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CEO Tim Cook and other top Apple executives today unveiled a larger tablet dubbed the iPad Pro, a revamped Apple TV and near the tail of a two-hour-long event, new iPhones.

Enterprise architects (sometimes referred to as IT architects or business architects) are responsible for creating, maintaining and evolving the enterprise architecture framework so it's aligned with and supports an organization's business strategy.

A cyberespionage group of Russian origin that targets governmental, diplomatic, military, educational and research organizations is hijacking satellite-based Internet connections in order to hide their servers from security researchers and law enforcement agencies.

LAS VEGAS -- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler committed on Wednesday to a March 29 start date for an unprecedented auction of 600Mhz wireless spectrum now under the control of the nation's broadcasters.

There’s no question that living room entertainment is a bit stagnant. You can talk to your Xbox One, but it’s not exactly like having a conversation with someone. Many of the satellite providers have focused on recording shows and offer a few apps but aren’t really investing in games. It’s not that easy to shop, browse the Web, or play games on one device.

Slack claims some 300,000 paid seats among the million-plus users of its popular real-time messaging app for teams, but it's a pretty safe bet that few of the companies paying for the service have a detailed understanding of how their users are putting it to work. Enter Slackalytics, a new textual analysis bot that promises a wealth of insight.

Next week sees me heading to San Francisco for DreamForce, Salesforce's annual customer, partner and industry bash. (Disclosure: As in past years, and along with several hundred of my best friends in the press and analyst ranks, Salesforce is covering my travel and expenses to attend the event.) I've been going to DreamForce for eight years or so and have seen it grow from a modest (OK, DreamForce was never truly modest) event of a few tens of thousands of attendees up to what we expect this year, which is well north of 100,000 attendees. Читать дальше...

Samsung today announced it's mass-producing the first 12Gbit LPDDR4 DRAM chip, which opens the door for 6GB DRAM in mobile devices.

Microsoft yesterday announced a partnership with Dell that will let the latter sell the Surface Pro tablet-slash-notebook, a recognition that the device needs more support and service than Microsoft can provide to break into the enterprise market, analysts argued.

“A battle is brewing among tech giants over the future of Wi-Fi, the ubiquitous and unregulated wireless connections at the core of the mobile Internet,” The Wall Street Journal writes in a prominent new story.

September can bring unsettled weather and likewise a large variation in the number of Microsoft updates. For this September Patch Tuesday, we see a moderate update, with 12 patches, five rated as critical and the remaining seven rated as important. To put this month's release in context, we saw Microsoft release four updates in September 2014, but a whopping 14 updates in September 2013. This month we are seeing significant and critical updates to both Microsoft Internet Explorer and the new Edge browser. Читать дальше...

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Software-based network attached storage (NAS) is perfect for the do-it-yourselfer who doesn’t want to buy a pre-packaged appliance. With software-based NAS, you load the software onto the device of your choice -- whether it's a PC, server or virtual machine. You can even run software-based NAS in the cloud.

Over two months after Italian surveillance software maker Hacking Team had its internal data leaked by hackers, vendors are apparently still fixing zero-day exploits from the company's arsenal.

The usual suspects have been offering their usual pre-iPhone FUD claiming this year’s iPhone won’t do as well as previous Apple smartphones. They’re dead wrong (they have been since 2007). Here’s a little data to help prove this: 

There hasn't been a lack of strange things turning up in the Ashley Madison data leak.

The California state assembly has passed a digital privacy bill that aims to prevent government access without warrant to private electronic communications. The bill would provide some exceptions for law enforcement in emergencies or for other public safety requirements.

WhatsApp, the widely used messaging program, has fixed a dangerous flaw in its Web app that could be used to trick people into installing malware, according to Check Point.

Facebook is making changes to its Pages service to attract more businesses, in part by giving them a new way to showcase their products.

John McAfee is running for the 2016 U.S. Presidency. Break out the popcorn and settle in -- this is bound to be entertaining.

IT hits mid-year high notes

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The optimism buoying IT at the start of 2015 appears to be sticking around. A mid-year check-in reveals better-than-expected budget increases and tighter alignment with the business, putting IT in the driver's seat to respond to organizations' escalating technology needs.

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Amazon has appointed a director of social responsibility at a time when the online retailer faces mounting criticism over its business practices.

Amazon appears to be putting its Fire phone to bed for good. The product page for the smartphone on Amazon's website shows both the 32GB and 64GB models out of stock, with no estimate about when they'll be available again.

The way applications are being built and delivered across data centers is changing. The move to a service delivery model is well under way, and it’s closely tied to the shift to a devops culture. Central to this change is the implementation of a continuous delivery processes, using build tooling to deliver new and updated applications.

Verizon will soon begin lab tests of elements that might go into 5G, the next generation of cellular technology, and plans to start field trials next year.