As Higher Ed IT adopts new technologies, it’s becoming more and more important to stay current with tech news. New technological advancements are sure to affect your work at an institutional-level. We’re constantly aggregating new and exciting articles from the best sources so that you can stay informed and ahead in the field.
Qualcomm misses Q1 revenue targets as Apple legal battle looms
One of Qualcomm's key revenue streams is in question as Apple is suing the company in China.
Microsoft: Migration to the new Outlook.com is 99.9 percent done
Microsoft officials said the company's migration of Outlook.com to its Office 365 infrastructure is finally, really almost done.
Intuit, JPMorgan reach agreement over sharing financial data with software vendors
The deal allows Chase customers to link their bank accounts to Intuit's cloud accounting products without turning over their Chase-affiliated user names and passwords.
Which technologies present the most risk in 2017?
CERT presents a list of potentially troublesome areas.
User experience now top of mind, even before software is conceived
Survey on UX attitudes finds 'shift toward getting user insights earlier and more frequently during development.'
Data-stealing Android ransomware removed from Google Play store
Charger ransomware threatened victims with selling their data if they didn't pay the Bitcoin ransom.
Heartbleed bug still affects thousands of sites
US still has more than 42,000 websites vulnerable to the flaw, which can allow an attacker to steal data directly from websites and users.
HP expands battery recall to 101,000 more laptops
The latest recall is due to "fire and burn hazards" and is in addition to a 41,000 battery recall in June.
Dropbox bug kept users’ deleted files on its servers for six years
Dropbox says sorry for stuffing users' folders with files it was meant to have deleted permanently years ago.
Last year was tough for the PC, and Windows 10 didn’t help much
Shipments of traditional PCs in EMEA slid by six percent last year, but while desktop sales tumble, businesses are still buying notebooks.