A seemingly constant stream of data breaches and this week's news that Russian hackers have amassed a database of 1.2 billion Internet credentials has many people asking: Isn't it time we dumped the user name and password? read more
A California judge has rejected the proposed settlement in a lawsuit over no-hire agreements among top Silicon Valley companies, saying the amount being offered to compensate workers is too low. read more
DigitalGlobe's WorldView 3 satellite, scheduled to launch next week, promises to bring unprecedented resolution to commercial satellite imagery. read more
DigitalGlobe's WorldView 3 satellite, scheduled to launch next week, promises to bring unprecedented resolution to commercial satellite imagery. …
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted Friday to require U.S. mobile carriers and many text-messaging apps to enable users to text emergency dispatch centers, even after questions about whether the centers will be ready by the deadline. read more
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted Friday to require U.S. mobile carriers and many text-messaging apps to enable users to text emergency dispatch centers, even after questions about whether the centers will be ready by the deadline. …
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Bahamas-based brokerage firm and its president for enabling a fraud that was halted when the SEC charged the hedge fund manager at the center of the scheme. The SEC alleges that Julian R. Brown and his firm Alliance Investment Management Limited (AIM) …
When you graduated from high school, you might have thought peer pressure was mostly over. …
Microsoft is giving customers 17 months to stop using older versions of Internet Explorer, including the most popular of them all, IE8. …
Most users turn to social media sites for entertainment and information, but for digital marketers social engagements represent a dynamic way to generate leads. Fostering leads, or potential customers, in social media is not as clear-cut or obvious as email, TV or print marketing, but there is enough history and …
Owners of Windows Phone 7 smartphones are apoplectic that Skype no longer works on their devices. read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against a New York-based brokerage firm and its founder for allegedly violating net capital requirements and falsifying books and records to conceal the capital deficiencies. The SEC’s Division of Enforcement alleges that Charles “Chuck” Moore and Crucible Capital Group attempted to disguise …
Scientists have found a way to cheaply and quickly build sophisticated robots that can automate their own design and assembly process. read more
Google has found a way to stretch a data warehouse across multiple data centers, using an architecture its engineers developed that could pave the way for much larger, more reliable and more responsive cloud-based analysis systems. read more
Google has found a way to stretch a data warehouse across multiple data centers, using an architecture its engineers developed that could pave the way for much larger, more reliable and more responsive cloud-based analysis systems. …
Gemalto plans to acquire SafeNet for US$890 million in a deal that would combine a big vendor of portable secure elements such as payment cards with a provider of enterprise data protection technology. read more
Woe be to the software vendor who aggravates the mental status of recent law school grads. read more
Woe be to the software vendor who aggravates the mental status of recent law school grads. …
As the Baby Boomer generation ages, and rural population grows, telemedicine is expected to take off this year as an alternative to traditional in-person physician visits. …
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission chairman's view of net neutrality rules and President Barack Obama's are not as different as some reports this week have suggested, the chairman said Friday. read more
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has named Thomas M. Piccone to lead the National Exam Program in the Denver Regional Office. Mr. Piccone joined the SEC’s Denver office staff in 1997 and ascended to become the assistant director for the office’s examination program overseeing investment advisers …
Some in the media think that Apple may be poised to rule the smartphone market again to the detriment of Android. Plus: Will Android Wear make people take wearables seriously? And Google released new Android L images. read more
Controversy rages around Debian Jessie's default desktop. Will it be GNOME or Xfce? Plus: How to pick the right desktop environment for your needs, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is coming to Linux. read more
Ubuntu's networking should work out of the box with NetworkManager, but sometimes things go wrong. Here's how to get back online. read more
Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank saw its profit dwindle dramatically in the April to June quarter as customer growth slowed. read more
A 'class action' suit against Facebook over its privacy policies was rejected by the commercial court of Vienna, and referred to the regional court in the same city, a commercial court spokesman said Friday. read more