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Facebook Adds Tor Support
Facebook wants to allow people to use its service without being watched or censored. Is that some kind of privacy oxymoron?
Facebook Referral Traffic Soars, Twitter Tanks Again
Facebook drives more than four times the traffic of its closest competitor, while Twitter's share of referral traffic continues to decline.
Windows 7's Halloween Deadline: 5 Key Issues
Starting November 1, Microsoft will no longer sell consumer Windows 7 licenses to OEMs. What does this mean for your PC upgrade options?
Has Email Peaked?
This excerpt from Phil Simon's upcoming book Message Not Received discusses how email has improved but is still riddled with problems.
HP's 3D Future: Sprout Visual Tour
Take a look at HP's unusual "immersive PC," Sprout, and Multi Jet Fusion, a bold foray into 3D hardware.
Big Data Software For Mainstream Users
Not everyone needs to be a data scientist, Red Lambda argues.
Healthcare IT: User Empathy Comes First
Health IT professionals need to fully understand the needs of clinicians and end-users in order to design software that truly works.
Microsoft Band Wearable: 9 Key Issues
Microsoft has packed its wearable Band with advanced sensors, cloud-powered health insights, and an affordable price. Is Microsoft ahead of the curve in this new mobile market?
Bracket's New IaaS Twist
Bracket Computing, backed by Andreesen Horowitz, lets customers build "compute cells" on top of IaaS from multiple providers, wrapping apps and data.
Amazon and Microsoft Clouds: Who's Playing Catch-Up?
Amazon and Microsoft clouds leave HP, IBM, and Google struggling with developers. Here's why.
VA Buckles Down On Cyber Security, Program Management
Agency refocuses IT priorities on data protection, on-time project delivery to overcome past poor performance.
Cooking Up DevOps With Chef
As DevOps grows its foothold in IT departments, so do software platforms for automating configuration, provisioning, and other traditional tasks in managing infrastructure.
HP Debuts Sprout Immersive PC, 3D Printer
HP shows it can still innovate with a novel PC designed to scan physical objects and a printer designed to create physical objects.
Game Of Applications: A Song Of Speed And Strategy
As every company that's conquered a market knows, dominance is not just about capturing the crown -- it's about keeping it.
3 Essentials For Supporting High Performing Employees
There's no perfect model for building the perfect team, but all empowered employees need the following characteristics.
Innovation 'Doesn't Just Happen'
Fidelity Labs VP Hadley Stern on the steps companies can take to light the innovation fire.
Microsoft Office For Mac Rumors Heat Up
Leaks suggest that after a four-year wait, a new version of Microsoft Office for Macs is on its way. Until then, OneNote updates will have to do.
Ad Clicks To Protest Online Tracking Surveillance?
AdNauseam, an extension for the Firefox version of AdBlock Plus, clicks on blocked ads to throw bad data in path of online tracking.
Twitter, IBM Partner On Social Insight For Business
Twitter data will be made available through IBM's cloud and enhanced with its analytics to support enterprise apps and business decisions.
Verizon Wireless Embroiled In Tracking Controversy
Verizon Wireless is in hot water with security and privacy advocates regarding unique identifier headers that function as what one EFF expert calls "perma-cookies."
NoSQL Database Choices: Weather Co. CIO's Advice
The Weather Company CIO Bryson Koehler sorts out the traits of MongoDB, Riak, and Cassandra. Best of all, he says, 'NoSQL doesn't lock you in.'
iOS 8 Adoption Surpasses 50%
Apple says more than half of iPhone and iPad users have adopted its newer operating system.
Dear Elon Musk: AI Demon Not Scariest
Elon Musk sees AI as a threat to our existence. I see more immediate problems.
Is US Tech Policy Ready For A Zombie Apocalypse?
Current digital policies don't adequately cover dead people, much less zombies. As we approach Halloween, here are five digital policies that need updating.
IBM Cloud Services Take On Amazon Redshift
IBM launches DashDB cloud-based columnar data warehouse fed by DataWorks data-integration service.
