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Apple rebuts DOJ’s appeal in N.Y. meth dealer’s iPhone case

'Government has utterly failed to ... demonstrate that Apple's assistance is necessary' to crack security, company argues

By Gregg Keizer

Apr 18, 2016 4 mins

Apple Mobile Security Small and Medium Business

Microsoft sues US government over secret requests for user data

Indefinite gag orders are unconstitutional, the company argues

By Blair Frank

Apr 14, 2016 3 mins

Cloud Computing Microsoft

More than 43,000 sign petition against U.S. encryption-breaking bill

Senators shouldn't try to 'make encryption illegal,' the petition says

By Grant Gross

Apr 14, 2016 2 mins

Apple Security

Women in Computing group taps Princeton routing, SDN researcher as Athena Lecturer

Princeton engineering prof, computer science chair Jennifer Rexford honored

By Bob Brown

Apr 14, 2016 2 mins

AT&T IT Skills and Training Internet

Chrome abandons XP, Vista and older versions of OS X

With release of Chrome 50, Google follows through on last year's promise to drop support of older OSes

By Gregg Keizer

Apr 14, 2016 3 mins

Google Internet Small and Medium Business

Facebook’s React Native could succeed where other cross-platform frameworks have failed

Familiar JavaScript, 85 percent code reuse and an interface that users will accept make React Native a strong cross-platform alternative.

By Steven Patterson

Apr 14, 2016 4 mins

Facebook Mobile Apps Software Development

Mozilla explores radically different browser as Firefox leaks share

It's unclear whether a successor to, or replacement for, Firefox would use Mozilla's Gecko browser engine or switch to Chromium, Chrome's foundation

By Gregg Keizer

Apr 14, 2016 4 mins

Internet Mozilla Software Development

Techstars IoT Accelator in NYC open for applications

SAP, Verizon and others to mentor startups targeting the Internet of Things

By Bob Brown

Apr 13, 2016 2 mins

Internet of Things Small and Medium Business Verizon

Trade commission will review contentious Cisco-Arista patent dispute

International Trade Commission grants full review of patents in Cisco-Arista patent clash

By Michael Cooney

Apr 12, 2016 3 mins

Cisco Systems Data Center Networking

Zuckerberg teases Aries and Terragraph projects to expand data networks

The two technologies will be announced on Wednesday at the F8 conference in San Francisco.

By Martyn Williams

Apr 12, 2016 3 mins

Facebook Internet Telecommunications Industry