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The project would have allowed users to customize phones on the fly
HPE is said to be talking to private equity firms for the sale
Plus, Nougat, Docker, and some extra competition in this edition of Raspberry Pi roundup.
Desertions from IE continue unabated
IDC says buyers are waiting for iPhone 7
Smartphones, ATMs and autos envisioned as prime candidates for iris scan tech as ID verification
Downturn in August smaller than expected; may signal start of enterprise migrations
Microsoft promises enterprise-grade security and management capabilities for subscribers
Attackers exploit Redis configurations to add an unauthorized SSH key for the root account
Lazar reportedly hacked a member of the Bush family and a former secretary of state
VMware hopes NSX will be the central platform for managing public clouds from Amazon, Microsoft and Google
Guccifer hacked former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell as well as a the daughter of former President George H.W. Bush but lied about hacking into Hillary Clinton's email server
This handheld gimbal will steady shakes in smartphone video
Keezel's crowdfunded Wi-Fi VPN device is almost ready to ship
Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Oddello Industries plan system that will recycle hard drives for rare earth material
Toshiba is showing a prototype smartphone backup station and a new SSD at IFA
Detachables will help drive a revival in sales
Network World cobbles together map of government open source laws
New smartphones unveiled by the company at the IFA tradeshow on Thursday feature tried and trusted technologies
The software will be released on GitHub on Sept. 30
Fresh leaks could confirm Apple's plan to jilt 3.5mm headphone jack, double up on storage
Features can be added to HP's Elite Slice mini-PC by snapping on modules
Data scientists are in line for the biggest pay hikes among data/data administration pros
Stolen Dropbox data on 68 million user accounts has begun leaking on the internet
Delivery Optimization has been active in Windows 10 since November 2015, but until now previews have been exempt
Despite the furor over Hillary Clinton's erased email server, BleachBit seems to be having fun
The new feature is supposed to speed up the process of downloading updates on unreliable networks
Lenovo will release a Chromebook and a line of 2-in-1 Yoga Books with a touch panel instead of a hard keyboard
Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise, OpenSUSE Leap 42.2 just hit beta
Pinch and zoom to your heart's content on Instagram if you have an iPhone or iPad
SAP BW/4HANA is a new data warehouse service for the real-time enterprise, designed for both on-premises and cloud deployments.
The social networking company has created a 360 degree video stabilization algorithm
Guinness says the tool is largest solid 3D printed item
Aryaka’s SD-WAN helps Audmedix provide fast and stable connections between U.S. doctors and globally distributed scribes who document patient health records
Making the Z-Wave interoperability layer public could make smart homes easier to set up
Ransomware is becoming a huge and very expensive problem. What can you do right now to lessen your chances of being the next victim?
The BeoSound multiroom speaker system will play music from Apple, Google, Spotify, Deezer and your phone.
The classic way of building a data warehouse is no longer viable, one executive said
This summer's outages at Delta and Southwest have much to teach all of us in IT
The company said the compromise was related to a security incident in 2012
The company has also updated its provisioning software to manage privileges as an employee's roles change
SDN across Amazon, Azure and Google clouds
Meanwhile, a court battle over net neutrality is ongoing in the United States
VMware looks to position NSX as cross-cloud manager
The US defense research agency is funding research for sensors and intelligent systems that could help extract information, even from unconnected devices
Testing out Totalee iPhone cases, Strike hands-free car cradle while on the road
EU ruling not fair to U.S. taxpayers, says Obama administration
VMware’s brand, install base and cult-like following from its engineers give it a real shot at being a hybrid cloud enabler, but it needs to work faster
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