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It can make a lot of sense for an IT department to get involved in reverse mentoring. By imparting knowledge about technology to senior executives who might not be very comfortable using such basic tools as email and the Internet, IT can burnish its image with people who really matter.

Oh, the things that we didn’t know enough to worry about five years ago: Cars that can be remotely “bricked”via computer; home automation controllers that can be compromised to distribute spam; “smart”light bulbs that can be hacked to reveal Wi-Fi passwords.

Microsoft today sent invitations to analysts and the press for an Oct. 6 event in New York City where it's expected to unveil the next-generation Surface Pro.

Apple today said that iPhone sales, bolstered by the new 6S and 6S Plus models, are "on pace" to break last year's record of 10 million between pre-sales opening and the close of the first weekend of retail.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says two of the 32 parties charged with profiting from information hacked from newswire services have agreed to pay $30 million to settle the changes.

Smart wrist devices such as the Apple Watch are still a relatively small piece of the wearables market today, but that's set to change in a big way over the next few years.

A study released by a forensic consultancy has singled out the top five vehicles most susceptible to hacking.

The dramatic hack of a Jeep Cherokee, which resulted in Fiat Chrysler Automobile recalling over one million vehicles, has also prompted Intel to take action.

What if every light bulb in the world could also transmit data?

In July 2011, Harald Haas, a professor of engineering at Edinburgh University,  poised that rhetorical question to a TED Global audience.

Then he went on to answer it. Broadband would be plentiful, nearly as limitless as oxygen itself, as it flowed from a standard-off-the-shelf LED (light-emitting diode). Society would come to view the way we transmit data now, which is via electromagnetic waves — specifically, radio waves ... Читать дальше...

Artificial intelligence has a checkered past. It has gone through multiple waves of huge expectations followed by incredible disappointments. We have seen the rise and fall of expert systems, neural networks, logic (hard and fuzzy) and the use of statistical models for determining reasoning.

We seem to be, once again, in an era of heightened expectations regarding A.I. We now have Siri, IBM Watson, self-driving cars and the proliferation of machine learning, data mining and predictive systems that promise an unprecedented... Читать дальше...

Cyberattackers successfully compromised U.S. Department of Energy computer systems 159 times over a span of 48 months.

While the device still appears to be widely available across most markets, Apple this morning confirmed that first weekend iPhone pre-sales should break 10 million. I’ve been exploring the camera technology improvements inside the new iPhones, which arrive Sept. 25.

Google has appointed John Krafcik, a former Hyundai exec and more recently president of auto sales website Truecar, to run its self-driving car operations.

Windows 10 customers have petitioned Microsoft to provide more information about the new OS's updates using the company's own online feature request forum.

To avoid detection, some hackers are ditching malware and living "off the land" -- using whatever tools are already available in the compromised systems, according to a new report from Dell SecureWorks.

Last week, one of the world's largest retailers cut a deal with Alibaba, China's global e-commerce giant. German retail chain Metro Group will turn over its online operation in China to Alibaba. Unfortunately, this is becoming a familiar tale in e-tail, it just about never ends well.

In recent reviews, we looked at the advancements in endpoint security, including new ways companies are employing technology like virtual machines to get a leg up on potential attackers. But despite impressive new defensive technologies, the bad guys still seem to be getting through.

Don't get us wrong: In today's quickly evolving tech world, it's easy to get lost chasing the turbulent present moment. The pace of change can be dizzying, and keeping up on everything that's emerging in IT today can drive even the most devoted tech worker to distraction.

Apple's epic product rollout last week brought into focus how unready our man-made world is for mainstream consumer technology.

This pilot fish's son works for a long-term care facility as a physical therapy aide while he's getting his education in computer science.

In case you weren't already making your websites mobile-friendly, you (along with the rest of Corporate America) have gotten several wake-up calls over the past months.

In a recent interview that's likely to inflame the Android community, Cyanogen CEO Kirt McMaster allegedly stated that he wants to make CyanogenMod OS "totally free of Google." And that's just for starters.

When FinancialForce was created a few years ago, the decision was made to build its financial management system on top of the Salesforce platform. There were many reasons to do so: reduced engineering requirement, an active sales funnel and the ability to leverage existing Salesforce commercial relationships among them. But at the same time as the company was able to leverage the benefits of building on an existing platform, it also had to reconcile the fact that said platform was CRM-centric... Читать дальше...

Microsoft has added to its stable of Android apps with the acquisition of Double Labs, the makers of the Echo Notification Lockscreen, a popular app on Google's mobile platform that helps users control the notifications they see.

A former astronaut working at DARPA believes a new breed of robotics could revolutionize the satellite telecommunications industry, bringing better services to consumers and resulting in less space junk.