A 128GB SSD now costs PC makers just 50 dollars

Computerworld Wrap-Up June 03, 2015 A 128GB SSD now costs PC makers just 50 dollars The average price that computer manufacturers pay for a 128GB SSD dropped to $50 in the second quarter, while the average price of a 256GB SSD plunged to almost $90, according to research from DRAMeXchange. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Skype updates apps to crush crash-causing text bug 2. Review: The Huawei P8 lite -- unlocked, inexpensive, and not bad 3. NOW ON CIO: How to create a robust backup strategy with cloud services 4. INSIDER Review: Microsoft Power BI is no Tableau (yet) 5. Toyota eyes Ford's latest smartphone interface 6. NOW ON CSO: Do departed employees haunt your networks? 7. Apple issues global recall for hot-hot-hot Beats speakers 8. FBI calls for new wiretap law covering social media 9. IBM muscles up on OpenStack with Blue Box buy 10. Chip makers to give home networks a gigabit boost 11. JR Raphael: 6 features missing from the new Google Photos 12. Jonny Evans: WWDC: Apple confirms Apple TV will be your smarthome hub 13. Darlene Storm: Surveillance by FBI's fleet of spy planes raises privacy questions White Paper: Nasuni Shadow IT in the Enterprise Who Uses Dropbox at Work? Learn More. Skype updates apps to crush crash-causing text bug Skype today updated the Android, iOS, OS X and Windows versions of its Skype chat client to quash a bug that crashed the apps when a few characters were received. READ MORE Review: The Huawei P8 lite -- unlocked, inexpensive, and not bad These days, the best way to get coverage of a new device is to lure tech journalists to an event and try to convey to them how much better your upcoming device is than the competition. If you're a company like Huawei, which isn't well known among U.S. consumers, that's not easy. READ MORE NOW ON CIO: How to create a robust backup strategy with cloud services From platform support to file versioning to private options, it's important to consider all the factors when evaluating a cloud-based backup strategy. READ MORE INSIDER Review: Microsoft Power BI is no Tableau (yet) Microsoft formerly offered a rather confusing array of centralized business intelligence, reporting, and analytics products aimed primarily at IT developers, with users often assumed to be working with Excel against on-premises SQL Server Analysis Server and SharePoint data sources. The company added cloud-based collaboration in Power BI for Office 365 in 2014, at a rich subscription price. This complemented the... READ MORE Toyota eyes Ford's latest smartphone interface Toyota announced today that it may adopt the SmartDeviceLink (SDL) protocol, which is the open-source version of Ford's smartphone-linking technology called Ford AppLink. READ MORE NOW ON CSO: Do departed employees haunt your networks? Many companies have ghosts in their systems, employees who've gone on to a better place. READ MORE White Paper: XO Communications Clearing the Network Hurdle to Cloud Deployment Although enthusiasm is high among IT pros for cloud services, an IDG Research Quick Poll survey found that, in fact, the cloud is at a crossroads. Learn More Apple issues global recall for hot-hot-hot Beats speakers Apple today issued a global recall of its Beats Pill XL, citing a potential fire hazard in the small wireless speaker. READ MORE FBI calls for new wiretap law covering social media Encrypted social networking tools are hindering the FBI's ability to track terrorists and recruiters who are appealing to young people in the U.S., an FBI official told lawmakers. READ MORE IBM muscles up on OpenStack with Blue Box buy Betting that demand for hybrid clouds will grow strongly, IBM has acquired Blue Box, which specializes in offering OpenStack open source cloud hosting services. READ MORE Chip makers to give home networks a gigabit boost Chipsets that power equipment capable of smoothly moving 4K video streams inside homes over wireless and wired networks were on display at the Computex trade show. READ MORE JR Raphael: 6 features missing from the new Google Photos Dear Google: Please add these features into the new Google Photos. We will love you long time. READ MORE Jonny Evans: WWDC: Apple confirms Apple TV will be your smarthome hub WWDC looms next week and we're hitting the time of the season when Apple begins to refine what it intends discussing during its Monday keynote by letting slip a few smaller news items, including (it seems) Apple TV in its new incarnation as the hub of your digital home. READ MORE Darlene Storm: Surveillance by FBI's fleet of spy planes raises privacy questions Surveillance by the FBI's fleet of spy planes, which are registered to shell companies and fitted with tech capable of sucking up cellphone data from innocent Americans, raises serious privacy questions. READ MORE White Paper: Vmware | CenturyLink 7 Critical Questions to Demystify DRaaS This whitepaper is not a sermon on Disaster Recovery and why you need it. So what is this whitepaper? It is a guide with a goal to make you a well-informed DRaaS customer by helping you pose insightful yet practical questions to DRaaS vendors. View now Peruse our library of free digital magazines! Choose from a collection of smartly designed digital magazines, which include our most popular departments -- News Analysis, Features, Opinions and Shark Tank -- all free for download with registration. 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