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If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it one thousand times.  Traditional security controls are no longer effective at blocking cyber-threats so enterprise organizations are deploying new types of security defenses and investing in new tools to improve incident detection and response.

Twitter briefly entertained the idea of a merger with Yahoo, and senior Twitter staff met Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer to discuss a possible deal.

Prominent Windows PC makers, including Acer, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo, have made "egregious" omissions in the software updaters they bundle with notebooks that leave customers at risk from attack by cyber-criminals, a security firm contended.

Demand for slate-shaped tablets is declining even faster than expected.

IT monitoring software probes various parts of the infrastructure -- servers, networks and applications -- and alerts IT about problems before they can cause an outage that affects the business. According to IT managers in the IT Central Station community, the most important criteria to consider when choosing infrastructure monitoring software include compatibility with existing infrastructure and customizable views.

While its fellow tech giants work on autonomous, self-driving cars, Microsoft has opted out of a similar pursuit and instead is taking a strategy of working with car makers and other vendors in the market.

For the first time since LTE technology hit the mainstream in 2012, the worldwide market for carrier wireless equipment has declined, according to a report released today by IHS Technology.

Had enough of those perky and quirky wireless phone provider commercials from the likes of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile? Comedian Amy Schumer takes direct aim at these inane promos in a new episode of Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer (warning: a bit on the NSFW side of things...)

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The European Commission has signed a landmark agreement with the U.S. in its quest to legitimize the transatlantic flow of European Union citizens' personal information.

Last month, Arista Networks put the core router market in the crosshairs with it’s Universal Spine (http://www.networkworld.com/article/3049140/router/arista-takes-aim-at-core-router-market-with-universal-spine.html) system.  This week Arista complimented this by announcing a Universal Leaf network platform powered by its new 7280R switch series. 

Over the past few days, attackers have been exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in WP Mobile Detector, a WordPress plug-in installed on over 10,000 websites.

When I think about the Internet, I think about the General Motors bankruptcy of 2009. Okay, maybe it’s not the first thing that pops to mind. But there’s a lesson in it for builders of networks.

The Internet of Things will become a bigger connected-device category than smartphones in 2018, telco equipment maker Ericsson says in its latest report.

IoT devices are invading the enterprise, often by stealth.  Groups and departments are selecting devices such as door locks, air quality monitors, security and control systems which require connection to the enterprise WLAN and the Internet, but with no IT input into the purchase decision.  This creates headaches for the network engineer, but they are manageable:  a basic enterprise IoT management solution requires just a handful of functions.

Fred and Ginger, peanut butter and jelly, the Internet of Things (IoT) and... analytics?

Farmers looking for ways to increase their crop output are using more technology and relying a little less on intuition.

As a person who primarily focuses on the human aspects of security and implementing security awareness programs, people are surprised when I am neither upset nor surprised when there is an inevitable human failing. The reason is that I have come to the conclusion that most awareness programs are just very bad, and that like all security countermeasures, there will be an inevitable failing.

In the race to digitize the healthcare industry, providers, insurers and others in the multi-layered ecosystem have failed to take some of the most basic steps to protect consumers' sensitive health information, a senior government official is warning.

This week for our Raspberry Pi roundup, we check out a little bit of magic, check in on the competition and follow up on some exciting Android-related buzz.

We already knew the dates for WWDC, but now it's 100% official. Apple yesterday began sending out invitations to select media outlets confirming that its annual developers conference will kick off at 10 am Pacific Time at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on June 13.