Markets

Spam doesn’t lie: American consumers desert PCs for most mundane chore

Two-thirds of 'brand marketing messages' were opened in Q4 on a smartphone or tablet as another task flees the personal computer

Scientists take ‘significant step’ in search for antimatter

Hunt for critical, yet long elusive, anti-particle may be picking up speed, say CERN researchers

Ford enlists MIT, Stanford to drive automated cars

MIT is working on developing an algorithm to avoid pedestrians and other cars by figuring out where they will be in the future

Wearables, connected homes to spur surge in data sharing by 2017, Gartner says

Wearables and 'smart' appliances are driving the trend

Wearable Tech Offers Promise (and Potential Peril) for the Enterprise

Consumer Watchdog files Google+ complaint with FTC

A planned merger of Google+ and Gmail contact lists will allow unsolicited email, the group says

Some Tor exit nodes attempt to spy on encrypted traffic, researchers find

19 Tor exit relays used self-signed certificates to launch man-in-the-middle attacks against HTTPS and SSH connections

$15B market for “live” SDN by 2018

$30B total potential market for service provider deployments, says ACG

VMware acquires AirWatch to boost mobile device, application management

The company accelerates its client computing push with the addition of AirWatch's tools

4G Data Service in Cars Offers Amazing Potential, Familiar Challenges