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The Internet of Things is no good without a way to act on the data it generates. A new partnership between two of the biggest IoT players promises to put smart collection and advanced analysis of data right where it’s needed.

Facebook has built a technology that not only allows it better understand users, but also help them connect with the people they're most interested in on the social network.

Researchers have found a malware program that was designed to manipulate supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems in order to hide the real readings from industrial processes.

Oracle plans to sue whistleblower Svetlana Blackburn for malicious prosecution, the company said Thursday.

The Texas Advanced Computer Center (TACC) has received $30 million in U.S. funding for a new supercomputer that will roughly double the performance of its existing 9-petaflop supercomputer.

The LC06 laptop fan from Opolar averages 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon from nearly 900 customers (read reviews), and currently lists for just $29.99. It's designed for laptops with vents on the sides or rear, quietly and rapidly reducing the internal and surface temperatures by 18-50 degrees in minutes, far outperforming most cooling pads. Temp can be monitored on the built-in display. The motor is built to last through many years of heavy use, and is backed by a one year warranty for product defects... Читать дальше...

Do you want more power-efficiency or CPU horsepower with your next PC chip?

Windows 10 in May recorded its largest increase in user share since August 2015, the first full month after its launch last summer, data published Wednesday showed.

Looking over your shoulder

Image by Louis Oliveira

As mobile devices continue to penetrate our society, mobile security is becoming increasingly difficult to manage. Every mobile device, whether it’s a phone or a tablet, provides hackers with a new avenue to seize private information. We’ve seen many banks, hospitals, and other large organizations have enormous data breaches that caused a lot of damage and recovery time, and they don’t appear to be slowing down anytime soon. For this reason... Читать дальше...

A couple of weeks ago, I was feeling either exceptionally brave -- or exceptionally stupid.

Qlik, a vendor of data visualization tools, has agreed to be acquired by private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo for $3 billion.

Ransomware authors are not the only cybercriminals who use extortion tactics to make money from users and companies. Data thieves are also increasingly resorting to intimidation.

Recently, The New York Times ran a long article, "Why Windows 10 Upgrades Go Wrong, and How to Avoid It," that featured questionable claims and large omissions. This is my attempt to set the record straight. 

Xiaomi's cross-licensing and patent-transfer deal with Microsoft announced earlier this week prompted a flurry of renewed interest in how soon the Chinese smartphone maker will sell its devices directly in the U.S.

If you want to get under Diane Bryant’s skin these days, just ask her about GPUs.

Recent headlines have proclaimed that Accenture, Dell, Microsoft and others have “eliminated” the performance review. Actually, these organizations are streamlining the performance management process; the only thing they are eliminating is the practice of ranking employees and then firing those with the lowest evaluations, commonly known as the “rank and yank.”

Japan's Mouse Computer has developed add-on biometric sensors that will bring Windows Hello to any PC running Windows 10.

Facebook unveils new artificial intelligence, called DeepText. It will help the social network to “improve user experiences” by “solving tricky language challenges.”

A senior finance manager in Oracle’s cloud business has complained to a federal court that she was terminated from her job because she refused to go along with accounting principles she considered unlawful.

The worldwide server market saw a year-on-year revenue slump of 3.6 percent in the first quarter to $12.4 billion, after a winning streak of seven quarters of growth, IDC said Wednesday.

Ask IT hiring managers and tech executives what they think about the 6 million educated adults in Cuba, many of whom have an interest in IT, coming online in the near future. Then tell them that Cuba's National Statistics Office reports those citizens currently make an average salary of just $20 to $30 per month, and statistics from the United Nations show that over a fifth of them have technical degrees from reputable universities. It's enough to make hearts race.

Professor Sanjay Sarma is best known for his ground-breaking work in co-founding the MIT Auto-ID Center, the predecessor of today’s MIT Auto-ID Labs, and developing many of the key technologies behind the EPC suite of RFID standards now used worldwide. He was also the founder and CTO of OATSystems, which was acquired by Checkpoint Systems in 2008.

When giant automaker Ford says the future of its business is not about vehicle ownership but “miles travelled”, you know change is coming, and that change is amply described in Mary Meeker’s 2016 Internet Trends report.

Big stock-market trading firm has engaged this outsourcing outfit to manage a rack of servers near each of its markets, reports a pilot fish on the outsourcing team.

With 10 interconnected knowledge areas that incorporate the use of 47 processes organized into five process groups, project management can be a multifaceted maze to navigate. Developing a deeper understanding of this discipline can be an all-consuming and intimidating task at times, and just trying to find out where to turn for training can feel overwhelming.