• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Sep-23-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Privacy groups urge US FTC to investigate WhatsApp promises

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should stop mobile messaging service WhatsApp from sharing user data with parent company Facebook in violation of earlier privacy promises, several privacy groups said.The FTC should step in to stop WhatsApp from violating “commitments the company previously […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Sep-23-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Impending cumulative updates for Windows 7 and 8 unnerve patch experts

Microsoft’s decision to force Windows 10’s patch and maintenance model on customers running the older-but-more-popular Windows 7 has patch experts nervous.“Bottom line, everyone is holding their breath, hoping for the best, expecting the worst,” said Susan Bradley in an email. […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Sep-23-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Impending cumulative updates for Windows 7 and 8 unnerve patch experts

Microsoft’s decision to force Windows 10’s patch and maintenance model on customers running the older-but-more-popular Windows 7 has patch experts nervous.“Bottom line, everyone is holding their breath, hoping for the best, expecting the worst,” said Susan Bradley in an email. […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Sep-23-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Vint Cerf’s do-over: How a father of the Internet would’ve made it differently

Vint Cerf is considered a father of the internet, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things he would do differently if given a fresh chance to create it all over again.
“If I could have justified it, putting in a 128-bit […]