IDG Contributor Network: Is antivirus software dead at last?
The debate about whether antivirus software is still useful has been going on for a few years now. This technology…
Supreme Court kills $399M patent award against Samsung in Apple case
The U.S. Supreme Court has invalidated a $399 million infringement award against Samsung Electronics in a long-running design patent dispute…
Grammy Nominations: Surprise-Release Streaming Albums Are Taking Over
Nominees Beyoncé, Drake, and Chance the Rapper all had non-traditional releases for their albums. The post Grammy Nominations: Surprise-Release Streaming…
A Data Engineer's Guide To Non-Traditional Data Storages
Toptal With the rise of big data and data science, storage and retrieval have become a critical pipeline component for…
App developers not ready for stricter iOS security requirements
A month before Apple is expected to enforce stricter security requirements for app communications in iOS, enterprise developers don’t seem…
Say goodbye to the MS-DOS command prompt
My very first technology article, back in 1987, was about MS-DOS 3.30. Almost 30 years later, I’m still writing, but…
Snooper’s Charter: What you need to know about the UK’s new surveillance laws
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016, known colloquially as the Snooper’s Charter, is the UK’s new surveillance scheme which grants more…
Apple AI researchers gagged no more, now allowed to publish and confer with colleagues
After years of silence from Apple’s researchers over fear of losing commercial intellectual property, the company is now allowing employees…
Only Amazon Could Make a Checkout-Free Grocery Store a Reality
Amazon’s launched a physical grocery store with no checkout process. It looks like the future of retail—but it’s still Amazon…
Cisco Meraki sees the hotel of the future in its new Wi-Fi gear
The days when hotel Wi-Fi just connected travelers to the Internet are going away. Now it can be part of…