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Verizon, AT&T Are Watching You

"Targeted advertising dollars are incredibly valuable," Joe Hoffman, a practice director at ABI Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "Couple this website tracking with the location data they have, and we are looking at the money-printing machine of tomorrow." It's easy to cros...

Verizon, AT&T Are Watching You

"Targeted advertising dollars are incredibly valuable," Joe Hoffman, a practice director at ABI Research, told the E-Commerce Times. "Couple this website tracking with the location data they have, and we are looking at the money-printing machine of tomorrow." It's easy to cros...

OPINION

Defining a Hero: Why It Matters That Apple’s CEO Is Gay

Eric Schmidt over at Google has an infamous open marriage and a foot-in-mouth problem that would make Joe Biden proud. He is no longer CEO, though, and as chairman he has simply become a traveling embarrassment that Google seems to ignore these days. About the time his proclivities became visible also was about the time the board thought Google would be better off with someone else running it. ...

Sprint Sheds Hesse Along With T-Mobile Hopes

On the other hand, Hesse perhaps was caught between Son's demand for more growth and BCG's Rule of Three and Four, suggested Joe Hoffman, a practice director at ABI Research "I suspect Mr. Hesse had the impossible assignment of making this [T-Mobile purchase] happen or else," ...

SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

Retailers Harassed by Backoff Malware

To limit the risk of compromise, "organizations should educate employees and provide an approved method for remote access," Joe Schumacher, a security consultant at Neohapsis, told TechNewsWorld "What we see are end users who have had their computers compromised by malware, bu...

China’s Internet: It’s Not Personal, It’s Business

"The Internet is important for China's economy as a means to streamline business interaction with suppliers -- and as a means to provide mobile services to Internet users," said Joe Clabby, president of Clabby Analytics. "The use of the Internet in China is a tricky thing: Th...

GOVERNMENT IT REPORT

DoD and VA Chart Course for Electronic Health Records

"After multiple start-stops and a billion dollars later, a separating or retiring service member today is handed a DVD with PDFs of their military medical record, which all have to be downloaded and printed by VA rating officials, who go through them page-by-page to ensure the claim for a service-continued wound, illness or injury is justified. And, as we all know, a PDF is nothing more than a picture, and whatever data it contains can't be manipulated," Joe Davis, public affairs director for the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Washington office, told the E-Commerce Times...

The Novena Open Hardware Laptop: A Hacker’s Dream Machine

"The Novena technology is not run-of-the-mill commodity stuff. It is not going to appeal to Joe or Jane average users," she said Timing Counts...

OPINION

How Can a ‘Tech President’ Be So Tech-Backward?

One of the most common messages I hear from CEOs like EMC's Joe Tucci is that on a list of large problems they are dealing with daily, the U.S. government is currently near the top. Fixing it should be a higher priority than it is. I wonder how long it will be before conne...

OPINION

Windows Phone’s Secret Weapon: Customization

I just read the regular-reader-friendly transcript from an informal"Ask Me Anything" Q&A with Reddit Windows Phone fans in which Joe Belfiore,Microsoft vice president and manager for Windows Phone, wassurprisingly candid about the past, current and future state ofWindows Phone development...

ANALYSIS

EMC World 2014: Building a Company to Last

EMC refers to this current shift as the "Third Platform," a subject that was explored in depth by chairman and CEO Joe Tucci and David Goulden, CEO of EMC's information infrastructure (EMCii) organization, at the company's earnings call last month. In fact, EMC has been preparing for the Third Platform for more than a decade.

SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY

Cybersquatters Prepare for Mischief

"One key takeaway from this report is that organizations should not simply forget about an old threat, because just like with fashion, it could come back to be a pain," Neohapsis security consultant Joe Schumacher told TechNewsWorld. "RAM scraping malware was barely on the list over the last three years but shot to No. 4 in 2013."

Smartphone Kill Switch Gets Breath of Life

The agreement mirrors initiatives to require the wireless industry to add such measures to devices. The Minnesota legislature is on the verge of passing the first kill switch law in the U.S., said the author of the bill, Rep. Joe Atkins. Going Too Far?...

There’s a New Kid on the Solar System Block

Though the newfound object's official name is "2012 VP113," the discovery team calls it "VP" for short, or just "Biden," after U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Down the road, after the object's orbit has been determined, scientists will submit a name for consideration by the International Astronomical Union...

Alibaba Takes Tango for a Whirl

"Tango has exhibited tremendous growth because of its unique approach to combine free communications, social and content," said Alibaba Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai "We were simply blown away by the vision and quality of the team at Tango and believe they have a disruptive...

Target Missed Bull’s-Eye in Data Breach

"There would be a significant risk in the beginning if FireEye is not tuned correctly to stop processes that are not malicious," explained Joe Schumacher, a security consultant with Neohapsis "What could happen is the whole enterprise at Target could come grinding to a halt be...

NSA Deploys Botnet Armies, Spoofs Facebook

"Combating cyberterrorism is an extremely difficult task where having better visibility is always helpful," Joe Bonnell, founder and CEO of Alchemy Security, told TechNewsWorld "That said, the apparent overreach by the U.S. government highlighted by stories [such as the one ab...

OPINION

Google Glass Could Bring CRM Into Focus

"No more flying to Indianapolis for that sales call just to watch Joe Salesman pitch a client," he wrote. "Now sales managers can provide feedback both after the call has ended or in real time!" Field Service Reps and Google Glass ...

Dutch Court Lets ISPs Flee Pirate Bay Battle

"Lifting the ban on The Pirate Bay is huge for both computer users and all pirated sites. Now, users will be able to freely go on such sites without limitations," Joe Silverman, owner of New York Computer Help, told the E-Commerce Times. Temporary Victory ...

Amazon’s Cloud Drifts to China

At an annual Middle East trade event, Joe Clabby, president of Clabby Analytics, often asks the audience how many have virtualized their servers. "Maybe 5 percent of hands go up," Clabby told the E-Commerce Times. "They're buying a lot of Dell or white boxes and then they're ...

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