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Microsoft has released its first batch of patches for this year, and it's one of the smallest ever for the company, with only three vulnerabilities fixed across its entire product portfolio.

Microsoft is shifting its licensing for its Azure cloud service, eliminating the pay-as-you-go option for new Azure customers using MPSA (Microsoft Products and Services Agreement) as of Feb. 1. Instead, they will be steered toward the company's CSP (Cloud Solution Provider) program.

Fortinet is adding Cisco, HPE and Nokia to its stable of partners whose security gear can share information with Fortinet products to improve overall security.

IoT isn’t all brand-new, cutting-edge technology. In fact, some of it’s already suffering through painful upgrade cycles.

Create, edit, burn, convert, organize, stream, rip and play back videos, photos, and music like a professional, with the familiar maximum quality. Create audio CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray Discs. Import and play back your videos in HEVC (H.265) and edit your films with full HD video-editing previews. In addition, the new, direct export of individual sections from long videos saves time and effort. For that special touch, add striking 4K templates and effects, as well as perfect transitions to your videos. Читать дальше...

Citrix and Microsoft are strengthening a long-standing partnership by making it easier for customers to use Citrix’s application and desktop virtualization products, as well as control a fleet of mobile devices, in the Microsoft Azure cloud.

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Artificial intelligence technology is becoming an increasingly large part of our daily lives. While those developments have led to compelling new features, they've also presented a host of potential problems, such as automation that displaces human jobs and algorithms that provide biased results.

Sticking with your promises

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Like anyone else, security experts set up resolutions they hope to conquer in the new year. Now the question will remain, will they be able to follow through on them or -- like that diet people promised to hold to – will they go back to the same old habits.

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Give your old phone or tablet a new lease on life

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On a regular basis, I hear from different technology vendors who go to great lengths to explain just how their product is helping the world. These vehement claims remind me of the Silicon Valley comedy show on HBO in which Javeed, founder of the fictional Goolybib startup, says (and with a straight face), “Ok, you know, we're making a lot of money. And yes, we're disrupting digital media. But most importantly we're making the world a better place through constructing elegant hierarchies for maximum... Читать дальше...

There are many desktop information tools to customize your PC, but far and away the most popular is Rainmeter, an open source project run by volunteers who have created a fantastic desktop information resource.

A cybersabotage program that wiped data from 30,000 computers at Saudi Arabia's national oil company in 2012 has returned and is able to target server-hosted virtual desktops.

If you have a memory that stretches back further than the last week you may recall the barrage of ‘bad Apple’ publicity generated when Consumer Reports said it could not recommend Apple’s all-new MacBook Pro because: #battery life.

Marissa Mayer is getting ready to say goodbye to Yahoo's board, but not necessarily to the Yahoo brand.

Tesla is the future of the car. It has pioneered the 21st-century electric vehicle (EV), and it’s leading the way to the self-driving car. Still, a lot of people simply don’t understand visionary founder Elon Musk’s dream. They keep trying to judge it by old manufacturing standards. They’re missing the point. Musk doesn’t want Tesla to be the next GM. He wants to transform the car industry.

Quick Settings are a whole new game in Google's Android 7.x Nougat software -- but what you see on your phone right now is only half the story.

It may be aimed at developers but most Mac users should spend a little time getting to know Safari’s Develop Menu. This is because it provides tools most Mac users will need from time to time.

What happens when you sell one huge tech company to another?

Lots of things, potentially, but in the case of Yahoo and Verizon, a name change and some big shifts in the company's board. But what does it all mean for the future of Yahoo, and it's CEO Marissa Mayer?

In IT Blogwatch, we have some theories. 

So what is happening? Martyn Williams has the background:

For better or worse, a security firm’s attempt to cash in on software bugs by shorting a company’s stock and then publicizing the flaws might have pioneered a new approach to vulnerability disclosure.

A bill has been reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would require law enforcement agencies to get a warrant before they poke around users’ emails and other communications in the cloud that are older than 180 days.

By 2035, developers will have learned to automate many jobs. Investments in artificial intelligence (A.I.) and robotics will surge, displacing workers. And a more connected world will increase -- not reduce -- differences, increasing nationalism and populism, according to a new government intelligence assessment prepared just in time for President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

Artificial intelligence bots are all the rage these days, as companies try to figure out the best ways they can be used. But using them to interact directly with customers forces some interesting questions about legal liability. 

Last week's U.S. intelligence report tracing Russia's cyber-meddling with the 2016 presidential election is a timely reminder of the cybersecurity risks that the government and private companies face, said Tom Ridge, the nation's first secretary of Homeland Security.

It's a dark and snowy night -- in fact, snow-stormy -- when this network tech pilot fish gets an emergency callout.