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Microsoft’s deal with Xiaomi over Windows 10 raises eyebrows

Corporate culture hinders cyber insurance buy-in

Homeland Security officials working to promote cyber insurance cautions that security issues are too often marginalized within the IT department rather being incorporated into the larger enterprise risk management framework.

US gov’t wants HTTPS on its publicly-accessible sites within two years

Xiaomi users to test Windows 10 ahead of summer launch

Premera, Anthem data breaches linked by similar hacking tactics

Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to FREAK attacks

Google Cloud and a Chromebook might be your next contact center

Premera Blue Cross says data breach may affect 11 million customers

Ellison swings at Salesforce as Oracle’s growth sputters

Hackers compromise 1.8 million medical records from healthcare provider Premera

Attackers had more than nine months undetected to do their dirty work

Facebook brings payments to Messenger app

Does Juniper have too many SDNs?

Last week's product launch extends range of controllers and data center fabrics

Red Hat formulates a plan for building enterprise mobile apps

Nvidia unveils $10,000 autonomous driving computer

Twitter adds tool to report tweets to the police

Microsoft wants to kill passwords with biometric authentication in Windows 10

5G faces technical, political hurdles on the way to offering multigigabit speeds

Dropbox for Business gets two new collaboration tools

Windows 10 embraces iris scans, facial recognition

Windows Hello authenticates without passwords but requires special cameras to use access all features

Facebook query software crawls data mountains more quickly

Survey: Users hate lack of privacy controls on Internet

However, most people think they are good at staying private online

IBM puts a price on its Twitter analytics service

Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce top Forrester cloud platform list

How to find the right cloud platform for your app developers

Yes, I still have an answering machine

Social Security: Where’d all the 112 year-olds come from?

Death is a complex records problem; Government-wide, improper payment estimates totaled $124.7 billion in fiscal year 2014

It’s a smartphone world, everyone else just lives in it

Recent IDC market projections for PCs and tablets make it clearer than ever that the smartphone revolution is now the primary driver of technology adoption.

S. Korea probes Uber employees for breaking transport laws

Can software-based POS encryption improve PCI compliance?

Some vendors are urging the PCI Council to consider approving software-based point-to-point encryption

Microsoft blacklists fraudulently issued SSL certificate

Unify adds connectors, features, Android app to its unified comms service Circuit

Adobe launches Document Cloud with touch-enabled Acrobat DC

Researchers find same RSA encryption key used 28,000 times

With new specification, run one application across devices

What, me worry? Despite Snowden leaks, Americans’ use of the ‘Net largely unchanged

Intel doesn’t want Curie wearable computer making fashion statements

BlackBerry teams with Samsung on locked-down, high-priced tablet

BlackBerry announced SecuTABLET, a pricey new tablet PC built with Samsung hardware and the Android OS that’s designed for public sector and government use.

VMware opens up on Cisco

Shoots down claims in blog, open sources NSX's STT

Networking’s open at last. Now what?

Apple Watch app development pales in comparison to Android Wear

With limited app development resources available, it seems very likely that the Apple Watch will be upgraded within the next six to nine months.

USB-C: What you need to know about Apple’s newest port

Apple's new Retina MacBook comes with just one port – USB-C. Here's what you need to know about it and why it's important.

Microsoft beefs up Office 365’s Delve, aims to complete its rollout by May

Oracle introduces big data-infused marketing services

EU Parliamentarians visit U.S. to talk data protection, mass surveillance

Understanding mood is the next task for the Internet of Things

Vocal intonation, a kind of vocal pitch, can be used to find out what you really think of things. And could be the next step in the Internet of Things.

Microsoft reportedly porting Cortana to Android, iOS

Whether it's a better assistant than Siri won't be relevant to many users.

Yahoo’s new on-demand password system is no replacement for two-factor authentication

SAP and Deutsche Telekom join forces to connect machines

Is VMware’s ESXi illegal in the cloud?

The implications of the lawsuit in Germany charging VMware with copyright infractions.

Why workers want self-service IT

A combination of consumer tech that’s as powerful as it is cool, cloud services with free versions, and IT departments that are perceived as slow-moving is leading workers to look to roll their own tech solutions, according a Harris Poll survey.

Feds look to developers to improve big data, open source projects

Technology officials look to enrich the value of large datasets by collaborating on open source projects with developer community.