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Some people worry that someday a robot – or a collective of robots – will turn on humans and physically hurt or plot against us.

Although ancient Romans and semi-modern Victorians differed greatly in their attitudes toward things such as morality and public behavior, they were precisely aligned in how they thought about travel: It was a good thing. In both cultures, travel was considered a critical ingredient of one’s personal and professional identity. Travel accelerated learning and expanded the mind. To be untraveled was considered to be akin to being uneducated.

Presenting information in a visual way is not a novel concept. But best practices -- such as the use of the x-axis to display a trend over time, for example -- were once novel ideas. Rewind to the 18th century and a combination of creativity, passion and teamwork led to the birth of the x-axis.

Some Mac owners today faced error messages or applications that balked when launched in a repeat of the November 2015 expired-digital-certificate issue.

The Xen Project released new versions of its virtual machine hypervisor, but forgot to fully include two security patches that had been previously made available.

I love my mom. She's a smart, caring, and creative woman -- and c'mon: She obviously did a killer job at the whole "raising me" thing.

Seagate Technology today announced it is shipping the first 2TB, 7mm-high hard disk drive (HDD) — the Seagate Mobile HDD.

If you want the convenience of a smart home and (for the present, at least) the kind of end-to-end encryption security Apple provides, preventing prying eyes from peeking into your business, Elgato today introduced an affordable way to put intelligence inside your home.

Apple has launched a cable replacement plan for defective USB-C cables bundled with its pricey Retina MacBook.

Deep-voiced announcer, with a touch of menace in his tone: Next week on CSI: Cyber, the team heads to the RSA Conference to appear on a keynote panel before an audience of enraged cybersecurity professionals. Some have attended the session just for the chance to be infuriated. Some are only there for the free ice cream. Will the team get out alive?

Days before its official unveiling at Mobile World Congress on Feb. 21, an online Samsung video shows water-resistant and wireless charging features of the next-generation flagship Galaxy S7 Edge, the sister of the Galaxy S7 smartphone running Android.

Stopping the armchair IT folks

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What do complex IT policies, outdated software and lack of IT-supported services have in common? They all contribute to shadow IT, which occurs when employees circumvent procedures to use unapproved services and software. The last thing employees want to do when working on a project is check in with the IT department, so how can IT provide employees with necessary resources so shadow IT is no longer an issue? These InfoSec professionals share... Читать дальше...

These days, you might get passed up for plum jobs in enterprise IT if you have a predominantly open-source résumé. But in five years, even the most traditional organizations are likely to be looking at open source as a career-maker, says executive recruiter David Patterson.

IBM has unveiled its new z13s mainframe, which it claims offers encryption at twice the speed as previous mid-range systems, without compromising performance, the company claimed.

Unbelievably, Samsung leaks the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge a week early. An Indonesian microsite shows off the flagship pair, in excruciating detail—we see them from every angle, both physical and metaphorical.

Every year, hard drives get bigger and cheaper, a nice combination. With all the technical toys we have in our lives now, we certainly have plenty of stuff to fill those hard drives.

Enterprise IT buyers trying to figure out which products should be on the "short list" for the procurement process have a new, crowdsourced resource: A just-published report from IT Central Station that identifies the top 10 products in 10 tech categories based on user reviews.

Some of the groups in this company have people spread across the continent -- but not everyone has quite figured out all the new challenges of telework and virtual offices, according to a pilot fish there.