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How data can be archived ‘eternally’

Forget ferrous hard drives and flash drives. 'Eternal,' glass-based memory using technology similar to Polaroid sunglasses filtering will allow digital copies to survive the human race, say researchers.

Xen’s latest hypervisor updates are missing some security patches

Versions 4.6.1 and 4.4.4 of the Xen hypervisor don't include the complete fixes for two known vulnerabilities

CIOs aren’t ready for Docker and container technology

Less than half of Fortune 500 CIOs surveyed said that their companies are using containers, suggesting that technology hasn’t gained steam in large enterprises. Why aren’t more IT executives embracing Docker and CoreOS?

Eye-opening optical research projects that could supercharge the Internet

Watson 2016?

The Watson 2016 Foundation wants you to vote for an AI to be POTUS

Federal agencies struggling with digital transformation, study says

A report says government departments want 'digital' but say they can't afford it. They know 'more digital is better,' yet they're feeling stumped about how to adopt it.

How to prepare IT workers for the impact of automation

What happens to technology professionals as artificially intelligent machines take over increasingly complex IT tasks?

Intel SSDs may get speed, capacity boost with new Micron chips

SSDs for PCs could reach capacities over 10TB with Micron's 3D NAND chips

Qualcomm hopes a gradual approach to server market will pay dividends

It's still early days for the ARM-based server chips