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5 things to remember during Tuesday’s hearing pitting Apple against the FBI

The hearing is likely the first of many in the FBI's efforts to force Apple to help it unlock a shooting suspect's iPhone

Cue another Silicon Valley CEO bowing out – Cumulus Networks sees a change

A sign of the times with VC backers getting antsy or simply a pragmatic reaction to organizational growth? Who knows?

What to expect from Windows 10 migrations

Process changes spurred by Windows 10 servicing model will test IT more than tech-related migration issues.

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and others publish new email security standard

The goal of the new SMTP Strict Transport Security mechanism is to ensure that encrypted email traffic is not vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks

Johns Hopkins team cracks iMessage photo, video encryption

iOS 9.3 being released today will fix it

Imagine having AT&T at your mercy

Survey finds most coders are self-taught

Self-taught and on-the-job training are the paths most taken.

Apple’s small iPhone strategy aims to reclaim stuck customers

Will expand portfolio with new 4-in. iPhone to boost sales during traditionally slow stretch

Should you outsource vendor management?

Outsourcing the management of outsourcers has been a controversial approach in the past, but the increased demands of IT service management may be too much for some IT groups to handle themselves.

27% of US office workers would sell their passwords

U.S. office workers at large companies would sell their work password to an outsider

Researchers find flaw in Apple’s iMessage, decrypt iCloud photo

Apple plans to patch the issue in iOS 9.3, due for release on Monday

iPhone 7 Rumor Rollup: “confirmed” design; Terminator time; and storage boost

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus designs circulate, while a possible big boost in storage opens eyes among Apple watchers

Boogio brings the IoT to your feet

Equipped with a load of sensors and computers, Boogio smart shoe inserts quantify your posture, balance, and motion

Edward Snowden: Privacy can’t depend on corporations standing up to the government

Service providers aren't to be trusted, Snowden says at Free Software Foundation's LibrePlanet event at MIT

Terbine tests marketplace for IoT data

There's a lot of data being generated by the Internet of Things and a startup called Terbine aims to connect IoT data sellers and buyers through a sophisticated online marketplace.

Technology exposes identity of Banksy

The identity of famous graffiti artist Banksy has been discovered by the technique of geographic profiling and the world is just a little less exciting

Former Acer CEO to lead Lenovo’s PC Group after operations shakeup

Lenovo's PC and Smart Devices Group will be led by Gianfranco Lanci, who led Acer through good and bad times

Microsoft extends open source push with developer productivity tools

A set of the Visual Studio Productivity Power Tools are now available on GitHub

Laid-off Abbott IT workers won’t have to train their replacements

But they're still losing jobs, despite Sen. Durbin’s call for company to reverse course

Here’s a look Inside Dell’s strategy for Linux PCs

Dell wants more Mac and Windows users to move to Linux with its Project Sputnik effort

Pwn2Own contest highlights renewed hacker focus on kernel issues

All Pwn2Own exploits this year achieved privilege escalation, mostly through OS kernel flaws

5 things you need to know about SSL

Here are the basics to help you understand this important technology

FBI warning puts car hacking on bigger radar screen

FBI warns consumers that wireless support and other systems in new cars make them vulnerable to cybersecurity troublemakers

How to watch the live stream of Apple’s “Loop you in” keynote on March 21 on Windows and Android

Don’t be left out of the “Loop you in” Apple keynote on March 21 2016 at 10 a.m. PDT just because you don’t have a Mac, iPhone or Windows 10.

Deutsche Telekom to boost security offering for European enterprises

Services from Zscaler and Zimperium will form part of a centralized security offering from Deutsche Telekom

New Stagefright exploit puts millions of Android devices at risk

Researchers continue to find problems in Android's multimedia library

Can’t have SDDC without SD-WAN: Nuage

One without the other doesn't software-define enterprise IT

FTC warns app developers against using audio monitoring software

A dozen developers appear to have packaged TV tracking software into their products, the agency says

Cisco’s acquisition of Synata brings search to Spark

IDC and Swiss watch makers announce big expectations for Android Wear

Samsung’s Flow bridges the gap between Android handsets and Windows devices

A new feature called Flow in the Galaxy TabPro S will allow users to log in to laptops through their smartphones

Alphabet plans analytics platform to help cities solve traffic problems

The system will get a real-world test in a major U.S. city

Why Dropbox dropped Amazon’s cloud

And what it means for the cloud market

Google’s Apple cloud coup

And why it could be a red herring for the cloud

Safari, Chrome and Flash Player hacked during first day at Pwn2Own, some of them twice

Hackers take home $282,500 on the contest's first day

Amazon Echo can be customized for specific commands, devices with this free tool

A new tool from UCI can help Alexa automate tasks at home via custom voice commands

NASA’s IG tells space agency to bolster space network security

NASA Inspector General says security deficiencies unnecessarily increase the network’s susceptibility to compromise

Attack campaign uses keylogger to hijack key business email accounts

Companies from 18 countries were targeted with the Olympic Vision keylogger, researchers warn

Are you drinking while tweeting? This algorithm can tell

Using machine learning, it can also figure out where you're imbibing

VMware fixes XSS flaws in vRealize for Linux

The stored XSS vulnerabilities in vRealize affected only some versions, but could result in code execution

Google pushes ahead with RCS messaging app to run on Android phones

RCS approach seen as universal messaging, similar to Apple iMessage

Steve Wozniak chimes in on the Apple/FBI debate

Apple said to move part of cloud business from AWS to Google

The move appears designed to let Apple have diverse suppliers

Lenovo demands Microsoft extend Skylake Windows 7 support

Support is to end in 15 months but Lenovo wants more time.

Networked streetlamps are lighting the way to smarter cities

A streetlight network from Huawei could play host to other IoT tools

DreamHost replaces VMware SDN with open source for big savings

OpenStack code developed by spin-out company nets 70% capex, 40% opex cuts

Air Force faces challenges managing drone force

GAO report outlines trials of running drone Air Force

This new discovery could put quantum computers within closer reach

Think of the approach as noise-canceling headphones for qubits

Attackers exploit Apple DRM weakness to infect non-jailbroken iOS devices

If a malicious app is published on the App Store once and then is removed, attackers can continue to infect devices with it through PC malware

Apple cites iPhone, Mac security problems in rebuttal to FBI demands

DOJ has 'fundamental misunderstanding' and 'reckless disregard' of security risks, Apple lawyers argue