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When businesses are hit by noticeable distributed denial-of-service attacks, three-quarters of the time those attacks are accompanied by another security incident, according to Kaspersky Lab.

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Each year since 1991, Improbable Research has highlighted a handful of real researchers whose work might seem goofy on the surface, but often has serious implications. The Ig Nobel prizes are awarded annually at a ceremony at Harvard University shortly before the Nobel prizes are announced. Here’s a look at a winner from each of the past 24 years, with the 2015 prize winners being announced tonight.

Online poker malware lets players cheat by getting a peek at cards held by opponents whose machines have been infected.

Apple’s latest announcements for its mobile ecosystem had plenty to do with the enterprise: It announced a dedicated for-work tablet in the form of the iPad Pro, and a partnership with networking hardware giant Cisco signaled a greater focus on the enterprise from a company that has traditionally worked to please the consumer market.

Amazon Web Services today launched a new, less-expensive flavor of its cloud-based object storage service meant for data that is infrequently accessed (IA).

Ex-Cisco President Rob Lloyd has landed a new gig as CEO of Hyperloop Technologies, a company looking to develop a new mode of transportation for commerce and people. Lloyd blogged about his new role here.

Salesforce.com is seen as one of the pioneering inventors of the cloud computing market, but company co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff says Salesforce is not about the cloud.

After years of sitting in the shadow of virtualization, SaaS, containers, and all the other exciting IT trends, the wide area network is finally getting some attention. These other trends are actually drivers for this change in many cases; while WAN architectures have remained relatively static in recent years, the applications they need to support have changed beyond recognition. This is driving the need to re-think what the WAN looks like and how it operates.

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It's hard to believe that Improbable Research's Ig Nobel prizes have been around for a quarter of a century, but indeed tonight is the big 25th 1st Annual Ig Nobel prize ceremony in Harvard Square.

Search queries on Microsoft's Bing in the U.S. last month increased by 1%, a slow start to what a company manager predicted would be a big boost delivered by Windows 10.

Enterprises going through mergers and acquisitions reap the benefits of new products and other assets, but they also acquire all of the threat vectors that have been targeting the other organization. In addition, new internal threats can arise as employees often fear job security when they learn of M&A deals.

Almost two years after it announced the demise of Windows 8.1 RT, Microsoft has released an update to the dead OS that adds a Start menu, something that might have helped the OS back when it shipped. But then again, that was a very different Microsoft. 

The question -- ‘Is this sweet, sweet Google Fiber in the wild?’ – was posed on Twitter this morning by Nick Owen, CEO of WiKID Systems, an Atlanta-based purveyor of two-factor authentication products.

Juniper Networks has allied with Aerohive Networks to offer cloud-managed Wi-Fi with its switches, an alternative to Cisco’s Meraki cloud-based WLAN product.

AT&T recently announced a $250,000 reward to anyone with information on whoever entered its underground facilities in Livermore, California – a San Francisco suburb – and severed two of its fiber cables earlier this week, USA Today reported yesterday.

IT salaries are on the rise, one sign of a continuingly competitive hiring environment.

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Aimed at Android switchers, Apple's 'Move to iOS' app transfers some of their data and content to an iPhone or iPad.

BOSTON -- The cameras inside a McDonalds recently captured the facial expressions of customers and employees. Every tick, twitch, smile or frown was fed into a computer algorithm.

Of all the legacy technology running behind the scenes in your business, software might be the most important. But it's also the technology with the greatest potential for failure. Your legacy software can be a great organizational asset, or it can be your biggest weakness.

No, M.2 (pronounced M-dot-two) is not a government spy organization or secret project. It’s a small-form-factor (SFF) multi-purpose connector designed to replace the small mSATA and mini-PCIe slots commonly used in laptops. As such, M.2 isn’t designed strictly for storage, (it supports USB, SATA, and PCIe), but storage is a large part of what’s driving its adoption—even on the desktop.

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To non-software developers, a developer’s job must look pretty sweet: You’re in high demand, you get paid really well, companies give you all sorts of fun perks, etc. Truth be told, though, while all that is true, the job, like any other, has plenty of moments that make a programmer want to pull (what’s left) of his or her hair out. There are any number of things that can happen during the day in the life of your average software engineer that can be beyond frustrating. Читать дальше...

Making Hadoop data more accessible has become a common goal in the world of enterprise software, and on Thursday a brand-new contender jumped into the ring.

Technology companies and other big businesses aren't the only ones tapping into the startup community for technological advantages. Sports organizations are partnering with startups, too, inviting them to consortiums and pitch competitions, and signing them for big technology projects. These partnerships can be mutually beneficial, and they demonstrate how technology drives the future agendas of powerful sports leagues and teams.