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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

Samsung ships test units of performance-boosting mobile chip

The company says its new chip doubles CPU performance and boosts 3D graphics fourfold

By Agam Shah

Nov 30, 2011 2 mins

Samsung Electronics Technology Industry

Duqu hackers scrub evidence from command servers, shut down spying op

Delete all files and logs just days after researchers revealed botnet's existence

By Gregg Keizer

Nov 30, 2011 3 mins

Malware

CRM packages look to ease financial firms’ move to Salesforce

G1 Asset Management also offers a social marketing element to help users better understand the trend

By Fred O'Connor

Nov 30, 2011 3 mins

SaaS Software Development

Mobile spyware raises ethical, legal questions

Flexispy and other companies sell software that can monitor calls and texts on a mobile phone

By Michael Kan

Nov 30, 2011 6 mins

Identity Management Solutions Technology Industry

STEC announces high-endurance SSD

The SSD can support up to 33 petabytes of data writes over its working life

By Lucas Mearian

Nov 30, 2011 3 mins

Technology Industry

Startup Agari debuts security services to stop fake email, phishing attacks

AOL, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are on board to support the security technology, and Facebook is an early adopter

By Ellen Messmer

Nov 30, 2011 4 mins

Identity Management Solutions Phishing Web Development

Mobile mania spurs demand for unified communications

As users bring their own technology to the workplace, companies look to unified communications to tie it all together

By Mary K. Pratt

Nov 30, 2011 1 min

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Adobe buys Efficient Frontier to boost its online advertising capabilities

Adobe accelerates digital marketing push with second acquisition in less than a month

By Mikael Ricknäs

Nov 30, 2011 2 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

The new set of cloud services is based on Salesforce.com's acquisition of Radian6 technology that tracks social data

By Chris Kanaracus

Nov 30, 2011 4 mins

Managed Cloud Services Technology Industry Web Development

Lawmaker dissatisfied with Amazon’s answers on Kindle Fire’s data harvesting

Markey wants a straight answer from Amazon about how the company will use the data collected by the tablet's Silk browser

By Gregg Keizer

Nov 30, 2011 4 mins

Amazon.com Privacy Technology Industry

Apple seeks to block sale of modified Samsung Galaxy tablet in Germany

Samsung modified the appearance of its tablet, creating the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, to circumvent an earlier ban obtained by Apple

By Mikael Ricknäs

Nov 30, 2011 2 mins

Intellectual Property Samsung Electronics Technology Industry

MobileIron brings unified Android management console

New version of its MDM tool enables Cisco AnyConnect VPNs and Exchange configuration certificates on some devices, as well as 'Ice Cream Sandwich' support

By Galen Gruman

Nov 30, 2011 2 mins

Careers Technology Industry

Facebook settles FTC privacy complaints

The social networking site deceived consumer about privacy practices on 'numerous occasions,' the FTC says

By Grant Gross

Nov 29, 2011 4 mins

Privacy Technology Industry

Android, iPhone still top U.S. smartphones, Nielsen says

The two smartphone platforms heavily dominate app downloads as well

By Matt Hamblen

Nov 29, 2011 2 mins

Technology Industry

Tablets to get faster with PCI Express 4.0

PCI-SIG's new PCIe 4.0 bus will be finalized by 2014 or 2015

By Agam Shah

Nov 29, 2011 3 mins

Technology Industry

Nokia Siemens to sell WiMax business to NewNet

Nokia Siemens Networks bought the unit last year as part of Motorola's infrastructure business

By Stephen Lawson

Nov 29, 2011 2 mins

Technology Industry

HP announces enterprise-class deduplication appliance

The B6200 StoreOnce Backup System is HP's first use of Autonomy software

By Lucas Mearian

Nov 29, 2011 3 mins

Data Quality

Apple yanks iPhone tethering app from App Store

Now you see it, now you don't. Apple squashes another carrier-sidestepping tethering app

