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Final training of AI models is a fraction of their total cost

Those poor AI companies are paying for a lot more than just training runs, explaining their sensitivity to threats such as model distillation

By Maxwell Cooter

Mar 27, 20262 mins

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft to address Yammer integration plans at SharePoint conference

The company is expected to mesh the technologies through unified identity, combined document management, and aggregation of notification feeds

By Juan Carlos Perez

Nov 12, 2012 4 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

After a tough year, Intel and HP push ahead on Itanium

HP says new Itanium chip, system improvements boost performance by factor of three

By Patrick Thibodeau

Nov 12, 2012 4 mins

Careers Technology Industry

RIM to launch BlackBerry 10 on Jan. 30

The operating system will be joined by two smartphones in a rollout that analysts believe could determine the viability of RIM going forward

By Mikael Ricknäs

Nov 12, 2012 3 mins

Technology Industry

Nvidia, AMD release graphics processors for supercomputing

Nvidia's K20 and K20X, and AMD's FirePro SM10000 GPUs deliver more than a teraflop of double-precision performance

By Agam Shah

Nov 12, 2012 3 mins

High-Performance Computing Technology Industry

UN’s civil aviation body recommends cybersecurity task force

The International Civil Aviation Organization says a task force is merited given new technologies in air traffic control systems

By Jeremy Kirk

Nov 12, 2012 3 mins

Security

Skype for Windows Phone 8 preview available for download

Users will receive some call and message notifications even when the app is closed

By Mikael Ricknäs

Nov 12, 2012 2 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Intel ships 60-core Xeon Phi processor

The company's first Phi chip is released more than two years after it was announced

By Agam Shah

Nov 12, 2012 4 mins

High-Performance Computing Technology Industry

Apple, HTC settle their patent suits worldwide

The smartphone makers have signed a patent cross-licensing agreement that ends their conflict

By Martyn Williams

Nov 11, 2012 2 mins

Intellectual Property Technology Industry

Google blocked in China by censors, unclear how long it will last

The blocking occurs as China prepares to change its government leadership

By Michael Kan

Nov 9, 2012 2 mins

Technology Industry

Google gives cloud-based database a performance boost

Enterprises can now run bigger, faster MySQL databases on Google's cloud and also test Cloud SQL for free during a limited time

By Mikael Ricknäs

Nov 9, 2012 3 mins

Cloud Storage Databases Technology Industry

Microsoft slates first Windows 8, RT patches since launch

Next week's Patch Tuesday will address 19 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE9, and .Net

By Gregg Keizer

Nov 9, 2012 4 mins

Patch Management Software Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

VMware updates micro version of Cloud Foundry PaaS

Micro instance allows developers to more easily test an application that's still under development with Cloud Foundry on a single machine

By Brandon Butler

Nov 9, 2012 3 mins

Development Tools PaaS Web Development

Update: Cisco recommends McAfee switch for IronPort customers hit by Sophos flaws

Attackers could gain control of IronPort appliances because of flaws in Sophos Anti-Virus, Cisco said

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 9, 2012 3 mins

Malware Patch Management Software Technology Industry

Facebook boosts Hadoop with scheduling muscle

Facebook's Corona will make better use of clusters than MapReduce does, the company claims

By Joab Jackson

Nov 8, 2012 3 mins

Data Integration Data Warehousing Technology Industry

Evolving security standards a challenge for cloud computing

The proposed EU data-privacy law will play a major role

By Ellen Messmer

Nov 8, 2012 6 mins

Cloud Security

Twitter error leads to reset passwords, confusion among users

An administrative error, not a wide-scale security attack, caused Twitter to reset passwords, the company stated

By Joab Jackson

Nov 8, 2012 2 mins

Authentication Technology Industry Twitter

The cloud as data-center extension

Many large enterprises gravitate to the cloud as an escape hatch for overworked and out-of-room data centers — and then come to love it

By Sandra Gittlen

Nov 8, 2012 11 mins

IaaS PaaS SaaS

Oracle buys Instantis for project portfolio management software

The move heats up Oracle's rivalry with IBM and CA in the PPM market

By Chris Kanaracus

Nov 8, 2012 2 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

ShareFile with StorageZones is Citrix's enterprise-friendly answer to cloud-based storage services like DropBox, Apple's iCloud, and Google's Drive

By Mikael Ricknäs

Nov 8, 2012 2 mins

Citrix Systems Cloud Storage Data Quality

Cray’s next-generation supercomputer has speedy interconnect

The XC supercomputers rely on Intel's Aries high-speed interconnect to dramatically improve internal bandwidth and will include a model for business use

By Joab Jackson

Nov 8, 2012 4 mins

High-Performance Computing

Hitachi releases new 1.6TB flash modules

HDS's new flash module is built specifically for enterprise-class workloads and can offer more than 1 million IOPS

By Lucas Mearian

Nov 8, 2012 4 mins

Zero-day PDF exploit reportedly defeats Adobe Reader sandbox protection

Exploit targets a previously unknown vulnerability in Adobe Reader, and works even if JavaScript support is disabled, Group-IB researchers say

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 8, 2012 3 mins

Application Security Cybercrime Malware

2013 IT salaries: 15 titles getting the biggest pay raises

Mobile application developers and wireless network engineers can expect a 9 percent and 7.9 percent increase in starting salaries

By Ann Bednarz

Nov 8, 2012 2 mins

IT Jobs

Siemens industrial software targeted by Stuxnet is still full of holes

Researchers reveal details from a canceled Defcon security presentation that show more than 50 vulnerabilities in WinCC's latest version

