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We have met the enemy and he is us Pogo's philosophical observation perfectly describes the way IT and security professionals view their end users' attitude toward data security.

There are two words I try to avoid connecting: "greatest" and"challenge." Clearly I've failed. I try to avoid this phrasebecause it reeks of hyperbole -- and yet here I am, typing it out inassociation with Apple's utterly mythical "iWatch." Still, the more I lookahead, the more I realize that Apple's greatestchallenge might be convincing a world t...

Lightworks is a professional-grade nonlinear video editor now available for Linux. It is a cross-platform editor from a well-known player in the media market, so this first-time Linux release could be a big thing.Lightworks version 11.5 for Linux was released late last month. It took the company nearly three years to get this product beyond beta, ...

Google last week debuted several trendy eyeglass frames for Glass, enabling the device to shed its dorky look while accommodating prescription lenses The more natural look means consumers likely will be more accepting of Glass once it becomes generally available -- assuming it also sports a price point more in line with most people's budgets.

Running a US$300 billion company is challenging for anyone, but it can be even more challenging when you have a tech titan looking over your shoulder That's the situation facing new CEO Satya Nadella, because just as he assumes Microsoft's helm, Bill Gates has decided to take on a new role in the affairs of the company he founded....

An amputee was able to feel sensations in a prosthetic hand temporarily wired to nerves in his upper arm Silvestro Micera, Ph.D., led a team of researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switerland and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Italy in testing the bionic hand prototype last year. Dennis Aabo Sorensen, a Danish man who lost...

Twitter on Wednesday announced Q4 2013 revenue of US$243 million, up 116 percent year over year, and a 30 percent YoY increase in average monthly active users Wall Street reacted by sending its share prices down 21 percent, and analysts promptly downgraded the company....

It looks like Google and European regulators have, at long last, reached a settlement to allay European Commission antitrust concerns Google has struck a deal with European competition regulators, and the agreement now awaits formal EC approval. Under the terms laid out, Google would have to swallow its stiffest-ever antitrust penalties, but it wou...

I get a kick out of reading the media coverage of news events in the wireless sector. Sometimes reporters understand what is happening -- sometimes they don't. AT&T Mobility just reduced the price of its Mobile Share Value Plan. Many wrote about it, but few really understood the issues involved This is more about a broad industry shift than a singl...

Cycloramic Pro by Egos Ventures is an iOS app available in the iTunes App Store for US$1.99....

I have written often about the connection between CRM and economics, almost as if one explains the other. While I still believe it in part, my thinking has evolved and become more nuanced over the last 15 years to the point that today I want to discuss my evolution Social science is for me the obvious metaphor for CRM, but which social science? Fo...

Minuum Keyboard is available in the Google Play store for US$1.99.

A new version of Google Maps for the iPhone and iPad hit the App Store Tuesday. Added to the app's repertoire is the ability to notify a driver when a faster alternative route is available When Google Maps' navigation feature is running, traffic conditions will be monitored by the app. When it determines that an alternative route can get you to you...

The European Commission has accepted Google's latest proposal to settle a probe of its practices pending agreement with the 125 companies and organizations that filed complaints against the Internet giant Google last week made its third settlement offer, following a warning from the Commission on Jan. 15 that it would take action if the issue were ...

Google is taking the fight to hackers by increasing the rewards it hands out to researchers who flag vulnerabilities in the company's products Its security reward program now covers additional services including Chrome browser apps and extensions that the company has developed and branded as "by Google."

Joining athletes and activists, AT&T has rebuked Russia's less-than-progressive stance on homosexuality ahead of this month's Sochi Winter Games AT&T, the U.S.'s second-largest wireless character, penned a blog post -- titled, "A Time for Pride and Equality" -- in which it declared its "pride in America and everything for which it stands." The comp...

Federal employees quickly have become strong adherents of mobile devices. In a recent survey, 90 percent of government employees said they used at least one mobile device -- laptop, smartphone or tablet -- for work purposes. However, the enthusiasm by federal workers for the use of mobile devices has not been matched by appropriate concerns for se...

Asus on Tuesday announced a new Chromebox device priced at just US$179, a full $150 less than the Samsung product that's currently its principal competition ...

Democratic members of Congress this week moved to replace by legislative means the Net neutrality rules that a court decision last month suddenly rendered defunct. Lawmakers introduced the Open Internet Preservation Act in both chambers. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals last month changed the telecom and data landscape by striking down Federal Co...

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday announced it would move forward with a plan that would make car-to-car communication mandatory among light vehicles, a measure that could lead to safer roads Vehicle-to-vehicle, or V2V, communication allows cars to share data including speeds and brake applications with nearby cars. That data can then...