IDG Contributor Network: 5 critical updates for October Patch Tuesday
October’s change of season brings a fundamental change to how Microsoft presents and delivers updates to Windows 7 and 8.x…
Google, IBM, and others team up to hasten data transfers in computers
Computational workloads are growing, and processors, memory and storage are getting faster at a blazing pace. But emerging technologies could…
The Note7 will cost Samsung another $3 billion in profit
The fallout from the Note7 debacle, expected to take a big chunk out of Samsung’s third-quarter profit, will keep hurting…
HP to cut up to 4,000 jobs in next three years
HP Inc. is cutting between 3,000 to 4,000 jobs over the next three years as part of a restructuring plan…
Facebook gets bigger with casting to TV
If there is one thing we all can agree on, it is that Facebook just wasn’t big enough before. Well,…
University IT employees fighting for jobs question security
Data security is a simmering issue in offshore outsourcing. The offshore workers who staff help desks, call centers and manage…
31% off SanDisk Ultra Fit 128GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive – Deal Alert
From a global leader in flash memory technology, the SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Flash Drive is an ultra-small, low-profile…
Obama touts tech R&D, fist bumps man with mind-controlled robotic arm
President Barack Obama on Thursday shook hands and fist bumped with a paralyzed man who was using a mind-controlled robotic…
Review: The da Vinci Mini leads as a low-cost 3D printer
Each time a consumer-grade 3D printer crosses my desktop, I mentally cross my fingers, hoping it will be a really…
What was on YOUR mind the morning of your wedding?
It’s a few years back, and this programmer pilot fish has two things on his mind: his upcoming wedding and…