (4 days ago)
At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight
Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week. Google brands I/O as a conference for developers, and this year, with a range of new tools unveiled to attract more outside developers -- and boost the...
pcworld.com (4 days ago)
Yahoo calls press conference amid Tumblr acquisition rumors
Yahoo has called a mystery press event in New York City on Monday afternoon, hot on the heels of rumors that it plans to buy Tumblr for US$1 billion. "Join us as we share something special," says the invite, sent to members of the press Friday afternoon. Citing unnamed sources, All Things D reported earlier Friday...
pcworld.com (4 days ago)
Wall Street Beat: Market stokes tech IPOs, as Tableau and Marketo debut
A strong stock market could open the floodgates for more tech IPOs in the wake of Friday's solid debut of Marketo and Tableau, but not all segments of IT may be able to ride the wave. Marketo, which sells cloud-based marketing software, jumped 78 percent to close at US$23.10, up $10.10 from its opening on the...
pcworld.com (4 days ago)
