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…
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…
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…
GoDaddy offers $1.8B for Host Europe
U.S. web-hosting giant GoDaddy has agreed to buy German company Host Europe Group in a move that will take the…
New study on holiday wearables sales gives Apple Watch dominant revenue lead
A new research study has determined that not only did Apple garner nearly half of the online revenue generated, but…