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The language has climbed to 16th place in Tiobe index and could claim Programming Language of the Year honors
Justices appear to question why an award should be based on the total profits on infringing Samsung devices
Symantec guesses that hackers have hit about 100 organizations
The Gen-Z architecture will pave the way for a new class of hybrid memory and storage to be installed in computers
More mobile services will start sharing spectrum, so your speeds could vary more
MIT-CHIEF Annual Conference features speakers from academia, industry
Researchers warn about the use of standardized or hard-coded primes in existing cryptosystems
There’s no rest for this fast-moving and rapidly growing monitoring company
NASA chief, President Barak Obama tout Mars mission ideas
Facebook already owns consumer social networking, and with its new Workplace service, it’s clear it wants the enterprise, too. The new offering will feel familiar to Facebook users but will also remain separate from company's consumer platform.
Having built out the U.S., Microsoft turns its sights to Europe—the next big cloud battleground
Elaborates on how this month's Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 updates will be packaged and delivered
Problems worsened for Samsung after reports that even replacement Note7 phones were catching fire
Usually someone must suffer injury for a company to be held liable in a security breach. Now, a breach alone is enough.
Large sections of the tech industry are backing Samsung
UK ministers have reportedly been barred from wearing the Apple Watch in sensitive meetings
The two CAs will be separated and their CEO will be replaced
Reports of problems with replacement Galaxy Note7 smartphones are on the increase
A Republican lawmaker will propose legislation to go after the country's cyber criminals
The US alleges that the Russian government compromised the emails of officials and institutions
iOS and macOS will recover in 2017, but Windows will struggle to post gains
Torvalds has an affinity for x86 because of the infrastructure and ecosystem
Focus needs to be on citizen needs, info-sharing
Report says Verizon wants $1 billion off $4.8 billion deal
Nexedi says Apple's insistence that apps use its version of the WebKit rendering engine means some HTML5 functions won't work on iOS
Customer of offshore outsourcing provider Cognizant should be diligent in response to the abrupt departure of the company’s president and revelations of an ongoing corruption probe.
The technology underlying IBM's AI has evolved considerably over the years
For IBM's 'cognitive' AI, Jeopardy was just the beginning
Year after year, IBM's AI has broadened its reach
Shodan is a search engine that looks for internet-connected devices. This summer, it was also used by security researchers and law enforcement to shut down a ransomware botnet
Reserved Instances are getting more flexible, and there are new GPU instances in town
The recent arrest of a former NSA contractor is just the latest high-profile example
The new LiveMessage service helps with automated and human-based support
The new release also promises better resiliency and security
But growth will be slow and only affect thin and light devices
Will this smart home device amass even more personal info about you?
NDN Hackathon to be held in November in Colorado
It's unclear if the new peripherals will replace current products or if these will be just for Surface computers
Billowing smoke from apparent Note7 replacement unit caused Southwest jet evacuation
Support for enterprise software and services covered by 'Modern Lifecycle' can be terminated with 12 months' notice
The companies will also work to strengthen AT&T’s NetBond VPN connections to AWS
The regulations would require ISPs to get customer permission to use and share browsing histories and other personal information
Comcast plans to deploy LoRa low-power networks for small IoT devices
Colin Doherty takes reins at Dyn as company pushes to help enterprises navigate move to the cloud
Age discrimination lawsuit against Google gets collective action status
CEO Marc Benioff calls it ‘AI for everyone’—but only time will tell how useful the artificial intelligence feature really is
Scanning all users' incoming email would be far beyond what is acceptable, one said
There was general agreement at this week’s Cambridge Cyber Summit at MIT that it is imperative to find a balance between the often-competing needs of national security and individual privacy. But there was no agreement on what that balance would look
