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Your next job, next year, may be self-employment

Tech industry sees a shift to independent workers — and different kinds of opportunities for IT pros

By Patrick Thibodeau

Dec 23, 2013 5 mins

Careers Java Technology Industry

Foxconn will develop some BlackBerry phones, in wake of quarterly loss

The move marks a major change in strategy for BlackBerry

By Martyn Williams

BitTorrent develops secure, decentralized chat program using public-key crypto

The program will use the BitTorrent DHT peer-finding protocol to locate contacts without a central server

By Lucian Constantin

Encryption Privacy Software Development

IBM adds a fancy scheduler to its OpenStack stack

IBM modifies its Platform Computing Scheduler to work with OpenStack

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Dec 20, 2013 2 mins

Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge’s ruling, task force report

Critics of the agency's surveillance programs say momentum has shifted in the debate

By Grant Gross

Dec 20, 2013 7 mins

Will Ubuntu dominate tablets in 2014?

Today in Open Source: Ubuntu's tablet may dominate the field in 2014. Plus: A SteamOS install guide, and a screenshot tour of Fedora 20 MATE

By Jim Lynch

Open Source Software Development

Oracle buying marketing software vendor Responsys for $1.5 billion

The marketing software market is heating up as CMOs get IT purchasing power

BlackBerry CEO: We’d love to try iOS, Android

John Chen said he's very interested in taking the BlackBerry experience to rival platforms

By Martyn Williams

Software Development Technology Industry

EU to reject Google’s latest efforts to avoid an antitrust fine

Google's proposal to settle an EU antitrust case is not good enough and there is little time left, says the European Commission

By Jennifer Baker

Dec 20, 2013 4 mins

Former Microsoft asset manager charged with insider trading

Tipped off partner before 2013's earnings reports, 2102's announcement of Barnes and Noble deal

Dec 20, 2013 4 mins

Proposed California law would mandate smartphone kill switch

The bill, if passed, could effectively mean kill switches on phones sold across the U.S.

By Martyn Williams

Intel eyes cloud servers with Broadwell server system-on-chip

The Broadwell-DE chip will be put directly on server motherboard and has some advantages and tradeoffs

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Dec 19, 2013 4 mins

Older Mac webcams can spy without activating warning light

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University created an application that can disable the LED on first-generation iSight cameras while in use

By Lucian Constantin

Dec 19, 2013 5 mins

Apple’s dark tower Mac Pro ship date quickly slips to February 2014

Delay smacks of the iMac fiasco of 2012 when customers had to wait months for machines

Dec 19, 2013 3 mins

Cloud Computing Technology Industry

Acer looks to cloud to revive business

Acer is focusing more on software and services with 'Build Your Own Cloud' products to revive its struggling PC business

By Michael Kan

Dec 19, 2013 3 mins

Microsoft warns customers to update to Windows 8.1 final or face ruin

June's Windows 8.1 Preview and Windows RT 8.1 Preview will die on Jan. 15, 2014

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Dec 19, 2013 3 mins

Target says 40 million cards likely skimmed in security breach

The retailer said the breach affected credit and debit card customers making purchases at its stores nationwide

By John Ribeiro

Dec 19, 2013 2 mins

Data and Information Security Hacking

Frustrated users complain about SkyDrive problems after Windows 8.1 update

There are more than 120 active discussion threads on Microsoft's SkyDrive forum from users affected by problems with the cloud storage service

By Juan Carlos Perez

Dec 19, 2013 4 mins

Cloud Storage Technology Industry

Washington Post reports servers attacked, suspects Chinese hackers

Chinese hackers are suspected in an attack that gained access to the user names and passwords of newspaper employees

By Zach Miners

Dec 19, 2013 2 mins

Authentication Data and Information Security Hacking

Oracle’s Q2 profits down 1 percent, revenue up 2 percent to $9.3 billion

Annual maintenance revenue rises 6 percent to $4.5 billion

Dec 19, 2013 5 mins

Cisco teams with VMware, Citrix to counter Amazon’s new cloud-based desktop

Expect a whole wave of new cloud-based desktop offerings on the market next year

By Brandon Butler

Amazon Web Services Managed Cloud Services Technology Industry

Bitcoin: the virtual currency built on math, hope, and hype

Bitcoin's sharp rise in value this year has many questioning whether the virtual currency is sustainable in the long term

By Jeremy Kirk

Dec 18, 2013 6 mins

Software Development Web Development

Go Google Go! A language on full throttle

Java frameworks still rule the roost, but Go and Facebook's new HHVM PHP environment are gaining fast

By Serdar Yegulalp

Golang Java Technology Industry

Five great GIMP plugins

Today in Open Source: GIMP plugins to make your photos great. Plus: A review of Fedora 20, and a Fedora 20 screenshot tour

