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Lenovo has restructured its operations as part of a management shakeup, and some interesting names have been promoted.

Microsoft's open source push continues as the company has open-sourced its Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools and made them available on GitHub.

An angry letter from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) protesting Abbott Labs' IT employee layoff may be having an impact, but not the way the senator wanted.

In a world of PCs dominated by Windows and Macs, Dell's line of "Project Sputnik" laptops with Ubuntu Linux have secured a cult following.

Hackers demonstrated 21 new vulnerabilities in attacks against browsers and operating systems during this year's Pwn2Own hacking contest. The complexity of the exploits, though, shows that hackers have to jump through many hoops to gain full system control.

A last-minute request by the FBI to call witnesses to next week's court hearing in the San Bernardino iPhone case indicates the agency might feel some weakness in its legal arguments, Apple says.

An uptick in cyberattacks and greater awareness about government surveillance have prompted calls for tighter security on the Internet, and a big part of that is encrypting  the traffic that flows to and from websites. Google, Facebook and Microsoft are among the many companies that have been pushing for wider use of SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security) encryption, though it can be tricky and expensive to implement. Here's the basics of what you need to know.

Should the FBI prevail in getting Apple to offer a backdoor for an encrypted iPhone, the agency may have trouble getting anyone to build it.

The FBI this week warned carmakers and owners that they need to pay much closer attention to automotive cybersecurity.

Its been speculated that Apple will announce the iPhone 4SE, anew iPad Pro, some new Apple Watch bands and the usual “wait one more thing.”

The scoop: TikTeck LED light bulb, by Tikteck, about $10.

What is it? It’s an LED light bulb! But more than that, it’s one that provides the user with a rainbow of color options, all controlled by a smartphone or tablet app. The light bulb communicates with the app via Bluetooth, but still lets you connect to other Bluetooth devices at the same time – so you can control the lights and still beam music to a speaker.

Why it’s cool: 16 million different color options! In reality, it’s variations of about seven different colors (red... Читать дальше...

Look at any industry data and you’ll see a consistent trend – the march toward cloud computing continues to gain momentum.  According to ESG research, 75% of organizations are currently using public cloud services (note: I am an ESG employee).  This is dominated by the use of SaaS today but ESG research reveals that 38% of organizations use IaaS while 33% use PaaS.  The research also indicates that these numbers will continue to increase in the future.

"Bring your own device" can easily turn into bring your own disaster for corporate networks, if attackers use a compromised device as a bridgehead into a secure environment.

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One of the most common methods to configure an office full of Microsoft Windows computers is with group policy. For the most part, group policies are settings pushed into a computer's registry to configure security settings and other operational behaviors. Group policies can be pushed down from Active Directory (actually, pulled down by the client) or configured locally.

Windows Phone users who might have been nervously awaiting Windows 10 Mobile have been told they can relax. Unlike Microsoft’s aggressive tactics to migrate users from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 (which have ticked off customers), Windows Phone users won’t have to accept Windows 10 Mobile upgrades if they don’t want to.

If you own an older Windows phone, you may finally be able upgrade it to Microsoft’s most recent operating system, Windows 10 Mobile—for free. Microsoft began offering Windows 10 updates to most Windows Phone 8.1 phone owners on Thursday. The process can be a bit quirky in spots, though, which is why we’re here to walk you through it.

Today, you can walk into any of the Big Four U.S. wireless carriers' retail stores and purchase a sleek new Samsung Galaxy S7 or GS7 edge smartphone. Both new devices are without question two of the hottest and most capable Android smartphones on the market. And though the two GS7 phones share many similarities when it comes to hardware and software, they have a number of important differences. 

Looking to create programs designed to shake up the status quo, MIT's Sloan Executive Education department has partnered with businesses to create custom educational programs that focus on solving problems and encouraging critical-thinking skills among employees. Its workshop on innovation last week was led by Hal Gregersen, who brings years of experience working with companies to help CIOs to stay ahead of the curve.

Wearable technology will let the less fortunate hear, see, and speak better than ever before, and it will enable others to “do things they could not do before,” says a study published in the International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education.

The FBI and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warned on Thursday that the rising use of computers in vehicles poses increasing risks of cyberattacks.

Millions of Android devices are at risk yet again after researchers found a new way to exploit an older vulnerability that was previously patched by Google.

SANTA CLARA -- SDN can’t be done on an island, according to Nuage Networks.