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16 Dec
Shopping for a MacBook used to be really simple. Want the thin one? Get an Air. Doing a lot of work? Get the Pro.But Apple has made things tricky since the good ol’ days. To buy a MacBook at the tail end of 2016 is to accept some significant compromise. While the computers may...
16 Dec
Nidia last week began test-driving autonomous cars on California roads, after the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles gave it the green light, according to The Verge. The company is testing its Drive PX2 autonomous driving platform, said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. Nvidia recently has made several well publicized moves in...
08 Dec
Antivirus software is a required component for safe computing. Security experts warn that an unprotected computer straight out of the box and connected to the Internet will catch multiple virus infections in its first 20 minutes online. Antivirus software programs, however, are only reliable if they are regularly updated with the latest detection signatures....
07 Dec
Responsibility for securing enterprise applications has been moving down the development lifecycle, and for good reason. It not only makes the enterprise more secure, but also saves companies time and money. For example, the average time to fix a vulnerability in IBM’s application security solution has dropped from 20 hours to 30 minutes, according...
06 Dec
While not quite at the level of a parting of the waters, the news that Microsoft has joined The Linux Foundation may seem miraculous to those aware of the past enmity between the company and the open source community. Microsoft has joined The Linux Foundation as a platinum member, it announced Wednesday at its...
18 Nov
It’s widely known that human DNA evidence has had a major impact in the criminal justice system. Now another kind of DNA may have a similar impact in the fight to eradicate malicious software. Malware DNA, also known as “malware provenance,” is the art and science of attributing elements of one object to another...
17 Nov
Apple on Thursday unveiled two new MacBook Pro laptops, adding a touch more power to the line. Both the new 13-inch and 15-inch models will be offered in silver and space gray. They have a Touch Bar that replaces the row of function keys found on laptops, as well as a Touch ID fingerprint...
06 May
If you haven’t upgraded from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 by July 29, expect to pay more than $100 to do so later. Microsoft says that 300 million devices now run Windows 10. And if yours isn’t among them, time is running out. On Thursday, Microsoft began showing potential customers of Windows 10 the...