Samsung knocked off the king this quarter, but is it good enough for their bottom line? Here are our top tech stories for today! Please let us know if we missed anything. Samsung shipped 50.5M units in its Q2, the largest quarter ever for a smartphone manufacturer. In contrast, Apple shipped around 26M units. ThatRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: A hacking organization known for high profile attacks on government and government contracting targets including in the United States has been linked to the Chinese army. More here. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has named Richard McFeely, who previously served as special agent in charge ofRead… Read more »
TwitChimp.com is a web application designed to help Twitter users find the right people to follow and learn more from the ever expanding dialog underway there. It provides features like twitter lists, directories and content summation as well as easy ways to curate and offer recommendations to others in the community. TwitChimp provides many freeRead… Read more »
Over the course of the last few months I’ve been asked several times how incident responders should react to notification that their company has been breached by targeted or advanced persistent threats (T/APT). In every case I offer the same, simple insights: People count. A trained, analytically curious team will have a far greater chanceRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: Top officers from each of the military branches warned a House Armed Services subcommittee that sequestration would be devastating to cybersecurity. More here. The Department of Homeland Security is standing up 13 portfolio governance boards to oversee information technology efforts. More here. A researcher at theRead… Read more »
Truly will be a different kind of internet than you are used to. Here are our top technology stories of the day (26 July). Today, Roku announced the investment of over $45M in their streaming service from News Corp and British Sky Broadcasting. This could help them be the number streaming service. Roku offers aRead… Read more »
Technological innovation can be a huge advantage to early adopters or a massive disruption to organizations that do not see it coming. For the Department of Defense, disruptive technology is literally a matter of life and death, so they try to predict the high impact innovations of the future using a method called “Technological HorizonRead… Read more »
Here is today’s federal cybersecurity and information technology news: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is using satellite imagery to monitor harmful algae blooms in Lake Erie’s western basin as part of a new pilot program. More here. The Department of Justice may put cybersecurity experts into department offices to take legal action against computerRead… Read more »
The CTOvision Mobile Application is available for iPhone, iPad and Android users. Please download your app today by visiting your favorite app store. Here is a bit more on the app and pointers to download sites: The application focuses on content we create for technologists, so you will find our blog content and CTOlabs techRead… Read more »
Mountain Lion brings the latest updated Mac OS to the consumer today Here are the tech stories that we at CTOVision feel are most important today. While Apple’s Mountain Lion has been in beta and review versions since February, today is the first day you can buy it. The price (only $20) isn’t bad, andRead… Read more »