February 20, 2016 Positions Become Sharper in Apple Showdown by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM On one side is privacy as a defense of freedom from government monitoring, both in the U.S. and abroad. On the…
February 20, 2016 Marissa Mayer Meets Yahoo Developers at a Confrontation-Free Gathering by VINDU GOEL By VINDU GOEL Anyone hoping for dramatic confrontations or big plot twists at Yahoo’s mobile developer conference was sorely disappointed. Published: February 18, 2016…
February 19, 2016 Justice Department Calls Apple’s Refusal to Unlock iPhone a ‘Marketing Strategy’ by ERIC LICHTBLAU By ERIC LICHTBLAU Prosecutors offered a sharp rejoinder to this week’s public statement by Timothy Cook, Apple’s chief executive, who said refusing to help…
February 19, 2016 Times Readers Weigh In on the Apple Debate by MARIE TAE McDERMOTT By MARIE TAE McDERMOTT An abundance of opinions in nearly 5,000 comments on Apple’s opposition to a court order to unlock an iPhone used…
February 19, 2016 Finding Ways to Get Live TV on a Mac by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER If a compatible TV tuner device cannot be found to pull in live television broadcast to the computer, online streams…
February 19, 2016 Privacy vs. Security, Battle Lines Drawn by PUI-WING TAM By PUI-WING TAM Since the Snowden revelations, Silicon Valley has eyed Washington warily. Apple’s resistance to unlocking one its phones has broken the detente….
February 19, 2016 Windows 10 Upgrade Options for Vista Users by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER Moving on up from Microsoft’s 10-year-old operating system is not impossible, but it takes time, money and patience. Published: February…
February 19, 2016 How Tim Cook Became a Bulwark for Digital Privacy by KATIE BENNER and NICOLE PERLROTH By KATIE BENNER and NICOLE PERLROTH As Apple’s products came to house more private information, the chief executive increasingly grew wary of prying eyes,…
February 19, 2016 Apple’s Line in the Sand Was Over a Year in the Making by MATT APUZZO, JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and ERIC LICHTBLAU By MATT APUZZO, JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN and ERIC LICHTBLAU An operating system update with enhanced encryption technology in late 2014 set the stage to put…
February 18, 2016 IBM Buys Truven, Adding to Growing Trove of Patient Data at Watson Health by STEVE LOHR By STEVE LOHR IBM has bought four companies since it created Watson Health last April. The unit has health-related data on about 300 million…