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Lenovo's new Yoga Book will be a sleek folding laptop with stunning secrets inside.

Facebook will launch a satellite later this week that executives hope will bring Internet connectivity to parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

Lenovo is joining Google's fledgling effort to bring virtual reality to the masses with new devices planned for the Daydream hardware and software platform.

After announcing earlier this year that it is building a 2,000 horsepower, hybrid semi-trailer truck, the Nikola Motor Co. revealed today that it will instead power the truck with a hydrogen fuel cell power system.

Linux users come in many shapes and sizes, but those in the business world typically steer clear of the bleeding edge. That's why the OpenSUSE project recently switched to a two-pronged development approach, with one version focused on constant updates and another on enterprise-grade stability. On Wednesday, the latter took a big step forward.

Microsoft today updated the Windows 10 beta, switching on a controversial technology that commandeers users' upload bandwidth to shift some responsibility for updating from the company's own servers.

The recent introduction of the Moto Z Droid and Moto Z Force Droid smartphones, which replaced Motorola's previous line of Moto X smartphones, are perhaps the first real example of how the hardware will fare now that Motorola is working under the auspices of Lenovo. The new phones have many of the nicer aspects of the Moto line -- the higher level of voice responsiveness and the live display, for example -- while adding a radical new one: The ability to use snap-on modules (called "Moto Mods")... Читать дальше...

Don’t you hate it when you can’t find that piece of info you know is buried in one of your apps?

Virtual reality headsets are considered the hot new PC devices, and Asus is planning to stake a claim of its own. 

Microsoft yesterday added cadence choices for beta testers in its Office Insider preview program, mimicking a practice it has long used for Windows 10.

Bad news for banks with lax security that also use SWIFT, the global financial transaction messaging network, as hackers are still pulling off high-tech heists.

Roman Nurik may not be a household name -- but if you've spent any time using Android, you've almost certainly felt the impact of his work.

Acer's versatile Chromebook R 13 is one good device to run Android apps because it can function as a laptop or tablet.

Don’t let the title fool you. We love VMware. Everybody loves VMware, even if they don’t want to admit it. VMware has created a world where virtualization is more than just part of a company’s ecosystem, it’s practically the cornerstone on which infrastructures are built. The first question asked in any sales meeting is usually, “What percentage of your infrastructure is virtualized?”

Adobe Systems released critical security patches for its ColdFusion application server, which has been a target for hackers in the past.

It turns out that selling tablets for peanuts isn’t such a great business plan after all, who knew?

Home IoT is still reaching for mainstream use. The main backer of Z-Wave, a widely used in-home networking standard, just did something that might help take it there.

SentinelOne Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) is an antimalware solution that protects against targeted attacks, malware, and zero-day threats through behavioral analysis and process whitelisting and blacklisting. The client agent, which analyzes the behavior of processes on Windows, OS X, Linux, and Android endpoints, can replace or run alongside other signature-based antimalware solutions. SentinelOne EPP stands out not only for its protection capabilities but also for its excellent forensics and threat analysis. Читать дальше...

The Logitech Bluetooth Audio Adapter is all you need to turn your favorite speakers into a wireless sound system for your smartphone and tablet.  It connects to any powered speakers with a standard plug-and-play 3.5 mm or RCA connection—PC speakers, your home stereo system, even your A/V receiver. Simply plug your speakers or stereo system into this small and unobtrusive Bluetooth Audio Adapter, press the pairing button, and you’re ready to stream. Relax in your favorite chair and control your... Читать дальше...

When ransomware lands on your systems, your work life is likely to take a sudden and very precipitous nose dive. Between not being able to use your system or your data files and being told that you only have so much time -- maybe 72 hours -- to pay up or lose access forever, you'll end up having to make some fairly quick decisions and likely hoping afterwards that you did the right thing.

SAP has already placed big bets on Hana, and now it's adding more with a new data warehouse tailored specifically for the in-memory computing platform.

The first smartphones to use Google's Daydream virtual reality platform are coming later this year, and many could have Qualcomm's latest processor, the Snapdragon 821.

Okta changed key parts of its product portfolio to attract new users to its corporate identity management and access control platforms. The startup is launching a new API access management product and revamping its provisioning service to make it easier to change employees' permissions within a company.

Dropbox’s move last week to ask users who had signed up before mid-2012 to change their account passwords followed the discovery of a large dump of email addresses and passwords related to these accounts.

Fujistu Semiconductor Ltd. has become the first manufacturer to announce it is mass producing a new RAM that boasts 1,000 times the performance of DRAM but stores data like NAND flash memory.