Let’s get serious about IoT security
No one doubts anymore that internet of things (IoT) devices pose a huge security threat, as a recent massive IoT-fueled DDoS…
IDG Contributor Network: Book review — The Book of R: A First Course in Programming and Statistics
by Tilman M. Davies, no starch press, 2016 You might not have ever heard of the programming language R but,…
IDG Contributor Network: MobileIron reconciles the mobile and desktop worlds
You’d be forgiven for assuming, given all the hype we hear about mobile devices, that laptops and (gasp) even desktops…
When will Apple put Siri on the Apple Store online?
Apple is going big on Siri, but it seems to be missing a trick, the unexplored potential of weaving support…
Samsung discontinues Galaxy Note7 after battery debacle
Samsung Electronics has discontinued production of its Galaxy Note7 smartphone, which has been plagued since its introduction in August by…
Old and in the way
It’s long been known that Silicon Valley has a monochromatic white-bro culture in which minorities and women are severely underrepresented.…
Samsung halts production of exploding Galaxy Note7s for good
It seems that creating an exploding smartphone was not a good business decision for Samsung. Not that the electronics giant did…
5 ways to better survey IT employees
To keep employees’ unhappiness from reaching a tipping point, companies are turning to more frequent surveys to gauge the mood…
Supreme Court will hear Samsung, Apple damages dispute on Tuesday
The U.S. Supreme Court is to hear arguments Tuesday in a closely watched dispute between Samsung Electronics and Apple on…
WikiLeaks dumps trove of another trove of Clinton campaign email
U.S. accusations that WikiLeaks is helping Russian hackers influence the upcoming election hasn’t stopped the controversial website from dumping emails,…