IDG Contributor Network: Another consumer fights back against Windows 10 pushiness and wins
Microsoft’s overly aggressive efforts to get people to migrate to Windows 10 are well-documented. The company pushed people way too…
Ransomware-fighting coalition adds members and decryption tools
The No More Ransom project, a coalition of law enforcement and security companies, has expanded with 30 new members and…
IDG Contributor Network: Technology needs to get out of its own way
Complexity is bad. Simplicity is good. We live in an age of diminishing returns with respect to business worker output.…
Apple just made a compelling case for HomeKit in iOS 10.2
While it is fair to say it took a little longer than expected to get off the ground, Apple’s Home…
IDG Contributor Network: Instart Logic wants to offer Facebook’s ad-blocker-blocker to everyone
So. Facebook’s Q3 earnings call showed that there self-declared Jihad on ad blockers seemed to be working and the social…
NASA installs VPN to protect Deep Space Network
AT&T will help NASA beef up its Deep Space Network by providing a high-speed VPN to connect giant radio antennas…
16 Android tips and tricks you shouldn't miss from 2016
Writing about mobile technology gives me the opportunity to think through some pretty fascinating stuff. Here in the world of…
FCC Chairman Wheeler to step down in January
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler will step down on Jan. 20, clearing the way for President-elect Donald Trump…
Nokia to buy network analytics vendor Deepfield to fight DDoS attacks
Cloud providers and large enterprises don’t know enough about what’s going on in their networks, according to Nokia. The networking…
Privacy protections for wearable devices are weak, study says
The rapidly expanding wearable device market raises serious privacy concerns, as some device makers collect a massive amount of personal…