Apple pushes yet another version of iOS 9.3 to fix activation bug
The latest update fixes a bug that affects older iPhones and iPads. But wait, there's more! Apple still has to resolve a separate issue that could cause your device to crash. Apple is trying to deal with hiccups in the latest version of the software that runs iPhones and iPads. Out since March 21, iOS 9.3 arrived with a glitch that prevented owners of older iPhones and iPads from activating their devices. Last week, Apple released a second version of iOS 9.3(build number 13E2
Why hackers are going after health-care providers
Washington is reeling from the news of a hack at MedStar, one of the largest medical providers in the area. A computer virus infecting the organization's computer systems forced MedStar to shut down much of its online operations Monday. The exact nature of the attack is not yet known, but MedStar is just the latest victim in a string of cyberattacks that have hit the health-care industry hard. Here's what you need to know about how health-care providers became the latest digi
Mitel Crosses Two Million Cloud Subscribers Milestone
Ottawa's Mitel has reached milestone achievement, surpassing the mark for two million cloud business communications subscribers. This latest milestone, reflecting the addition of more than 70,000 seats since the beginning of the year, comes on the heels of a record fourth quarter for Mitel with cloud revenue growth of 44 percent. "Demand for cloud communications continues across the globe as businesses of all sizes look for more flexible solutions and commercial options," sai
Google Has Eyes on Ottawa's Shopify
As Google looks to ramp up its public cloud efforts to compete with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, the tech titan may have eyes on Shopify. According to Re/Code, Shopify is among three billion-dollar companies Google is interested in acquiring. Valued just north of $2 billion, Ottawa's Shopify is an e-commerce platform that went public last year. For the full year 2016, Shopify currently expects revenues in the range of $320 million to $330 million and a GAAP operat
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U.S. hospitals are getting hit by hackers
Last week, yet another American hospital was tossed into chaos after its computers were infected by hackers. This time it was Methodist Hospital, an averaged-sized medical facility located in western Kentucky. Methodist Hospital was operating "in an internal state of emergency" on Friday, according to its website. A section of its computer network had been rendered useless. The hospital got hit with ransomware, a particularly nasty type of computer virus that encrypts compute
QNX OS for Safety wins award for best software product at Embedded World
While Mobile World Congress is going on in Barcelona this week, Embedded World 2016 is also taking place in Nuremberg where BlackBerry subsidiary QNX has won the best product in the software category award for its QNX OS for Safety, an operating system designed for safety-critical applications in the automotive, rail transportation, healthcare, and industrial automation markets. The QNX OS for Safety is built on a highly reliable software architecture proven in nuclear power
Consumer Reports' top smartphone: Samsung's Galaxy S7
It looks like seven is Samsung's lucky number. Consumer Reports just named the Samsung Galaxy S7 the best smartphone it has ever reviewed. The S7 Edge was named its second best. Similar to our own experience with the phones, Consumer Reports found the devices to have great cameras, excellent battery life, super-fast processors, and very high resolution screens. The expandable storage and water-resistance features also helped the phones gain their top ratings, partially becaus
10 tech jobs where women are paid less than men
There's no question that a career in tech can be awesome. The tech industry offers employees unbelievable perks, tons of advancement opportunities, interesting work and high pay. But it's also an unquestionably male-dominated industry with a clear undercurrent of sexism. One place where that sexism is present is in the paychecks of women, finds a recent report by job hunting site Glassdoor. Glassdoor examined its database of hundreds of thousands of self-reported salaries, co
FBI adds Syrian Electronic Army hackers to most wanted list
Three members of the pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) have been added to the FBI's cyber most wanted list. The men, named as Amad Umar Agha, Firas Dardar, and Peter Romar, have been charged with multiple counts of hacking and unlawful and unauthorised access to computer systems. The SEA is thought to be responsible for hacking the Associated Press Twitter account, which was used to claim the White House had been bombed. This led to a $136.5bn fall on Standard & Poor's 5
