Google Is Starting War On Child Pornography, Not Ending
Claims that Google and other search engines will be ending child pornography on the Web are sadly overhyped.
Brian Proffitt
Brian Proffitt is a technology expert specializing in enterprise, cloud computing and big data with 23 years of journalism and publishing experience. He is the author of 24 books on mobile technology and personal computing and an adjunct instructor at top-ranked Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. Breathing is a hobby.
Articles by Brian Proffitt
Mon, 17 June 2013
Fri, 14 June 2013
Microsoft Office For iOS App Limited In Audience, Features
The new Office Mobile for iPhone app has a ways to go before being actually productive.
What's Holding Up The Internet Of Things
Turns out our smart devices don't actually know that much about talking to one another, and that's a problem.
Thu, 13 June 2013
When Will Yahoo Actually Start Making Money?
Yahoo is still on a buying spree. How long until shareholders start wanting to see results?
Tue, 11 June 2013
PRISM Fallout Part 2: Companies Will Store More Data Behind The Firewall
Behind-the-firewall enterprise storage solutions like ownCloud become more attractive in this new PRISM world.
Microsoft's Internet Explorer Is Greenest Browser, Says ... Microsoft
Microsoft's latest pot-shot at competing browsers: you're energy hogs!
Mon, 10 June 2013
Comcast Wants To Turn Your Home Wi-Fi Into A Public Hotspot
Xfinity customers' home routers will soon be able provide public wireless Internet access, too. You got a problem with that?
PRISM Leaker Goes Public To Defend Claims
The source of the PRISM documents is coming out to defend the veracity of his claims.
Google To Take Waze Out Of Play For $1.3 Billion
After months of acquisition speculation, it appears that mapping company Waze may actually be, really and truly, getting bought. And the…
Fri, 7 June 2013
PRISM Fallout: In Cloud We Don't Trust?
As corporations try to figure out the implications of PRISM, one of the first things they may look at is their use of public cloud…
Thu, 6 June 2013
Google Maps Its Way To The Enterprise
Google Maps opens its API to enterprise developers, capturing more presence on the growing mobile Web.
Wed, 5 June 2013
Eyeing Mobile, IBM Creates Odd-Couple Partnership With NoSQL Vendor 10gen
Stodgy relational databases need to connect with cool new NoSQL systems to help mobile apps to work within big companies.
Searching Hadoop Data Just Got A Lot Easier
Enterprise search is one of those concepts that so simple, it's easy to underestimate its value in the world of big data and data…
Tue, 4 June 2013
Why IBM Paid Big Bucks To Expand In The Cloud With SoftLayer
IBM wants to be a contender in cloud computing in a big way, and it's paying handsomely for the privilege.
Windows 8 Is Failing to Beat Windows 7... And XP... And Even Vista!
Windows 8 numbers are still abysmal, but the problem may be the success of Microsoft's earlier releases, not any particular fault of Windows…
Mon, 3 June 2013
Oracle Adds More Jolt To Java Security Procedures
Oracle is still trying to get its Java house in order and lock down the ever-present security vulnerabilities plaguing Java.
Is Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Really Good For Workers?
The conventional wisdom holds that BYOD is good for workers and problematic for companies. But do workers really know what Bring Your Own…
Fri, 31 May 2013
Two-Factor Authentication Is For Wusses, Get A Tattoo
Think you're all bad-ass with your two-factor authentication and 40-character passwords? Get some ink, chump.
Wed, 29 May 2013
The Real Reason Hadoop Is Such A Big Deal In Big Data
Why has Hadoop been such a major force in the Big Data scene? What makes this software so damn special?
Tue, 28 May 2013
WordPress Hits The Decade Mark: An Appreciation
Much more than a mere blogging platform, the powerful open source content management system is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
Tablets Killing Desktops Faster Than Ever
The contraction of the PC market continues faster than ever, eaten by the rapid growth of the tablet market, which is expected to outsell…
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Women Collaborating With Social Media More Than Men [Infographic]
While men buy into the productivity of social media use in the workplace more than women, more women actually use those tools for…
Fri, 24 May 2013
Hadoop 2.0: Brace Yourself For This Summer's Big Data Breakthrough
Hadoop has long been held back by its MapReduce limitations. But that's all about to change.
Thu, 23 May 2013
Shazam's New iPad App Is Designed For Watching TV With A Tablet, Too
The what's-that-song app now identifies music and TV shows automatically.
