IDG Contributor Network: The IoT: Where we are, and where we're heading
I’m often asked, “When will the Internet of Things materially impact me or my organization?” Given the enormous amount of…
Farewell, Tom Perkins, the VC’s VC
Tom Perkins, co-founder of Kleiner-Perkins, has died. He was 84. Since the early 1970s, he’d been responsible for much of…
IDG Contributor Network: NRF's attack on PCI is strong on theory, weak on specifics
In a letter to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), lawyers for the National Retail Federation (NRF) tried to take…
Twitter locks some accounts after passwords exposed
Twitter said it had locked down and called for a password reset of some accounts after an unconfirmed claim of…
New Mozilla fund will pay for security audits of open-source code
A new Mozilla fund, called Secure Open Source, aims to provide security audits of open-source code, following the discovery of…
Review: New Matter’s MOD-t 3D printer is ingeniously simple
In a consumer market filled with entry-level 3D printers, startup New Matter was able to garner nearly twice its crowdfunding…
How to combat recent college grads' lack of security awareness
Welcome to the working world Image by Thinkstock New graduates aren’t just bringing their skills and experience to the workplace…
Why we love users, on-the-wrong-track edition
IT consultant pilot fish gets a message from a longtime client: An employee whose workplace is in the big downtown…
Highly Rated, Dramatically Discounted Adapters – Deal Alert
Logitech Bluetooth Audio Adapter for Bluetooth Streaming Take just about any traditional set of speakers and make them Bluetooth enabled…
Google's Larry Page may be working on flying cars
Google’s Larry Page is reportedly investing $100 million in trying to build flying cars. Page, Google co-founder and CEO of…