By Jim Lynch

Dec 18, 2013 3 mins

Open Source Software Development

Dark tower Mac Pro goes on sale Thursday

Radically redesigned workstation debuts tomorrow at prices starting at $2,999

Dec 18, 2013 3 mins

IDC: Job growth for developers to slow

The number of new professional developers entering the workforce is slowed by competition from other industries

Java Technology Industry Web Development

LG embraces Chrome OS, announces all-in-one desktop

The company will unveil its first product running Chrome OS at the International CES show next month

By John Ribeiro

China’s largest bitcoin exchange forced to stop accepting deposits

China has been clamping down on the currency, and has banned banks from trading with it

By Michael Kan

Software Development Technology Industry

Mindspeed acquisition fuels Intel’s hopes for bigger network role

The company's wireless access technology will it play across mobile networks, Intel said

By Stephen Lawson

Dec 18, 2013 4 mins

Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

HP’s Whitman gets one heck of a pay raise

Whitman's annual base salary has been bumped to $1.5 million from just a dollar

Google and HP’s Chromebook 11 charger recalled due to overheating

There have been reports of burns and minor property damage

Biologically inspired: How neural networks are finally maturing

Loosely modeled on the human brain, artificial neural networks are being used to solve increasingly sophisticated computing problems

Data Management Java Web Development

Dec 17, 2013 8 mins

Report: Salesforce.com joining OpenStack

The move would make Salesforce.com one of the first major SaaS companies to join OpenStack

By Brandon Butler

Dec 17, 2013 2 mins

Cloud Computing SaaS

CouchDB creator joins Salesforce.com to work on ‘ridiculously cool’ infrastructure project

Salesforce.com has made moves away from Oracle's database even as it continues licensing it

PaaS Private Cloud Web Development

Amazon wants to analyze real-time data with Kinesis

The managed service is now available as a public beta and can be used to help enterprises analyze things such as financial information

By Mikael Ricknäs

Amazon Web Services Business Intelligence Managed Cloud Services

AppliedMicro offers first development kit with 64-bit ARM server chip

AppliedMicro's $5,000 MyX-Gene development board will ship to system makers, software partners before solo developers

Fedora 20 released

Today in Open Source: Fedora 20 released. Plus: A look at five different Fedora 20 desktops, and a screenshot tour of GNOME 3.4 in the SteamOS beta

By Jim Lynch

Open Source Software Development

CouchDB creator joins Salesforce.com to work on ‘ridiculously cool’ infrastructure project

NoSQL hire fuels speculation that Salesforce may not need Oracle anymore

Databases Java Open Source

Obama to meet tech leaders on HealthCare.gov site, surveillance

Meeting with execs from tech companies such as Apple, Google, and Yahoo follows waves of disclosures related to government surveillance

By Zach Miners

Privacy Technology Industry Twitter

San Francisco gives its main street free Wi-Fi, eyes citywide service

The outdoor network was built using donated equipment from Ruckus Wireless

By Stephen Lawson

Dec 17, 2013 6 mins

DOJ defends NSA phone records program after judge’s ruling

Previous judges have found the collection program constitutional, unlike Monday's ruling

By Grant Gross

Judge pulls no punches in ruling against NSA program

The author of the U.S. Constitution would be 'aghast,' Judge Richard Leon writes

By Grant Gross

Dec 16, 2013 5 mins

Attackers exploited ColdFusion vulnerability to install Microsoft IIS malware

The malware works as an IIS module and can capture data entered by users in Web forms

By Lucian Constantin

Dec 16, 2013 3 mins

Careers Malware

Hadoop gets native R programming for big data analysis

Revolution R Enterprise has released a plug-in for running R analytics on Hadoopo data sets

Analytics Data Management

Dec 16, 2013 3 mins

Spring Java framework springs forward despite Oracle challenge

Version 4.0, due Thursday, features HTML5/WebSocket, REST, and Java 8 capabilities

Java Libraries and Frameworks Web Development

Dec 16, 2013 2 mins

Hadoop gets native R programming for big data analysis

Revolution R Enterprise has released a plug-in for running R analytics on Hadoopo data sets

Data Management Java Web Development

Dec 16, 2013 3 mins

Box has been thinking outside of the cloud

Perhaps gearing up for an IPO, Box is becoming a collaboration platform for the enterprise

By Brandon Butler

Dec 16, 2013 5 mins

PaaS SaaS Small and Medium Business

Google dives headfirst into robotics with Boston Dynamics buy

With robots like Atlas and BigDog, Boston Dynamics makes Google a big robotics player

By Sharon Gaudin

Dec 16, 2013 4 mins