Sony targets IoT with acquisition of chip company Altair
Sony has reached an agreement to acquire chip company Altair Semiconductor for $212 million in a bid to strengthen its…
Marvin Minsky, A.I. pioneer and Turing award winner, dies at 88
Marvin Minsky, a professor emeritus at MIT who pioneered the exploration of the mind and its replication in a computer,…
Update: BlackBerry Priv is now available on T-Mobile
Update, January 26: The BlackBerry Priv is now on sale on T-Mobile. Going for a full retail price of $720, the…
Global public cloud market expected to hit $204B in 2016
The worldwide market for public cloud systems is projected to hit $204 billion this year, a 16.5% increase over the…
How IT staffers keep pace at fast-growing organizations
In the past five years, Darren Tedesco’s IT staff has grown from about 100 employees to 250 today. And while…
Report: Amazon looking to create a Nexus-like partnership with OEMs
Amazon is trying to cut a deal with major Android OEMs to get its software on your next smartphone. Amazon…
Does anyone really want the government deciding encryption policy?
Security and privacy debates are highly nuanced, allowing for much interpretation, balancing acts and differences of opinion. For that reason,…
Good thing IT is rolling in extra budget, right?
This company gets virtually all of its desktop-computer equipment from a local office supply store, reports a pilot fish in…
BlackBerry Priv now available from T-Mobile
If you’ve been waiting for T-Mobile to launch the BlackBerry Priv, your wait is now over. As announced previously, the…
LG posts narrower loss, sold 60 million handsets last year
LG has announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the full year for 2015 and it’s a bit…