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AT&T on Wednesday announced aggressive discounts on new smartphones and devices, including a 2-for-1 smartphone offer for business customers.

Since my last post, I had an opportunity at work to take over the responsibilities for a couple of Web apps. I also implemented one from scratch. The last time I had anything to do with JavaScript was over a decade ago. The browsers were weak and JavaScript support was not standard. Web pages were rendered using server-side templates and all business logic happened on the server.

A report released today by Glassdoor says that data scientists have the best jobs in the U.S., according to that company’s analysis of its outsized database of job information.

As drones gain popularity, drone makers are looking to distinguish their devices from each other by adding features aimed at specific customers. Every generation of drones has become increasingly easier to fly, and offers more high-end features such as ultra high definition video and autonomous flight modes at lower prices. With modern drones, the technology needed to capture great photos and videos of people and scenery from a bird’s eye view is no longer the sole purview of RC pilots and hobbyists. Читать дальше...

Facebook has added the option to route traffic from its Android mobile app over the Tor anonymity network. This will come as good news for privacy-conscious users or those living in countries where the service is censored.

Microsoft last week issued what it called a "clarification" of its support policy that was less an explanation of something existing and more a set of new rules that customers must follow.

Splashdata has again released its annual list of the most popular and therefore worst passwords found in over two million leaked passwords during 2015. If your password is on the list, then Splashdata said you are continuing to put yourself “at risk for hacking and identity theft by using weak, easily guessable passwords.”

Charts and graphs may be some of the most commonly used tools for bringing data sets to life, but Narrative Science wants you to consider another one: stories.

If the goal is hosting Windows (or Linux) on a Mac using a Type 2 hypervisor, Fusion8 is the tool for you. There’s a Standard version for end users and a Pro version for developers, as VMware wants to capture as many developers as it can and corral them into its ecosystem of products.

Back in late December, I wrote of my need to carry a lightweight laptop to the CES trade show. I ended up taking an Acer Chromebook R 11, which is not only fairly lightweight but also has a touch screen, something that I had found useful when working with a (now broken) Microsoft Surface Pro 4.

A software utility that helps users download the latest drivers for their Intel hardware components contained a vulnerability that could have allowed man-in-the-middle attackers to execute malicious code on computers.

I was travelling recently and for a brief moment I thought I’d been hacked when my iPhone began repeatedly requesting my iCloud/Apple ID password. I had not been hacked, but had become victim of some weird and repetitive Apple ID bug.

As researchers try to build more complex computers that get closer to emulating the way the human brain works, one of the areas of focus is memory.

Milena Berry is CEO/co-founder of PowertoFly.com, a service that connects tech-experienced women preferring to work from home with companies needing vetted technical talent. Prior to this, Milena served for seven years as CTO of the social activism site Avaaz.org.

Forget everything you thought you knew about buying a mobile phone. In just the past year, we've seen more changes to the industry than there are numbers on the dial-pad. The Big Four carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless) have all but abandoned their old business models. Major phone makers like Google, Motorola and even Apple will now sell you their phones unlocked and contract-free. And don't forget the disruptors: The companies offering cheap (or even free) service and feature-packed (but affordable) phones. Читать дальше...

Microsoft plans to donate $1 billion in cloud services over three years to nongovernmental organizations and researchers in a bid to provide access to these services to communities that can't afford them.

AMD's highly anticipated Zen processor architecture will first come to high-end desktops like gaming PCs at the end of this year.

The great thing about Uber and other on-demand services is that they flex according to demand (and, yes, I do realize that is a fairly self-evident statement). Take an available pool of resource and an ever-changing demand and join the two via a flexible platform and you should have a way to deliver better outcomes for all concerned. It's the reason that Amazon Web Services, Uber, Airbnb and countless other demand-based services have flourished.

This municipal IT department hears from a volunteer who wants to spruce up his resume with some experience in a larger help-desk environment than he's worked in the past, reports a pilot fish on the scene.

Oracle admins will be busy: The company issued 248 patches on Tuesday, its largest-ever release, according to one security vendor.

NEW YORK -- Two or three years ago, major companies at the National Retail Federation were focused on building out their e-commerce sites.

Advocacy group I Am the Cavalry is urging organizations that manufacture and distribute medical devices to adopt a cybersecurity version of the Hippocratic Oath.

Donald Trump is not anti-technology, but seems unimpressed by the U.S. tech industry. He doesn't fawn over it, and sees its behavior as part of a larger problem. As a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, Trump quickly proposed restricting the use of H-1B visas to protect U.S. jobs, and by doing so attacked a top legislative priority for the tech industry.