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If you’re a diehard Android fan, the leaks and rumors making the rounds about what’s in the next version of Android can be serious torture.

Artificial intelligence has made significant inroads in the consumer world, but use of the technology in the enterprise is still in its infancy.

In my previous column, I talked about some computers on my company’s network that weren’t getting patched because they weren’t getting rebooted. The good news is that I was able to negotiate an agreement with the business unit managers to reboot those computers once a month, on Sundays. The bad news is that I found some more computers that haven’t been getting patched. And they aren’t running antivirus software either.

New U.S. solar power installations this year are set to break all previous records by more than doubling what was installed last year with 16 billion new watts of photovoltaic (PV) capacity.

During my career, I have always straddled the fence between the technology side and the business side in the companies I have worked for. This is true in part because most of my employers have been smaller organizations experiencing rapid growth. Not withstanding my strong technology background, not understanding the business side of what I was doing would have quickly ended any illusion I had of job security. 

AUSTIN -- Achieving a diversified staff in a tech firm can't be done casually, but offering prospective employees a shorter work week may or may not entice them to sign up.

The government last week revealed new details about the iPhone that is at the center of an increasingly bitter dispute between federal authorities and Apple.

At one time, all-flash storage arrays were used for a single mission-critical application with a need for speed, usually in big IT shops. Now they're poised to take over many more parts of IT.

After years of relying on the Amazon cloud to store its users' files, Dropbox has shifted gears and begun using primarily its own technology instead.

Search and social media algorithms can produce strange results for their users -- but fiddling with them can produce strange results from their users. In both cases the results may be too important to leave purely to machines.

Unless you are paying your bill or having connectivity issues, then you might not give much thought to your ISP. Do you ever stop to think about what your ISP can actually see and knows about you? Much like Google, your ISP knows pretty much everything about you. And ISPs share your personal information for marketing and other uses.

If you're looking to turn your Raspberry Pi 3 into a usable PC, you'll probably want an external hard drive to provide additional storage. Western Digital's newest PiDrive might be the answer.

Putting innovation into a global context

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Innovation, the propelling force of the technology sector, is often considered outside the realm of public policy. And when government officials do turn their attention to issues like STEM education and high-tech skills training, they typically focus on domestic concerns, envisioning pro-innovation policies as a vehicle for spurring a regional or national economy.

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Spammed Word documents with malicious macros have become a popular method of infecting computers over the past few months. Attackers are now taking it one step further by using such documents to deliver fileless malware that gets loaded directly in the computer's memory.

As interest in virtual reality soars, there's a growing focus among developers on  writing programs that can provide interactive experiences on VR headsets. Now, Qualcomm is jumping in with a new VR software development kit that makes it possible to write applications for Samsung's Gear VR headset.

Choosing the right analytics platform is essential. After all, the product you choose will be helping leaders make critical business decisions for years to come -- that's if you get it right.

Both the new Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are advertised as water resistant, but they aren't waterproof, as a 30-minute dunk test proved.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has incorporated the mother of all photo booths into its stand at the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, this week, and is inviting visitors to step inside to create their own digital avatar.

Playing against a top Go player, Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo artificial-intelligence program has puzzled commentators with moves that are often described as “beautiful,” but do not fit into the usual human style of play.

For many years, gift cards have been ultra-popular for both shoppers and thieves. As mobile domination has soared, the convenience of gift cards — for both sides — has grown right along with it. In an attempt to fight theft, some retailers have started to crack down on how gift cards are purchased. This move is ultimately self-defeating, if not outright suicidal. The thieves will find other tactics and the shoppers will shop elsewhere. Congrats, retailers: You'll have succeeded in becoming less popular for all. Читать дальше...

Microsoft has decided to open-source a platform used by its researchers to test artificial-intelligence projects.

Justice Dept. to fight WhatsApp over encryption, say anonymous sources. As President Obama steps up the rhetoric at SXSW, unattributed briefings to useful idiots set the stage for the next chapter of Government vs. Math.

Tech pilot fish for a local high school gets a trouble ticket about a teacher's laptop that isn't working correctly -- every time the teacher unplugs the AC power supply, the laptop dies.

I've been trying to escape the surly bonds of sedentary living for a decade.

Enterprises are no longer sitting on their hands, wondering if they should risk migrating applications and data to the cloud. They're doing it -- but security remains a serious concern.