NEWS 
January 2, 2017 VASCO Launches DIGIPASS 310 with Electronic Signing for Secure Banking
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., Sept. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — VASCO Data Security International, Inc. (NASDAQ: VDSI), a global leader in authentication, electronic signatures, and identity management, announced the launch of DIGIPASS® 310, its newest hardware authenticator that provides One Time Passwords and electronic signatures. Two-factor authentication is used by banks and other organizations to secure access to […]
ELECTRONICS January 2, 2017 Six Secrets to Make an eCommerce Platform More Powerful
Congratulations for your new online store. As you now have an eCommerce website with a finely tuned check out process, you may want to know how to make your eCommerce platform more powerful. More importantly, how to make your customers trust your eCommerce store. Well, it really depends on your hard work and the resources […]
ELECTRONICS 
January 2, 2017 Against The Machine: Being Human In The Age of The Electronic Mob
Against The Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mobby social critic Lee Siegel questions the benefits and positive assumptions about the Internet and its resulting culture. The author makes the most of 182 pages through sociological critique of internet culture through his noted ability to debate and offer critical thought. I received […]
NEWS January 2, 2017 Citrix Acquires E-Signature Company RightSignature
Citrix has acquired RightSignature, an e-signature company. RightSignature is an online software platform for getting digital signatures on electronic documents such as contracts. The move makes sense for Citrix, because its ShareFile application consists of cloud file sharing and document storage. RightSignature integrates with Citrix ShareFile. By adding an electronic signature capability, it means that those using file sharing […]
ELECTRONICS 
January 2, 2017 Are Electronic Holiday Cards a Replacement for Real Cards?
This time of year, you want to send holiday greetings to all your clients and business contacts, but it’s time-consuming to handwrite notes, stuff them in envelopes, address them and mail them. Not to mention the fact that it’s a waste of natural resources. But are electronic cards (“ecards”) yet to the point of replacing […]
ELECTRONICS January 2, 2017 FAA Changes Rules on Electronic Devices in Flight
Actor Alec Baldwin would be thrilled. The Federal Aviation Commission has officially approved use of electronic devices in all stages of flight, with a few exceptions. You may recall Baldwin was famously ejected from a flight back in 2011 after he refused to stop playing a game on his phone. But for small business people who […]
ELECTRONICS January 2, 2017 10 Electronic Signature Options and Why You Should Use Them
Electronic signatures are as valid for business contracts as signatures signed in ink on paper. That’s been the case since the year 2000, when a U.S. Federal law known as the Electronic Signatures in Global and International Commerce act, was enacted. According to Nolo.com, people have “several different ways to indicate their electronic signatures, including […]
ELECTRONICS January 2, 2017 Mother-Daughter Team Helps Environment by Collecting Old Electronics
0 Recycling old electronic equipment can be a hassle. And the toxic materials in those devices can be incredibly harmful to the environment. That’s why mother-daughter team Rachel Treasure and Eva Metcalfe started their business, E-CycleWise. The business takes people’s unwanted or damaged electronic devices and disposes of them in a way that won’t harm the […]
COMPUTERS January 1, 2017 Computer law critics mull charter court fight
Critics of the new Computer Crimes Act are threatening to challenge the law change in the Constitutional Court. They say the change in the law endangers their rights and freedom of expression as guaranteed by the constitution, and hopes the court will step in. Yingcheep Atchanont, a project manager at the Internet Dialogue on Law […]
COMPUTERS January 1, 2017 Spartanburg police ask for hep identifying accused computer thief
Photo of the suspect from Dec. 23, 2016. (Courtesy: Spartanburg police) SPARTANBURG, SC (FOX Carolina) –Spartanburg police have asked for the public’s help identifying a man accused of stealing computers from the Dorman Centre Walmart. Police said the man entered the store on Dec. 23 just before 7:30 p.m. and went to the electronics section, […]
NEWS January 1, 2017 The gender gap in computer science is hurting U.S. businesses
Students in an AP Computer Science class at the Magnolia Science Academy 1 charter school in Los Angeles. (Patrick T. Fallon/For The Washington Post) By Reshma Saujani and Julie Sweet Opinions December 27, 2016 Reshma Saujani is founder and chief executive of Girls Who Code. Julie Sweet is the North America group chief executive for […]
NEWS January 1, 2017 No more 9-to-5: Computer-science engineer leads business-owner revolution
Retire in your mid-30s? That doesn’t necessarily sound like the American dream, but certainly a dream. As of Friday, it’s a dream fulfilled for Ravi Chawla. A career computer-science engineer, Chawla walked away from his 9-to-5 job one last time. The Murphy resident has spent much of his work life in McKinney, stationed in the […]
