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In a partnership that would have seemed most unlikely back when Microsoft railed against open source, the software company has teamed with the Linux Foundation to offer a certification for managing Linux systems in the Azure cloud.

By deciding to shed its Internet business, Yahoo is moving to take on a different business focus amid a rapidly changing online landscape.

Potential suitors for Yahoo's Internet business could include Verizon, Comcast and AT&T, which would want to access the company's 20-year-old treasure trove of customer data.

A group of Microsoft engineers today made good on a June promise and released an open-source version of the venerable Windows Live Writer, a tool that continued to be popular among bloggers even after Microsoft discontinued development three years ago.

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), a vocal critic of the use of H-1B workers at Disney, introduced legislation on Tuesday to reduce the H-1B cap by nearly 25%.

Nexus Mods, a gaming site which has mods for 216 games, warned users about a “potential database breach” after a Reddit user was alerted by REN-ISAC that a “large number of student users had their credentials breached for nexusmods.com.”

Google on Wednesday released a new tool for companies that want to make sure their sensitive information isn't shared via email.

Google on Wednesday released a new tool for companies that want to make sure their sensitive information isn't shared via email.

QlikView and Tableau are both viewed as worthy software tools for business intelligence (BI). So the decision for IT buyers may come down to whether it's more important for the organization to have user-friendly charting or advanced data applications, according to online reviews from BI software users in the IT Central Station community.

The Pixel C marks several firsts for Google and Android: It's the first tablet Google has designed and manufactured on its own. It's the first device other than the Chromebook Pixel to bear the "Pixel" name (and thus also the first Android device to use that moniker). And it's the first time Google has actively pursued a convertible gadget that attempts to straddle the worlds of both touch-centric computing and keyboard-based input.

There isn’t a week that goes by that I don’t hear or read about an organization seeing ginormous transaction log (.ldf) files, while the associated data (.mdf) file is at the size it should be when considering the amount of data in SharePoint.

Yahoo announced today that it has abandoned a plan to spin off its $31 billion stake in Alibaba, a popular Chinese e-commerce company, and would instead spin off all of its other assets into a new company. The move is called a reverse spinoff.

Mozilla confirmed Tuesday that it was halting development on Firefox OS in its current incarnation, putting an end to more than four years of work building a browser-based, smartphone operating system.

Apple is on the cusp of gaining the kind of market command it has not held in over 20-years, with 67 percent of enterprise IT professionals believing the Mac will “cut into PC share over the next three years,” according to a JAMF Software survey.

Microsoft has delivered a massive December Patch Tuesday with eight critical and four important updates. This month's patch release addresses a hefty 71 Windows vulnerabilities with two publicly reported exploits already "in the wild." The two Microsoft browser updates are good candidates for quick deployment but one Office update and a key Windows component may need some further testing. 

Proper punctuation pertains to insincerity. That’s the conclusion of a study into the use of a period to end text messages, by Binghamton University.

The National Security Agency has significantly enhanced its capabilities for detecting cyber-threats in the two-plus years since former NSA contractor Edward Snowden pilfered and disclosed classified information. The multi-layered capabilities, which include user behavior analytics, now protect a private cloud that provides storage, computing and operational analytics to the intelligence community, CIO Greg Smithberger tells CIO.com.

In 2013, we reviewed six password managers, some suitable for enterprises and some primarily for consumers. The field has exploded and today there are more than two dozen products on the market. Even the popular TV show “Shark Tank” recently evaluated a password manager startup.

With cyberattacks on the rise, infosec jobs are hotter than ever.

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When a high-profile cybersecurity attack occurs, like the ones at Target or Home Depot, Sam Redden knows to be ready.

Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been ordered to depose in an intellectual property dispute between Oculus and ZeniMax Media, as he has "unique knowledge" based on his decision to buy the wearable virtual reality technology company and its valuation.

It's a few years back, and this financial firm decides it wants to be able to contact its desktop support techs at any time, reports a pilot fish on the receiving end of that decision.

A major UK newspaper is cleaning up its website after a criminals tried to deliver ransomware to thousands of its readers.

The black box sitting at the heart of NASA's Advanced Supercomputing facility in Silicon Valley isn't much to look at. The size of a garden shed, it's smaller than a conventional supercomputer, but inside something quite impressive is happening.

Early in his campaign, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump established himself as a champion of restrictions on the H-1B visa program. Notably he called for a provision compelling businesses to "hire American workers first" as well as raise prevailing wages to deter wage undercutting. These are not outlier positions in Congress.