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Before companies can do fancy things with data, like predictive analytics and data monetization, they need to fix the “broken fundamentals of data,” according to a new report by TechVision Research.

This is part 2 of my conversation with the Fedora Project Leader, Matthew Miller. If you haven't read part 1 yet, I recommend starting there first.

Oracle is seeking as much as US $9.3 billion in damages in a long-running copyright lawsuit against Google over its use of Java in Android, court filings show.

So NAND mirroring doesn’t work to crack into Syed Farook's work iPhone and grab the contents, huh? Tell that to the security researcher’s proof-of-concept demonstration.

Apple can't yet boast of significantly longer battery life in devices, but the company is looking to change that.

Relying on a cheap power strip to protect your valuable electronic systems can be risky. Unexpected power disruptions and voltage fluctuations can disconnect and cause massive damage to your networking equipment, televisions, gaming equipment, security systems or anything else you've got plugged in. Enter the APC Back-UPS Pro BR1500G uninterruptible power supply. List price is $310, but after a dramatic $143 discount you can purchase this unit now for $166.97 (See on Amazon). It is currently rated... Читать дальше...

Microsoft has completed work on the first version of Windows 10 designed specifically for Chinese government agencies, according to a report from the People's Republic of China (PRC) last week.

Apple last week asked a federal magistrate in New York to extend a court filing deadline until after the government decides whether it can unlock a different iPhone in a similar case, documents revealed.

SAN FRANCISCO — Google is looking to strategically tackle the enterprise cloud market by open sourcing some of its internal technologies, embracing a multiplatform design principle and setting what it thinks are reasonable expectations for what its customers should move into the public cloud. The company hopes to continue making strides in the crowded market, which Amazon dominates, by helping enterprises identify business processes that can rapidly transition to the cloud and deliver the fastest ROI. Читать дальше...

Internet service providers are picking "winners and losers" in violation of U.S. net neutrality rules by selectively exempting Web traffic from their monthly data caps, according to a coalition of more than 50 advocacy groups.

One thing I don’t like about Reddit is that comment threads often veer off into annoyingly unrelated topics. And one thing I really love about Reddit is that comment threads often veer off into hilariously unrelated topics.

T-Mobile CEO John Legere, a ubiquitous and sometimes outrageous presence on social media, has earned himself emoji status at Twitter.

Microsoft will kick off its fifth annual //Build/ developer conference in San Francisco March 30, and just days before the event has published a full list of sessions for the show.

Getting mobile devices to more intelligently access and use the ever-tightening wireless spectrum will be the goal of a new public competition from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

University of Ottawa researchers say their discovery that a twisted optical beam in a vacuum travels more slowly than the speed of light could be a boon for quantum computing and communications, and could benefit enterprise IT shops down the line.

The Apple announcements from last week might have you thinking that the computer is dead (if you're one of those people who believe that a tablet can replace your computer). At least one company, Lenovo, keeps producing a variety of computer models and styles for those of us who still prefer to compute with a more solid system.

One in five Windows-powered devices steered to a host of U.S. government websites in March ran Windows 10, according to preliminary data.

Last year, Microsoft said that it would help combat so-called revenge porn by allowing people to request that it take down naked photos of them that were posted without their permission. On Friday, it released the first numbers showing how many requests it has received.

If you’ve ever looked around your company headquarters and thought to yourself: “I should be running things,” maybe you’re right. For those with vision, tech chops, and people skills -- along with a laser focus on turning a profit -- being a company’s tech lead may be the right fit.

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Steve Rubinow, CTO, Catalina Media Lab

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Two or more people sharing one PC for work sounds like a recipe for disaster. Do you really want a co-worker to read, edit and delete your files and folders; use or delete your applications; or make system-wide customizations?

To say there’s some overlap between iOS and Android is an understatement. Google scrapped its original mobile OS concept and pivoted to a touch-based mobile operating system only after Steve Jobs showed off the iPhone, and has been borrowing features from Apple for years ever since—shamelessly taking things like Siri, Do Not Disturb, and Touch ID and giving them the Android treatment. 

IT managers understand the hazards of heat inside data centers. But what about outside it?

Ah, youth

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Corporate IT security pros who have to lecture employees on proper security protocols may feel like they're dealing with recalcitrant children. So imagine how pros who have to deal with actual children -- or at least teens and college students -- feel. We talked with a variety of people who work with teens on tech security issues to find out what's different about this user group. Remember: the children are our future, so we need to learn what we can now.

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According to The 9th Annual State of Agile Report, released last year by VerizonOne (in conjunction with independent survey consultants, Analysis.Net Research) 94 percent of the organizations are practicing agile development. The report collected data from 3,925 respondents to determine the challenges organizations face when implementing agile.