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MapR Aims to Take SQL-on-Hadoop to Next Level

Seeking to eliminate the need to manage schemas and perform time-consuming ETL tasks on incoming data before exploring it, MapR is adding the Apache Drill distributed ANSI SQL query engine to its Hadoop distribution.

FCC gets record number of net neutrality comments, what now?

Subway to accept NFC payments starting in October

Micro Focus buying Novell, Suse Linux owner for $1.2 billion

Vendor Outreach Key to Unlocking Federal Cloud Market

Federal IT executives urge cloud service providers to offer agencies a glimpse of their roadmaps to help guide procurement strategies, which is often a byzantine process hampered by perpetual government tech talent shortages.

Researchers’ new app outs iPhone and Android phone energy hogs

UC Berkeley, University of Helsinki sniff out troublesome iPhone, Android apps via Carat

Apple issues third OS X Yosemite public beta

Possibly preps preview for use with iOS 8, which will ship Wednesday

IBM wants to replace the spreadsheet with Watson Analytics

Mail.Ru buys rest of Russia’s VKontakte, ending shareholder dispute

Infor plots move into cloud financials in strike against Workday

China’s Baidu partners with BMW on driverless car research

Cisco gains strength in next-gen firewalls via Sourcefire code

Integration of Sourcefire IPS and malware protection with Cisco ASA firewall has been sought by users

Today’s Security Hacks Are After More Than Bank Info

Customers cringe every time they hear about a bank, retail or healthcare hack that puts personal or financial data at risk. Today's hackers are after much more that credit card numbers, though -- and most firms are powerless to stop them.

Microsoft sets Windows 9 reveal for Sept. 30

If the company follows recent practice for major product news, it will be a publicly webcast event

Apple Watch under scrutiny for privacy by Connecticut attorney general

‘Tiny banker’ malware targets US financial institutions

Data loss detection tool mines the ephemeral world of ‘pastes’

Facebook open sources its mcrouter data-caching tool

Uber doubles down on shared rides, enacts permanent pricing cut for UberX

Brocade buys NFV mobile analytics assets

Vistapointe software virtualizes probes for mobile network operators

NFL collaboration software looks for a win with businesses

Yahoo slams new ‘digital will’ law, says users have privacy when they die

Samsung’s first open-source conference kicks off, with Tizen on its mind

Could Tizen finally be headed for a wider role?

FTC warns of using big data to exclude consumers

IBM cuts pay by 10% for workers picked for training

Salary cut draws employee ire; management calls it a 'co-investment in training'

PC confusion to linger on Intel’s quick jump to Skylake

Facebook’s TODO project is a big push to evolve the world of open source

Google wants to fly drones above New Mexico

Open-source project promises easy-to-use encryption for email, instant messaging and more

How Boston Children’s Hospital Hit Back at Anonymous

Hackers purportedly representing Anonymous hit Boston Children's Hospital with phishing and DDoS attacks this spring. The hospital fought back with vigilance, internal transparency and some old-fashioned sneakernet. That – and a little bit of luck –

A wireless router may someday charge your mobile devices

Energous’ RF charging router can be embedded in any object, so it's out of sight and mind

Microsoft buys Minecraft maker Mojang for $2.5 billion

7 reasons Apple should open-source Swift — and 7 reasons it won’t

Federal CIOs Must Reframe Security Around Data, Access

An ambitious government IT push toward cloud, mobile and shared services stokes concerns about security challenges from insider threats and disappearing network boundaries.

Netflix will launch on French telco’s set-top boxes

Google debuts first low-cost Android One phones in India

Sprint, Windstream traffic routing errors hijacked other ISPs

Oracle to acquire content storage management company Front Porch Digital

California regulators say Uber, Lyft and Sidecar’s car-pool services are illegal

Apple bungles iPhone 6 pre-orders

Online store unavailable, supplies of the iPhone 6 Plus quickly vanish

Google RSS death creates $1.3M business

VMware and Cisco patch vulnerabilities in data-center gear and software

10 years in tech: The crazy cellphone ideas of 2004

Skype version for broadcasters released to manufacturers

Google offers $100,000 cloud credit for startups

Harvard’s CompSci intro course boasts record-breaking enrollment

CS50 enrollment blows by Economics at Harvard as CompSci earning potential wins converts

Microsoft urges African authorities to combat counterfeit phone imports

Kenya takes lead in booming African mobile money market

Google acquires online survey specialist Polar

Swedish ISP urges European Commission to end ‘illegal data retention’