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Gartner says spending on SD-WAN products will rise from $129 million in 2016 to $1.24 billion in 2020
"It's unlikely we see an iPhone 20," Munster says
Naked Neptune snagged by Facebook photo police
The thinner and smaller ThinkPad X1 Carbon laptop, X1 Tablet, and X1 Yoga 2-in-1 get upgraded to Intel Kaby Lake chips
Dell has Alienware, Acer has Predator and now Lenovo has Legion PCs for gamers
The Miix 720 is a 12-inch Windows tablet with Kaby Lake chips and a Thunderbolt 3 port
Dell's XPS 13 2-in-1 is priced at $999 and will ship this month
Here are 10 predictions for the year ahead in IT outsourcing.
A newly declassified report includes technical details of the attack
The prevalence of insecure default configurations for embedded devices suggests that vendors don't account for LAN-based threats
The security of online travel booking systems are stuck in the 1990s, according to security researchers
Find out how to respond to ransomware threats
The vulnerability could allow attackers execute arbitrary shell commands on web servers
Plans are to build a massive network of internet satellites with global coverage
Lenovo introduces ThinkPad Yoga 370, upgrades workhorse T-series, L-series and X-series laptops to Intel's Kaby Lake chips
The laptop will be one of the first PCs to run Intel's mysterious Optane memory
Bots, FPGAs, open source and organizational changes will have a big impact in the years to come
2017 could see further evil innovations of ransomware.
CEOs, board members need to bone up on cybersecurity and not leave those matters to CIOs, analyst says
After years of debate, the company's scaled-back wireless plan has been adopted
Conflicting reports paint a contrasting picture of Apple’s desktop support.
The iOS App Transport Security (ATS) will not become a requirement on Jan. 1, as previously announced
New reporting rules could make IT equipment leasing less attractive, but lessors may be more amenable to meet client demands or offer new value-added services to win over customers.
The kinds of tools that built one of the most remarkable AIs of the year are now available for any business to use
The move had been criticized as encroaching on the privacy of the visitors
The black market value of stolen medical records dropped dramatically this year
Annual Apple iTunes Connect shutdown starts on Friday, Dec. 23
The app routes requests through Google's servers to make it harder for governments to block them
This Andreesen Horowitz VC believes the cloud will be replaced by edge computing
The US Trade Representative says IP holders find it difficult to report fakes and get quick action
The companies are at odds over fair licensing of the H.264 video codec and other technologies
Chatbot onslaught, 5G hype machine on tap for 2017; plus looking back on 2016 predictions
How AllRecipes uses the cloud to power through the holiday cooking rush
Apple has refused to negotiate for licenses for the H.264 video codec and other Nokia technologies, the company alleges
Nmap 7.40 has new scripts that give IT administrators improved network mapping and port scanning capabilities
Now you can finally get an answer on those strange error codes
Systems with human-like intelligence still a good 20 years away, says White House CTO
According to this year’s data, global cybersecurity confidence fell six points over 2016 to earn an overall score of 70 percent.
Hacking groups with increasing scale and sophistication challenge every sized enterprise to defend themselves
The future of data transfers between the EU and US is uncertain, companies say
The product manager at Google says the company “must let the sun shine in”
The bipartisan panel advises Congress to look into using legal hacking methods to break into tech products
Tech vendors lay it on thick, are "impossibly sorry" for breaking your hearts and trust in 2016
A behind-the-scenes look at how the managed services company went private and its new managed cloud offerings
Are you one of those people who buys last minute and non-refundable airfares? SpareFare might be your savior.
BlackBerry reported another quarter of losses and declining revenue, but CEO John Chen says the company is turning the corner
Ransomware increasingly hits businesses, hospitals, public utilities, public transit systems and even police departments
