Industry

The latest move to kill bad patents divides tech industry

Patent trolls have succeeded in one thing: Every industry is riled up and wants something done

Akamai to buy DDoS protection specialist Prolexic

Content delivery specialist Akamai wants to expand its services and provide customers with the technology needed to protect Web and IP infrastructure

BEZOS drones on ’60 Minutes’ — Valley (hearts) BATES for Microsoft — Valley doesn’t (heart) KANYE’s Donda — Kids flock to TWITTER — HEALTHCARE.GOV fixed, probably

Google’s C alternative gets an update, but will developers bite?

Google releases Go 1.2, but questions remain about programming language's uptake among non-Google developers

Why Tony Bates is resurfacing as a ‘likely’ Microsoft CEO

Hint: It has nothing to do with his viability as a Steve Ballmer replacement

How Lenovo plans to crack the server market

Known for its ThinkPad laptops, Lenovo is trying to find its way into the data center, despite the dominance of IBM, HP, and Dell

Review: Software-based NAS offers free/low-cost storage

Software-based network attached storage allows for deployment on your hardware of choice, on a virtual machine or in the cloud

Your data center is too cool

With modern gear capable of operating at warmer temps than in the past, a freezing data center is no longer necessary

The inside scoop on how HealthCare.gov is getting fixed

Rackspace CTO John Engates tells InfoWorld about his recent White House briefing on the improvements to Healthcare.gov

Ionic mobile app dev framework centers on touch, animation

Framework enables development of cross-platform native apps for Android and iOS devices using HTML, JavaScript, and CSS