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The U.S. government is in the process of hiring a small army of information technology specialists to bolster its efforts to protect data held at federal agencies from cybersecurity threats. The federal government hired 3,000 new cybersecurity and IT professionals in the first six months of the current fiscal year. In addition, the government is "...

Microsoft is poised to roll out its Windows 10 Anniversary Update on Tuesday The free update includes two security innovations for individual customers: Windows Hello for apps and websites; and Windows Defender.

With an eye on its future, Uber last week announced it was increasing its investment in mapping "The ongoing need for maps tailored to the Uber experience is why we're doubling down on our investment in mapping," said Brian McClendon, Uber's vice president of advanced technologies and former vice president of Google Maps....

Tesla Motors on Monday announced that it has reached an agreement to purchase SolarCity. The deal could create the world's first vertically integrated sustainable energy company. The merger would drive efforts to develop rooftop solar systems, and better storage batteries for homes and businesses, as well as electric vehicles. It would, in essence...

Apple last week reported earnings, and with the exception of a strong showing from the iPad Pro, the key financial metrics were all down -- and for the third quarter running. So what's wrong with Apple? The company had been growing alarmingly well until last year, but growth suddenly has become elusive. It isn't going out of business, but it a...

Sales of the iPhone for the current quarter may be down, but sales for the decade are up, way up Apple last week announced that it had sold its billionth iPhone, a historic feat for a consumer electronics product from a single vendor....

The campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is the latest possible victim of a series of hack attacks some cybersecurity experts have linked to the Russian government, according to press reports Friday Campaign officials acknowledged that an analytics program it uses, which is maintained by the DNC, was accessed in a breach disc...

A vulnerability in inexpensive wireless keyboards lets hackers steal private data, Bastille reported this week The vulnerability lets hackers use a new attack the firm dubbed "KeySniffer" to eavesdrop on and capture every keystroke typed from up to 250 feet away....

This is the third post in a four-part series on modern approaches to improving customer loyalty through customer engagement. The 4 Fundamental Attributes of Customer Loyalty, Part 1...

There seem to be warning stickers for everything. There may soon be a new sticker for the autonomous car era: "Warning: Self-Driving Cars Get Hacked." Despite all the positive news about self-driving cars, there is a darker side to this story that's very important. It's one that can be particularly frightening if you happen to be riding in an autonomous car when it gets hacked...

The Solus Project version 1.2, released last month, shows considerable maturity in the homegrown Budgie desktop....

Oracle has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NetSuite -- the company its former chief marketing officer, Zach Nelson, cofounded in 1998 -- for US$9.3 billion NetSuite offers various software packages as cloud-based services, including ERP, accounting, CRM and sales force automation....

Ransomware has become a scourge on the Internet -- but two information security companies, along with a pair of law enforcement agencies, this week launched an initiative to do something about it No More Ransom is the centerpiece of a collaborative effort involving Kapersky Lab, Intel Security, the Dutch National Police and Europol. The new porta...

Apple on Tuesday reported lower earnings in the third-quarter as the global saturation of smartphones continued to put pressure on its core iPhone business. However, officials remained upbeat. The company reported stronger-than-expected metrics and has been able to grow its software and services business while expanding into key overseas markets Ap...

Xiaomi on Wednesday unveiled the Mi Notebook Air, its challenger to the MacBook Air The 13.3-inch model is priced at US$750, compared to the MacBook Air's $1,050 price tag in China. The device is also available in a 12.5-inch version.

BlackBerry on Tuesday made a play for security-conscious Android users with the announcement of its new DTEK50 Running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and BlackBerry security software, the new unit is the "most secure Android smartphone" in the world, the company claimed....

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a slew of cloud-powered intelligent services in Office 365 apps that aim to assist research and writing efforts Researcher lets users access the Bing Knowledge Graph to find and incorporate sources and content for research papers without leaving Word....

Nintendo shares fell sharply in Tokyo on Wednesday, following its release of a first-quarter earnings report that disappointed analyst expectations. The company reported a drop of 31 percent in net sales and an operating loss of about US$48 million, which it attributed to growing strength in the Japanese yen but which likely had more to do with di...

Christopher Cabrera is founder and CEO of Xactly In this exclusive interview, CRM Buyer discusses with Cabrera some of the changes and challenges affecting CRM users....

Google on Tuesday released an updated version of its Phone app for Android with a new spam protection feature that warns users when an incoming call is likely to be spam. It also lets them block numbers and report spam The app is available on Google Play....