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Researchers: IoT devices are not designed with security in mind

Lack of encryption and other security issues were found in home automation hubs that could facilitate burglary, stalking, and spying

Microsoft gives more organizations access to apps from Azure Marketplace

Enterprises can now buy tools and applications in the Azure store via Microsoft partners

iTunes and Linux music managers

In today's open source roundup: Run iTunes in Linux or use iTunes alternatives. Plus: Ten Linux distros worth checking out. And DistroWatch reviews Void Linux

Oracle brings big data back to database administrators

The Oracle Data Integrator for Big Data gives DBAs a more familiar view of their big data collections

Apple Pay rival CurrentC coming in mid-2015

The payments platform operated by major US retailers is testing Bluetooth and barcode technologies

Microsoft closes acquisition of R software and services provider

Revolution Analytics provides services for the open source R programming language for statistical computing and predictive analytics

New battery could reduce phone charging to just one minute

Chromebooks coming with Intel’s new Braswell chips

Intel will announce new Celeron and Pentium chips code-named Braswell at IDF Shenzhen

Video: John Oliver gives us the Edward Snowden interview we need

The HBO host went to Russia to sit down with Edward Snowden for a frank and funny discussion of the surveillance state and the Patriot Act

CoreOS’s Tectonic shift: Enterprise-grade container management

Tectonic, the enterprise distribution of CoreOS's container management stack, leverages Google's Kubernetes — and a round of Google venture capital

Samsung rebuts tester’s claim that Galaxy Edge S6 bends easily

The phone maker thinks the stress test applied too much pressure

What’s new in Ubuntu 15.04

In today's open source roundup: See the new features and changes in Ubuntu 15.04. Plus: The Samsung Galaxy S6 versus Apple's iPhone 6. And five command line tools for browsing the web and downloading files

OpenStack, bare metal, or containers? Yes to all three

Piston's new CloudOS aims to manage bare metal servers, VMs in OpenStack, and eventually containers

Expired Google certificate temporarily disrupts Gmail service

Google let a certificate linked to the Gmail SMTP server expire, causing issues for third-party email clients

What is devops? It depends on whom you ask

Chef CTO likens devops to kung fu: It has multiple variants, each with their own characteristics

Big data is all about the cloud

Picking between Spark or Hadoop isn’t the key to big data success. Picking the right infrastructure is

Microsoft rolls back commitment to Do Not Track

Will stop setting the 'don't track me' signal as on by default in its browsers

Mozilla’s Rust-based Servo browser engine inches forward

Next-gen Servo project more fully exploits modern multicore hardware, but don't expect it to replace Firefox any time soon

Google announces new Chromebooks and Chromebit HDMI sticks

In today's open source roundup: New Chromebooks and Chromebit HDMI sticks. Plus: Tor Browser 4.0.6 released. And should Linux game developers target 32-bit or 64-bit systems?

Smart home hacking is easier than you think

Scary stories of hacking Internet of Things devices are emerging, but how realistic is the threat?

Apple’s new 12-inch MacBook goes back to the past in performance

Benchmark scores for the new Retina MacBook are similar to those of a circa-2011 MacBook Air

This tool can alert you about evil twin access points in the area

EvilAP_Defender can even attack rogue Wi-Fi access points for you, the developer says

Bigger is better — for telecom companies, not Internet users

Charter Communications' merger further consolidates an industry characterized by scant competition and unacceptably slow Internet access speeds

How not to market OpenStack: A lesson from Nebula’s failure

The demise of Nebula indicates that delivering OpenStack via a hardware appliance was bound to fail in the long run

Can Linux learn anything from Windows 10?

In today's open source roundup: A Linux user installs Windows 10. Plus: Is the Linux server market disappearing? And a Microsoft executive hints that Windows could go open source someday

IBM joins race to upgrade Webmail interface with Verse

IBM aims to eliminate clutter and understand the user's needs with its Verse Web interface for email

Windows 7 momentum shows no sign of slowing

Windows 10's free upgrade may stifle 7's growth, but data shows the older OS will power a quarter of all PCs when Microsoft pulls support in 2020

Startup touts wireless charging from Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals

Ossia has developed a chipset that easily integrates with mobile devices without adding additional antennas

Wider use of HTTPS could have prevented attack against GitHub

The EFF said the GitHub attack reinforces the case for more websites enabling HTTPS encryption

The VirtualBox 5.0 beta is finally here

Oracle's desktop virtualization software gets its first major point revision in almost five years, but the changes are more evolutionary than revolutionary

Windows goes open source? Microsoft plays coy

A Microsoft official says it’s a possibility, as far-fetched as that might seem now

Oracle bolsters Marketing Cloud to show the big picture of customer data

New features aim to offer a more holistic view of customers, even as they switch devices and channels

Obama authorizes sanctions against hackers

The sanctions will help the U.S. go after overseas attackers when foreign governments can't step in

Firefox 37 released

In today's open source roundup: Firefox 37 is out. Plus: Debian 8 Jesse release date announced, and mass confusion ensues when Reddit reverses the Android and Apple subreddits

Acer to bring Chrome OS to an all-in-one PC, as vendors experiment

The Chrome OS still hasn't found much demand in the desktop space

In a haystack of data, Alation helps find the needle

The startup's new platform looks not just at the data but at how it's been used over time

Survey: A majority of Apple Pay users encounter problems

Issues include terminals that are out of order and transactions that take too long to complete

7 things to know about Intel’s ‘Cherry Trail’ Atom chips

Microsoft's Surface 3 is the first device announced with Intel's Atom chip code-named Cherry Trail

Microsoft upgrades JavaScript, Visual Studio development tools

WinJS JavaScript toolbox focuses on 'universal experiences' for Windows 10, while Visual Studio will get Enterprise, Professional, and Community editions

Microsoft consolidates enterprise editions of Visual Studio

Visual Studio Premium and Visual Studio Ultimate will be merged into a single Visual Studio Enterprise edition

SAP co-founder Tschira dies at 74

He founded SAP with four former IBM colleagues in 1972 with a vision of real-time data prcoessing

Tanium’s fast-acting endpoint management tool grows up

A new version of the endpoint management tool will be able to handle enterprises with millions of clients

IBM builds toward next phase with IoT push

IBM delving into the Internet of things is a sensible extension of its reinvented business model, but IoT itself covers more than what IBM's offering

Google gives Apps admins more control over their files and docs

One of the new features allows IT pros to disable the ability to print, donwload, and copy certain files

Microsoft’s Surface 3 starts at $499, eligible for free Windows 10 upgrade

Microsoft's new Surface 3 tablet will come with Windows 8.1 and will ship starting in May

Google Cloud platform can now be managed from a phone

Google has started the beta of the Android version of the console, with an iOS version expected this year

Microsoft updates Windows 10, debuts Project Spartan browser

Microsoft starts to set stage for the overthrow of Internet Explorer

Indiana law is fast having ‘definite negative impact’ on tech

As it loses sponsors, organizers of the Indy Big Data event want lawmakers to change the new 'religious freedom' law

Microsoft applies ‘freemium’ tactic to mobile device management for Office 365

Fulfills 2014 pledge to bundle basic MDM tools with all commercial Office 365 subscriptions

IBM to pump $3 billion into new IoT business unit

The IBM IoT Cloud Open Platform could ingest and analyze Internet of Things data for enterprises