By Jeremy Kirk

Nov 8, 2012 3 mins

Careers Malware

Oracle hit with patent lawsuit over WebLogic Server

Middleware vendor Thought says Oracle is knowingly infringing on a number of its patents

By Chris Kanaracus

Nov 7, 2012 3 mins

Intellectual Property Java Technology Industry

IDC: In software market, CRM, virtualization, and collaboration show strongest growth

Economic woes in Western Europe held down the software market's momentum so far this year, the market researcher says

By Chris Kanaracus

Nov 7, 2012 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

CloudStack releases first code under Apache license

CloudStack version 4.0 improves support for software-defined networking and integrates Amazon Web Service API compatibility

By Brandon Butler

Nov 7, 2012 4 mins

Managed Cloud Services Open Source

Microsoft adding in-memory capabilities to SQL Server

Code-named Hekaton, Microsoft's in-memory technology will allow an entire database to be run from memory

By Joab Jackson

Nov 7, 2012 4 mins

Data Warehousing Databases Technology Industry

Google follows Apple’s lead with Android app security screening

Android 4.2 'Jelly Bean' update uses a trusted third party to vet apps, unlike Apple's own internal review of App Store apps

By Antone Gonsalves

Nov 7, 2012 4 mins

Technology Industry

Security experts push back at ‘Cyber Pearl Harbor’ warning

The only effective defense is to 'build security in' from the ground up, critics say in response to DoD and DHS comments on cyber security

By Taylor Armerding

Nov 7, 2012 6 mins

Cybercrime Data and Information Security Technology Industry

Adobe, now ‘married’ to Microsoft, moves Flash updates to Patch Tuesday

Future Flash security updates will be synchronized with Microsoft's monthly patch schedule

By Gregg Keizer

Nov 7, 2012 6 mins

Browsers Patch Management Software Technology Industry

TI unveils wireless charging chip with 4X powering area

New TI integrated chip, which eliminates the need for a separate battery charger circuit, will show up in many mobile products this quarter and next

By Lucas Mearian

Nov 7, 2012 4 mins

Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Mobile carriers’ Sandy recovery teams brace for another storm

Emergency crews and gear in place will help operators respond, but some portable phone-charging stations will go offline temporarily

By Stephen Lawson

Nov 7, 2012 3 mins

Technology Industry

Windows Phone 8 will tell users where to find free Wi-Fi

Devicescape has licensed its database of the best free public hotspots to Microsoft

By Stephen Lawson

Nov 7, 2012 3 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Google updates Chrome browser with battery-saving feature

This new version of the Google browser also adds the ability to send 'do not track' requests to websites

By Juan Carlos Perez

Nov 6, 2012 2 mins

Technology Industry

HP simplifies automated software testing suite

HP's updated Unified Functional Testing provides a way to test all layers of an application from a single screen

By Joab Jackson

Nov 6, 2012 4 mins

Development Tools Software Development

How big data will separate haves from have-nots

The CIO of Dun & Bradstreet says big data represents a corporate turning point this decade as disruptive and revolutionary as the Internet in the 1990s

By Allen Bernard

Nov 6, 2012 7 mins

Data Management Databases

x86 processor shipments drop steeply in Q3 as Intel gains on AMD

Intel gained share over AMD, but it was the second worst quarter for the x86 processor market since Q1 of 2001

By Agam Shah

Nov 6, 2012 3 mins

Technology Industry

Researcher finds critical vulnerabilities in Sophos antivirus product

Sophos antivirus should only be considered for low-value non-critical systems, the security researcher said

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 6, 2012 5 mins

Endpoint Protection Malware Patch Management Software

Imagination buys MIPS to expand beyond graphics processors into smartphones

MIPS will also sell the majority of its patent portfolio to a consortium including chip design house ARM

By Mikael Ricknäs

Nov 6, 2012 2 mins

Technology Industry

IT jobs on the other side of the cloud

As companies turn increasingly toward the cloud, corporate IT staffers wonder if the grass is greener working for a service provider

By Howard Baldwin

Nov 6, 2012 8 mins

Cloud Computing IT Jobs

Mobile networks nearing normal coverage after Sandy

Verizon Wireless reported 99 percent of its cell towers in the Northeast are now online

By Stephen Lawson

Nov 6, 2012 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

Update: Verizon to shut down app store by January

Verizon will start removing the Verizon Apps application from Android and Research in Motion devices in January

By John Ribeiro

Nov 6, 2012 3 mins

Software Development Technology Industry Web Development

Linux Foundation welcomes new members as existing heavyweights up their commitments

Citrix and HP both upped their levels of commitment to the foundation, which added four new members

By Jon Gold

Nov 5, 2012 2 mins

Open Source Software Development

Wisconsin judge dismisses Apple v. Motorola patent case

The move came just hours before the trial was due to begin

By Martyn Williams

Nov 5, 2012 3 mins

Intellectual Property Technology Industry

Lenovo’s new enterprise division introduces its first server

Lenovo's Enterprise Product Group will deal in servers, networking, and storage products

By Agam Shah

Nov 5, 2012 3 mins

Lenovo Technology Industry

RightScale joins OpenStack, supports Rackspace’s open cloud

OpenStack continues to add partners as cloud federation RightScale jumps on board and rolls out management support for Rackspace's OpenStack-powered cloud

By Brandon Butler

Nov 5, 2012 2 mins

Cloud Computing Open Source