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How to protect personal, corporate information when you travel

Today's hotels are unfortunately vulnerable to types of attempted fraud. Here's how to keep data safe

Mobile security: A mother lode of new tools

You may know your smartphone, but pretty soon the question will be: How well does your smartphone know you?

Top 25 free tools for every Windows desktop

Whatever your poison — Windows 7 or 8, updated or not — there's a desktop tool begging to become part of your repertoire

BYOD morphs from lockdown to true mobility

Four companies that have been at BYOD for a while talk about how their programs have changed with the times

11 signs you’ve been hacked — and how to fight back

Redirected Net searches, unexpected installs, rogue mouse pointers: Here's what to do when you've been 0wned

How to create a data lake for fun and profit

The architecture of a data lake is simple, what matters more is how you draw and use the data

Business leaders know: Let in the smartphones, tablets, laptops

Forward-thinking firms like Kraft didn't wait for employees to bring in consumer tech, but led the effort themselves

10 things you should know about Apple’s Swift

10 things you should know about Apple’s Swift

Apps built using Swift won't be accepted to the iOS or Mac App Store until the fall, so there's still time to learn the ins and outs of this new programming language

13 ways to optimize your Android smartphone

Make your Android phone more powerful, useful, and efficient with these 13 quick tips

Quick guide: 25 tips and tricks for Google Drive power users

Google Drive is an important tool that can deliver even more value with these 25 tips, tools, and tweaks

Don’t give your job search a summer vacation

While other candidates are working on their tans, check out these six tips to maximize your summer job search

Boost your security training with gamification — really!

Don't scoff; rewarding good deeds actually works

Developing a smart approach to SMAC security

As businesses look to take advantage of SMAC (social, mobile, analytics, and cloud) platforms, they first need to consider the risks and security implications of the technologies involved

14 of the world’s best living programmers

When developers discuss the world's top programmers, these names tend to come up a lot

Getting started with Microsoft Azure RemoteApp

This desktop-as-a-service offering allows access to Office and more.

DataStax Enterprise 4.5 turbocharges speed and security

The commercial implementation of Cassandra hopes to take NoSQL scale, performance, and ease-of-use to the next level

14 excellent reasons to use F#

F# makes it easy to write concise code to solve complex problems on all the major desktop and mobile platforms, primarily using functional programming

8 tips for getting your IT career back on track

Change can be good, especially when you work in tech. Take hold of your career path with these pointers

Universal apps: Microsoft’s bid to bring mobile developers back to Windows

Microsoft's messy mobile strategy and incompatible platforms have frustrated would-be app developers. Can Universal apps stop the rot?

Watch out for these 5 summer scams

Put your feet up and let your hair down — but don't let these security scams ruin your holidays

How to recover after a cloud computing misstep

Early adopters share their lessons learned on ramping up, scaling back and avoiding disasters in the cloud

The Internet of things at home: Why we should pay attention

Some of the current consumer products could lead into important enterprise tools

IT résumé makeover: How to avoid selling yourself short

Executive career coach and résumé expert Cheryl Lynch-Simpson helps an early career project manager develop her personal brand

Can TDD factions agree to disagree?

How to use social media to recruit IT talent

Tweet, like, share and post your way to uncovering the best tech job candidates in the shortest time

12 tips to help college grads land their first IT job

HR pros and recruiters share their advice on how recent graduates and those still in college can best position themselves for a technology career

What’s machine learning? It depends on who you ask

9 signs you should jump ship to a new job

Poor teamwork, little experimentation, no clear career path — your employer may be sending unmistakable signals of career stagnation. Don’t miss them

Pirates, cheats, and IT certs

Cheating is on the rise, but IT certification programs are fighting back

Adaptive learning creates more effective training

Long espoused in educational circles, intelligent software that tailors training to the individual learner is catching on in corporations

Expert interview: How to scale Django

Eventbrite's John Shuping and Simon Willison reveal all about scaling Django

Heartbleed still matters, and we’re all partly to blame

Extremely weak passwords make us vulnerable, but there are ways to create passwords you'll remember and yet are hard to crack

Why Net neutrality matters to your business

Partitioning the Internet into haves and have-nots will give big companies yet another advantage over smaller, more disruptive firms

Predictive data, the real workhorse behind the Internet of things

Companies are having to be pickier about which data sets they collect, process and use. It's all about having the right architecture in place

App development in the cloud gets speedy, gains traction

With existing frameworks in the cloud, app developers can now quickly revise software, allowing for fast response to business needs.

How to make the most of an IT buyer’s market

Big changes in the vendor landscape are creating unexpected fringe benefits for users. Here's how to seize the opportunities

Tech done right: The 2014 InfoWorld Technology Leadership Awards

Vision and execution are hallmarks of great leadership, as these eight technologists proved in pushing their organizations in bold new directions

10 hot cloud computing skills

As more companies embrace shared services, staffers with cloud computing chops are watching their fortunes rise

10 of the most useful cloud databases

As businesses deal with more and more data, providers are making it easier to manage that data in the public cloud

Beware the next circle of hell: Unpatchable systems

Insecure by design and trusted by default, embedded systems present security concerns that could prove crippling

3 ways to manage corporate digitization

Single digital executive or digital islands? It’s time to choose an approach that fits your corporate strategy, according to research by the MIT Center for Information Systems Research

Exclusive video: Reinventing Ogilvy & Mather for today’s connected world

The ad firm re-envisioned everything, from its C-suite to making digital the heart of its business.

Dark Wallet — threat or no threat?

A new digital wallet extends the anonymity of people conducting bitcoin transactions

How to attract and retain talent with the right benefits

Multiple generations in the workforce simultaneously can make benefits a tricky issue for attracting and retaining top talent

IT power grab: Should you be a Machiavellian manager?

Ready to toss aside that meek service mentality and step up your game? Several savvy CIOs explain how to grasp the reins of IT power

13 fabulous frameworks for Node.js

This baker's dozen of lean and mean Node.js frameworks can help streamline your development of fast websites, rich APIs, and real-time apps

25 cool cloud, security, and mobile startups to watch

Disappearing messages and reinventing the mobile operating system are among the newcomers' angles

Why IT needs to drive the risk conversation

The current system of risk management at most organizations is designed to frustrate everyone. Here are seven ways to change the dialogue

How to negotiate your starting salary

You got the job offer. Now it's time to negotiate your compensation package. These tips will help you get the best deal while keeping the process a positive one