Microsoft TechEd: Cloud Updates, Windows 10 Details
Microsoft announced a wide variety of Azure and Office 365 advances, new details about Windows 10.
Practice Fusion Optimizes New EHR For Tablets
Practice Fusion, which offers free cloud-based EHR, creates new software that brings desktop power and features to iPads and Android tablets.
IT Investments: 5 Common Mistakes
There are benefits to a new IT project, but the risks are higher than most investments. Here are five missteps to avoid.
Smartphone Personality Test: Can You Judge Me Now?
Does your smartphone choice say you love sports cars, your mom's basement, or gardening? Listen up.
Windows 10, iPads, IoT: Interop Attendees Speak
Watch candid interviews with Interop New York attendees and keynote speaker Harper Reed on 3 hot topics: Windows 10, iPad vs. large-screen phones, and Internet of Things.
Amazon's Fire TV Stick Challenges Google Chromecast
Amazon offers its latest streaming device for just $19 to Amazon Prime members for a two-day period.
Microsoft Office 365 Gets Unlimited Cloud Storage
Microsoft ups the ante in the cloud storage wars, offering unlimited OneDrive storage along with Office apps for as little as $6.99 per month.
In Government, No Excuse For Missing Documents
To meet regulatory obligations -- and avoid accusations of cover-up and incompetence -- federal agencies must get serious about digitizing records.
Microsoft, Facebook Support Services A Scam, FTC Says
FTC shutters company that allegedly duped consumers out of $2.5 million by falsely detecting computer viruses and selling bogus software.
Windows 10 Evolves: 7 Facts
Less than a month into its Windows 10 Technical Preview, Microsoft has implemented more than 7,000 improvements and dealt with a few bugs. What's the focus now?
IBM Cloudant Will Power Local Data Centers, Apple Apps
IBM spins out an on-premises version of its Cloudant NoSQL database service, which figured in the Apple-IBM mobile apps deal.
IT Contracting: 5 Tips For Success
Don't be "just" a contractor. A recruiter shares advice for becoming an indispensable asset to current -- and future -- employers.
Big Data Analysis Goes SaaS
Software-as-a-service provider jKool offers business users cloud-based, near-real-time analysis of time-sensitive information.
Cartoon: Email Avoidance
Dodging the boss's emails? Our cartoonist offers an excuse that might actually work.
Facebook Rooms: 5 Privacy Facts
Facebook's new Rooms app lets you post pictures, videos, and messages anonymously. Here's a look at the data it collects, the privacy of your posts, and more.
Microsoft Smartphones Drop Nokia Name
Microsoft is finally ready to sell smartphones under its own brand -- but where are the flagship models?
Samsung Knox Is Weak, Researcher Says
Samsung's Knox security software for Android devices handles passwords in a way that undermines encryption, an anonymous researcher says.
Facebook Rooms App Allows Any Identity
An email address is all that's required to create a user account. Hello, retro chatrooms?
Google Inbox Won't Fix CYA
Google Inbox: Because, if we use yet another tool, people won't BLANKET THE PLANET WITH CYA EMAIL.
SAP Unleashes Major Hana Upgrade
SAP Hana Service Pack 9 adds multi-tenancy, data tiering, and streaming analysis, while answering a longstanding cost complaint.
Google Enhances Android Wear
Google's first major update to its Android Wear platform helps devices rely less on smartphones.
Microsoft's Strong Quarter: 7 Highlights
Microsoft's fiscal Q1 easily eclipsed Wall Street estimates, buoyed not only by cloud growth, but also unexpectedly strong Surface sales.
Rackspace Bundles Collaboration, Productivity Apps
Cloud Office gives users single sign-in to email, Microsoft Exchange, Lync instant messaging, and SharePoint.
3 Enterprise Security Tenets To Take Personally
Individuals need to become conscious advocates for their own security -- after all, no one cares about your data like you do.
No Google Inbox Invitation? Try These Instead
If you're tired of the same old mobile email experience, there are plenty of apps in the sea.
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