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Two instances of tweets from U.S. National Park Service accounts that became political hot potatoes in the last few days were the result of bad password management, according to officials.

Apple has filed two new lawsuits against Qualcomm, this time in China, that allege the mobile chip maker abused its market dominance and patents to charge excessively high licensing fees.

Portions of this post were originally posted on the Puppet blog, and are republished here with Puppet's permission.

GoDaddy is a monster.

With more than 14 million customers worldwide and more than 63 million domain names under management, it is an exaggeration, but an understandable one, when GoDaddy calls itself the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers and manage their work. The only metric that matters for a company that has such a singular focus as GoDaddy is the rate of growth of its hosting customers.

So, if you’re GoDaddy and have a voracious appetite for new customers... Читать дальше...

He’s the leader of the free world.

Only problem is, he’s also a little preoccupied.

Mark Zuckerberg already presides over a nation-state called Facebook. There are 1.79 billion of us, all linked by a common bond. We like baby photos and making fun of political figures. We’re kind of annoying. We tend to post too often. There are no filters, unless you count the ones that block out people from your news feed.

When rumors about him running for office -- based solely on his 2017... Читать дальше...

More than eight in 10 U.S. IT workers surveyed support the nation's net neutrality regulations, and many are worried that President Donald Trump administration's likely repeal of the rules will hurt their industry.

The Arlo camera is a 100 Percent Wire-Free, completely wireless, HD smart home security camera – so you can get exactly the shot you need – inside or out. The Arlo camera is weatherproof and includes motion detection, night vision, and apps. It can capture clips and send you alerts whether you’re at home or away for round-the-clock peace of mind.  These motion activated cameras initiate automatic recording and alert you via email or app notifications. Free apps enable remote monitoring from anywhere... Читать дальше...

One of the leading cybercrime investigators at antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab was reportedly arrested in Russia as part of a probe into activities that could represent high treason.

You don’t see news about the U.S. Secret Service every day, but here are a couple examples which should serve as reminders that law enforcement is monitoring social media.

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Apple’s plans to manufacture in India made headway on Wednesday as executives of the company presented detailed plans to the country's federal government.

Developers are currently beta testing iOS 10.3. While this is merely a point upgrade it seems to be a very important one – not because it lets you ask Siri for cricket scores, nor that it gives developers better control of reviews, but for Apple’s plan to move millions of customers to a brand new, modern, file system.

Want to send a spacecraft to the moon and win a whole bunch of money?

So did a whole bunch of other people, and now five teams are in the final running to do just that in the Google Lunar XPrize contest. So when do these spacecrafts hope to make it to the Moon?

In IT Blogwatch, we get ready for launch.

So what is going on? Luke Stangel has the background:

Pipenv, a brand-new experimental tool, is offered as a packaging panacea for Python developers.

Editor's note: 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of Computerworld's founding. We'll be celebrating that milestone each month throughout the year with a look back at the IT industry over five decades, new interviews with tech luminaries, old photos, videos, timelines and even cartoons. (Editor in chief Scot Finnie has more details here.)

Normally, we don't feel the need to talk about our age. But this year, we're trumpeting the fact that Computerworld is having its golden anniversary.

Alexa, Amazon's increasingly ubiquitous voice-activated digital assistant, isn't just a fun toy for the home; it seems to be learning new "skills" rather quickly, even in the workplace.

For this network admin pilot fish who maintains the systems at a factory, two of his users are an ongoing problem -- without even trying to be.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday that industry needs to learn from the Galaxy Note7 experience and put more safeguards in place during the design and manufacturing stages of lithium-ion batteries.

Cisco has agreed to acquire AppDynamics for $3.7 billion in cash and assumed equity awards, scooping up the application performance management company just days before its expected initial public offering. The deal, which Cisco announced late Tuesday, is expected to close by the end of April.

Sometimes it's not easy being a cyber criminal. In addition to law enforcement and private security companies, cyber thieves have to battle fraudsters out to beat them at their own game, but a website offers to help.

Microsoft gave users and administrators of OneDrive for Business some new features on Tuesday that they’ve requested for a while.

Today, small businesses have as many (or nearly as many) options for data storage as much larger businesses. But with so many data storage options, how do you choose the right one for your business? Here’s how can you ensure your critical data will be available in the event of a disaster.

ARM tried to break into the PC market but had a disastrous outing starting with Linux-based smartbooks and then tablets with Windows RT.

GPG Suite, an application that brings encrypted email to Mac OS, is now available in public beta for Sierra.