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The billionaire head of China's biggest e-commerce retailer met with President-elect Donald Trump on Monday to promote his site by dangling the possibility of a million new U.S. jobs.

What should you take away from the long, long wait for Apple's new 13-in. and 15-in. MacBook Pros and the fact that they're relatively pedestrian? For one thing, they might not be as pedestrian as they seem.

Waymo

A Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan with Waymo self-driving technology.

Laptops are tempting targets for thieves.

Some estimates claim that as many as one in ten laptops will be stolen. This isn't altogether surprising. After all, laptops are portable, easy to conceal, and can be quite valuable.

They also often contain sensitive information.

Encryption provides an additional level of protection to help safeguard your private data, so that even if your laptop is stolen the thief will not have easy access to information that could make the theft of your laptop much... Читать дальше...

Russia dismissed an intel report claiming that the Kremlin meddled with the U.S. presidential election, saying the accusations were "amateurishly emotional" and driving a "witch-hunt."

In December, Finland-based HMD Global announced to some fanfare that its first Nokia-branded Android handsets would be landing in early 2017. Less than 10 days into the new year, the first model has already arrived, but those in the U.S. looking to get their hands on the first Nokia phone in years will have to wait a little longer.

When it comes to immersion and gaming, Razer’s Project Ariana and Project Valerie were both big hits at CES 2017. So big, in fact, that they were likely the two prototypes which Razer reported as being stolen from its booth. The company is not ruling out industrial espionage.

A security researcher has developed a tool that can automatically detect sensitive access keys that have been hard-coded inside software projects.

Atlassian, the company behind HipChat and the JIRA software development tool, plans to acquire Trello, a vendor of the eponymous collaborative project management software.

If you’ve been in the IT workforce for more than a few weeks, you’ve probably had one of those facepalm moments when you simply can’t believe the stupidity of some management decision. It must be a common experience, since “Dilbert” is still around after decades on the comic pages. Depending on your temperament and experience, you feel bewilderment, anger, hopelessness or apathy.

User profiles aren't restricted to what shells your users use, what groups they are members of, and what privileges they have been allocated. While these factors are important, so are when they log in, how much disk space they are using, and what they're actually doing on your systems. Periodic reviews of your users can help you get a better feel for how they use your systems and can sometimes help you to pinpoint problems.

The DryGuy Travel Dry DX Portable Boot Dryer and Shoe Dryer combines traditional convection drying with forced air to create a hybrid system that dries boots and shoes in less time than it takes most other portable dryers, to help prevent bacteria, fungus, and mildew that causes odors and eventually leads to deterioration. An integrated fan at the front of the DX helps draw fresh air over the thermal heating elements, venting warm air throughout the toe box and removing any moisture. The DryGuy... Читать дальше...

Stick these bright battery-powered lights anywhere indoors or out (they're weather-proof). They'll light up when motion is detected within 15-feet, and shut themselves off after 30 seconds of inactivity. Currently a best-seller on Amazon with 4.5 out of 5 stars from over 4,000 reviewers (read recent reviews). Its typical list price of $26.55 has been slashed 42% down to just $15.49 for a set of three, its lowest price. See the discounted Mr. Beams nightlights at their rock-bottom price on Amazon. Читать дальше...

Ten years ago today Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, announced the iPhone. It didn’t ship for several months and the prototype he used wasn’t perfect, but the device has defined the last ten years of mobile technologies – and sets the scene for another decade of transformation.

There have been many changes in Windows 10, especially since the first anniversary update last August, officially called version 1607. Here are some of the most important changes related to the Wi-Fi and networking aspects of Windows 10, along with some tips and tricks on using the new and improved features and navigating the revamped GUI.

Google spinoff Waymo may have just made minivans cool.

Well, as much as anyone can actually do that. It is still a minivan, after all. But now, it is a minivan with self-driving capabilities, and for a significantly lower price than previous self-driving cars. So how did Waymo do that?

In IT Blogwatch, we hit the road.

So what is going on? Keith Naughton and Mark Bergen have the background:

Uber Technologies is offering data from trips on its ride-hailing platform to city officials, planners and policymakers to help them better understand traffic patterns and improve investments in infrastructure.

Smart city technology beta projects and pilot programs are gaining ground in New York City. Walk around the Big Apple, as Computerworld did recently, and you encounter everything from free public Wi-Fi to smart park benches and even sophisticated listening devices that can detect gunshots to allow a quick police response.

Retail technology trials are supposed to take risks. It's a time not just to find out if a technology will work in the field, but to see the results and customer reactions to it. That all said, a new facial-recognition trial from KFC China and Baidu strikes me as having more potential to alienate customers than to help them.

A Japanese insurance company reportedly is replacing 34 workers with an artificial intelligence system, and industry analysts say the same could start happening in the U.S. this year.

This IT pilot fish has one user who's only a problem on Mondays -- because she regularly forgets her password over the weekend.