IDG Contributor Network: Twitter’s biggest problem: They’ve done too little about online abuse
President-elect Donald Trump has quite a presence on Twitter with over 18 million followers. He tweets, companies scurry under the…
Why would anyone use Digital Crown on an iPhone?
There are claims Apple is considering bringing the Digital Crown over from the Apple Watch to the iPhone, but why…
2016: The tech year in cartoons
January: Microsoft gets aggressive with Windows 10 Image by John Klossner, © Computerworld As 2016 opened, Microsoft was trying to…
And you thought that stuff has no business purpose
This IT staffer sends out a message to everyone in the department: He and his fiancee have set a date…
Computerworld's top 10 stories this year
Here, in reverse order, are the 2016 Computerworld stories our readers flocked to most during the year. (Sorry, we can’t…
U.S imposes new sanctions on Russia over election hacking
The U.S. government has sanctioned Russia’s main two intelligence agencies, four military intelligence officers and is kicking out 35 Russian…
New year's resolution for IoT vendors: Treat LANs as hostile
In November, researchers from cybersecurity firm Invincea reported a vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to infect Belkin WeMo smart…
Changing other people's flight bookings is too easy
The travel booking systems used by millions of people every day are woefully insecure and lack modern authentication methods. This…
Why soft skills outweigh hard skills for IT-business collaboration
For most businesses, IT has traditionally operated separately from the rest of the business — employees knew to submit a…
Business critical, redefined
Flashback to the days when this IT pilot fish is a newbie programmer for a manufacturer — and he’s got…