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Amazon Web Services has bought Cloud9, a popular web-based developer environment that recently aligned itself with the Google Cloud Platform.

Until recently, it was easy to tell lower-cost smartphones from their premium brethren without even turning them on or handling them. All you had to do was look at the size. A 5-in. display? Obviously lower-cost. A 6-in. display? Okay, now you're talking flagship.

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Donald Trump will be "a disaster for innovation," according to some of Silicon Valley's technology leaders. But the innovation disaster they're warning of is already ongoing in America.

An upcoming update to the Salesforce1 mobile app will dramatically reduce the number of supported devices and effectively leave users of all but the latest and most popular devices out in the cold.

Newly-listed developer tool vendor Atlassian has acquired StatusPage, a startup in the status notification space. Founded back in 2013, StatusPage is answering the critical demand from operations teams for up-to-the-second visibility around the availability and status of the different services they use.

This portable digital audio recorder from Sony has 4GB of internal flash memory capable of recording up to 1,073 hours of voice notes, lectures, music, or any other important moment with a 2-element stereo mic array that records every nuance with great clarity. It can record and playback in MP3, AAC, WMA, and WAV formats, and features a bright backlit display, a built-in USB for direct connection to your computer, and a microSD card slot to add memory. It boasts up to 30 hours of recording time on a single charge. Читать дальше...

Raspberry Pi was originally aimed at students and hobbyists, and it can now function as a Linux computer.

With presidential candidates looking to reach more viewers, especially younger voters, both the Republican and the Democratic national conventions this summer will be live streaming their events.

According to the two largest technology research firms, Apple sold between 4.4 million and 4.6 million Macs in the second quarter, a year-over-year decline of between 5% and 8%.

A new USB thumb drive that can connect to Apple iPhones and iPads or Android mobile devices offers up to 512GB of external storage with 5Gbps data transfer speeds via USB 3.0.

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A group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, company founders, engineers, and investors have signed an open letter regarding Donald Trump. The gist: They don't like him and think his presidency would be a disaster for the business of innovation.

The creators of the widespread Locky ransomware have added a fall-back mechanism in the latest version of their program for situations where the malware can't reach their command-and-control servers.

A smaller version of the popular Raspberry Pi 3 will go on sale in a few months.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to open nearly 11 gigahertz of high-band spectrum to new wireless uses, hailing it as a "monumental step" that will greatly increase network capacity for 5G and the Internet of Things.

A U.S. appeals court has quashed a search warrant that would have required Microsoft to disclose contents of emails stored on a server in Ireland, in a case that has broad ramifications for privacy, diplomatic relations and the ability of U.S. companies to sell web services abroad.

Many 3D printers lack cybersecurity features, which presents opportunities to introduce defects as components are being built, a new study shows.

Some home screen setups are noteworthy for their intricate nature. Others stand out with distinctive designs.

Juniper Networks has fixed several vulnerabilities in the Junos operating system used on its networking and security appliances, including a flaw that could allow hackers to gain administrative access to affected devices.

IBM is cranking up the security on its cloud-based blockchain service.

The European Commission On Thursday added new antitrust charges against Google in the areas of search and advertising as it continues to investigate the Internet search giant.

Nest has a new outdoor camera, and it comes with a butterfly.

Ok, I might be kidding about that butterfly part, even though there is one in the PR picture (above). But the camera does come with some very cool, Nest-esque features, including sensors that use A.I. to figure out if that is an actual person in the frame, or a falling leaf.

In IT Blogwatch, we come a-knocking.

Are you one of those people who were pointing your indoor Nest camera outside? Or one of the few who actually put it outside? Читать дальше...

A Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that was passed by the Senate on Wednesday excludes key privacy provisions, including a requirement that commercial and government users of drones disclose whether they collect personally identifiable information.

Privacy fears about the Pokemon Go app have been largely addressed, but dozens of other apps that piggy back on the popular game have raised further concerns.