Municipal broadband just lost a big fight in court
Some city-funded broadband networks may be in trouble after a U.S. appeals court struck down Federal Communications Commission rules that prohibited states…
Chrome to make Flash mostly-dead in early December
Google yesterday set an early December deadline for purging most Flash content from its Chrome browser, adding that it will…
IDG Contributor Network: Why the new President Obama chatbot on Facebook Messenger is so alarming
This is going to get interesting. President Obama — ostensibly through The White House and his administration and staff, natch…
Disable WPAD now or have your accounts and private data compromised
The Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD), enabled by default on Windows and supported by other operating systems, can expose computer…
IDG Contributor Network: IT asset management: How to be efficient
Business leaders will tell you that overseeing a company is undoubtedly risky. But there are ways to mitigate risk. IT…
Box announces new 'zones' in Canada and Australia
Box has made no secret of its global ambitions, and on Wednesday it advanced them another step by announcing two…
Microsoft patches 27 flaws in Windows, Office, IE and Edge
Microsoft released another batch of security patches Tuesday, fixing 27 vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer and its new…
IDG Contributor Network: August Patch Tuesday 2016 — Microsoft releases 5 critical updates
This August Patch Tuesday from Microsoft brings a relatively light series of updates, with five rated as critical and the…
Thugs developing cat-themed ransomware for Androids and Hitler ransomware for PCs
What do a cute cat and Hitler have in common? Both are featured in ransomware; Hitler targets PCs and the…
Thoughts on Apple’s MacBook Pro touchscreen plan
Putting a little more iOS in macOS, Apple intends introducing a MacBook Pro equipped with a responsive OLED function control…