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The upgrade cycle for PCs has slowed down drastically, now extending to nearly six years, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said on Wednesday.

Logitech's K400 Wireless Keyboard for internet-enabled TVs is designed to be compact, comfortable, quiet, and easy to use from the comfort of your couch. It features a familiar key layout and a large 3.5-inch touchpad. A 33-foot range makes for a trouble free connection even in large rooms, and its battery is strong, lasting up to a year and a half without needing a charge, even with 2 hours of typing per day. The keyboard averages 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon from over 860 customers (read reviews). Читать дальше...

The DualShock 4 Wireless Controller from Sony currently averages 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon from over 8,200 customers (read reviews). It's list price of $59.99 has been reduced by 25% to $45. The DualShock 4 features familiar PlayStation controls, with innovative new additions. A TouchPad located on the top of the controller offers gamers completely new ways to play and interact with games. An LED lightbar offers a simpler way to easily identify players and quickly see useful game information... Читать дальше...

The next version of Microsoft's SQL Server relational database management system is now available, and along with it comes a special offer designed specifically to woo Oracle customers.

A month after Microsoft ceded the No. 1 browser spot to rival Google, Internet Explorer (IE) and Edge hemorrhaged user share at an astounding rate, data released today showed.

Larry Wall, the original author of the Perl programming language, once said that great programmers have three virtues: Laziness, impatience and hubris.

Google is giving iPhone users another way to find their misplaced devices -- by searching the Web for it. 

Google is giving iPhone users another way to find their misplaced devices -- by searching the Web for it.

The digital transformation train may have already left the station, but for companies with legacy mainframe applications, it's not always clear how to get on board. On Wednesday, IBM announced an acquisition that could help.

The U.S. Federal Reserve, the nation's central bank, detected more than 50 cybersecurity breaches between 2011 and 2015, including a handful attributed to espionage.

Intel has doubled down on servers as it looks to shed its reliance on PCs, but the chip maker's ARM competitors are ready to challenge it.

PC maker Lenovo is recommending that users remove an application preloaded on their computers because it contains a high-severity flaw that could allow attackers to take over their systems.

As crowdfunding campaigns go, you can't do much better than New York-based Waverly Labs, which last week introduced a wireless earbud that acts as a real-time language translator between two people.

No one actually likes the preloaded bloatware that comes installed on new Windows PCs, but if your computer is an Asus, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Acer or Lenovo, then that crapware can could get you hacked. In some cases, it would take less than 10 minutes for an attacker to fully compromise your PC.

Microsoft has a shot at saving what remains of its smartphone strategy, but the pivot toward the enterprise must be quick, an analyst said today.

Enterprises using Microsoft's Office 365 have a new security product that they can use to better lock down their organizations -- for a price. 

Ever wonder what the black market price might be for an exploit of a previously unknown vulnerability that affects all Windows versions? The answer, according to a recent offer seen on a cybercrime forum, is $90,000.

Salesforce.com is moving beyond CRM and into e-commerce with the acquisition of cloud service provider Demandware.

I’ll make no secret that I believe mobile devices are the future of mass market computing, but even though PC’s are becoming trucks, I see no reason to leave those who need such heavy haulage behind.

Microsoft has opened up the platform behind its HoloLens augmented reality device, inviting partners to build their own products in different form factors and at different price points.

Late last Wednesday (May 25), LinkedIn casually sent a note to its customers that opened with one of the least-calming phrases possible: “You may have heard reports recently about a security issue involving LinkedIn.” It continued to say, in effect, “Let us now distort and misrepresent those reports to make us sound as good as possible.”  

Toyota is close to acquiring two robotics companies from Google, according to a report in Wednesday's Nikkei newspaper.

Many businesses either have implemented or claim to be implementing microservice architectures, for better or for worse. Microservice architectures give you strong module boundaries, independent deployment and independent scaling of lightweight pieces, isolation of concerns, and the opportunity to use whatever technology is appropriate for each small service. On the other hand, distributed systems inherently have higher latency and more opportunities for failure than monolithic systems, as well as higher operational complexity... Читать дальше...

The good news is that Google beat Oracle in the latest fight over the right of developers to use application programming interfaces (API). The bad news is that Oracle will appeal the decision.

Xiaomi and Microsoft get cozy. They’re announcing some sort of patent deal, which also sees Xiaomi pre-installing Microsoft Office and Skype onto its Android devices.