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Microsoft's open source programming language push reached a new milestone Monday, as the company announced the general availability of .NET Core and ASP.NET Core 1.0.

A hacker claims to have stolen close to 10 million patient records and is selling them for about $820,000.

Microsoft last month paid a California travel agent $10,000 after she won a judgment in small claims court by successfully arguing that an unauthorized upgrade to Windows 10 crippled her work PC.

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi are common in battery-powered sensor devices, but Qualcomm wants to also make LTE a common feature in such devices.

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise can't seem to settle down. Nine months after it separated from HP's PC and printer group and a month after it said it would spin off its enterprise services division, CEO Meg Whitman has announced yet more changes that will see CTO Martin Fink leave at the end of the year.

Red Hat on Monday rolled out a major new release to its JBoss Enterprise Application Platform that's designed to offer better support for containers and cloud-native applications.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has become the latest tech executive to have a social media account hacked, and the group responsible says more targets will follow.

A new ransomware program making the rounds uses a simple, yet effective technique to make user files inaccessible: Locking them in password-protected ZIP archives.

Google may soon be the target of a third set of charges from Europe's top antitrust authority, this time concerning the advertising services that generate the majority of its revenue.

The other day I heard about an interesting experiment to deliver highly targeted advertising to Japanese consumers.

If you're looking for alternatives to Windows laptops, there's a new incentive to consider Chromebooks: some of them can run Android apps.

Security teams handling Identity and access management (IAM) are hampered by dirty data and need management help from a chief data officer, according to a new report by TechVision Research.

The Nest learning thermostat learns from you and programs itself, so it is cooling and heating more efficiently and saving you money. Plus, it can be controlled from anywhere on earth through your mobile device. So coming home from vacation no longer means coming back to a blisteringly hot house. Nest claims that on average people save 10% to 15% on heating and cooling bills, so this is one of those products that aims to pay for itself. Nest also works with "Alexa". It averages 4.5 out of 5 stars... Читать дальше...

After repeated attacks, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has decided to retire a Web-based tool for obtaining PINs that taxpayers have used to file tax returns electronically.

In a big change of direction, Apple at WWDC announced plans to use differential privacy in iOS and macOS as a way in which it can collect useful data in order to securely provide its customers with data driven AI services. Why? What is it? And what is it for?

A hacker going by “thedarkoverlord” is reportedly selling 655,000 patient records on a dark web marketplace; he claims to have three separate healthcare databases which include patients’ full names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and more – data that could be used for identity theft and fraud.

There’s very little in this world that can’t generate data – anything that has measurable activity will do it. That includes nearly everything in the business environment, and organizations’ demand for that information is insatiable.

Although never mistaken for exciting and sexy technology, QR codes are functional and useful mechanisms. A tiny smudge-like box in the corner of a movie poster can deliver a five-minute preview or deep-link into a listing of local showtimes or even download the movie itself, for a hefty fee. Not bad for a souped-up barcode.

Google invented live-streaming video for the masses back in 2011.

It was presented as a feature of Google+, but was really all about YouTube. Called Hangouts On Air, the idea was to live-stream video with up to 10 participants. Unlike regular Hangouts, Hangouts On Air could turn a video chat into a public performance. Hangouts On Air streams could be instantly shared, meaning that you could share it while the video was in progress. After the live stream ended, the video was posted on YouTube for posterity. Читать дальше...

Intel is considering selling its security business as the company tries to focus on delivering chips for cloud computing and connected devices, according to a news report.

Did Google hit its head, black out and wake up thinking it's Apple?

Probably not, but let's back up a minute. Everyone knows the Android user experience varies from device to device based on each smartphone makers tweaks and customizations. And for years, Google has relied on Nexus devices, also built by outside handset manufacturers, to give Android users a smartphone experience closest to what Android envisioned when it built its software. 

However, according to new reports, that wasn't good enough. Читать дальше...

When cars left the starting line at Sonoma Raceway in California on Sunday for the start of the Toyota/Save Mart 350, they were taking part in the launch of a product designed to help NASCAR officials monitor and manage the 110-lap race.

Corporate mobile infrastructures continue to grow, with both company-issued and employee-owned devices playing a key role in supporting business processes. Enterprise mobility management (EMM) suites are often the way enterprises manage these increasingly complex environments.

Enterprise mobility management (EMM) helps companies secure their mobile infrastructure, as well as control device policies and manage mobile apps, content, networks and services. The platforms have been around for a while; some might know them as mobile device management (MDM) suites. But those suites have matured and adopted new features.

It's early December 1999, and this small manufacturing company in San Diego is finally getting around to asking about Y2k, according to a pilot fish who's called in to help.