By Gregg Keizer

Nov 29, 2011 3 mins

Technology Industry

How devops can help speed application development

Devops tightens the feedback loop between developers and operations

By Joab Jackson

Nov 29, 2011 5 mins

Devops Java Web Development

Programming languages cannot be copyrighted, says senior E.U. court adviser

And neither can the functionalities of a computer program, according to an opinion on a case brought by SAS

By Jennifer Baker

Nov 29, 2011 2 mins

Java Open Source Software Development

Microsoft: Office 365 a hit, especially with small businesses

More than 90 percent of the Office 365 customer base currently is made up of small businesses

By Juan Carlos Perez

Nov 29, 2011 4 mins

SaaS Small and Medium Business Software Development

WatchGuard launches iOS-friendly security appliance

The XTM 330 appliance allows iPad and iPhone users to access corporate resources securely

By Mikael Ricknäs

Nov 29, 2011 2 mins

Technology Industry

Tags, scripts, and widgets drag website loading times down

Despite rising broadband speeds, websites often get bogged down with scripts and widgets with high latency times, according to Ghostery

By Jeremy Kirk

Nov 29, 2011 3 mins

Technology Industry Web Development

Programming languages cannot be copyrighted, says senior E.U. court adviser

And neither can the functionalities of a computer program, according to an opinion on a case brought by SAS

By Jennifer Baker

Nov 29, 2011 2 mins

Intellectual Property

HP pairs Autonomy and Vertica software

The combined software will search and analyze both structured and unstructured data into a unified workflow

By Joab Jackson

Nov 29, 2011 3 mins

Data Warehousing Predictive Analytics

Seagate launches new Momentus XT hybrid drive

Seagate says the hybrid drive comes close to matching the performance of SSDs costing twice as much as the $245 Momentus XT

By Lucas Mearian

Nov 29, 2011 4 mins

Technology Industry

Protocol deal to bring compatible Microsoft apps to iOS, Android

Agreeya Mobility will build a suite of mobile apps that can draw on data from Windows Azure, SharePoint, and other Microsoft applications

By Michael Kan

Nov 29, 2011 2 mins

Mobile Development Technology Industry

How devops can help speed application development

The emerging concept tightens the feedback loop between developers and operations, allowing organizations to speed the refinement of their code

By Joab Jackson

Nov 29, 2011 5 mins

Devops Software Development

DevExpress tools upgrade focuses on touch development

Next generation of DX tools also offer duplicate code detection and a bridge from ASP.Net to Apple's iPhone

By Paul Krill

Nov 28, 2011 2 mins

Development Tools Mobile Development Technology Industry

3M, Infor in legal battle over millions in software fees

The dispute stems from 3M's decision to use a third-party support provider to help it run its systems

By Chris Kanaracus

Nov 28, 2011 5 mins

Intellectual Property SaaS Software Development

Gartner: RISC, Itanium lose out to x86 in Q3 server market

Worldwide server shipments and revenue grew in the third quarter this year, with x86 being the biggest winner

By Agam Shah

Nov 28, 2011 2 mins

Technology Industry

Twitter scoops up mobile security developer Whisper Systems

Software from Whisper Systems offers full disk encryption and other security software for Android phones

By Nancy Gohring

Nov 28, 2011 3 mins

Security Technology Industry Twitter

Free software activists take on Google with new search engine

The YaCy peer-to-peer search engine offers an alternative to Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Bing, and others

By Jennifer Baker

Nov 28, 2011 3 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Hackers target IPv6

Enterprises need to be aware of hidden IPv6 vulnerabilities now even if they are delaying implementation

By Susan Perschke

Nov 28, 2011 7 mins

Network Security Technology Industry

Unpatched Apache reverse proxy flaw allows access to internal network

Security researcher reveals how to bypass older patch for an Apache reverse proxy vulnerability

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 28, 2011 3 mins

Application Security Open Source Patch Management Software

This year’s H-1B cap is reached at quicker pace

Feds announce that the H-1B visa cap was reached some two months earlier than last year

By Patrick Thibodeau

Nov 28, 2011 2 mins

Careers IT Jobs Technology Industry

Macs in your business: InfoWorld’s expert management guide

As the Macintosh becomes a common tool in today's enterprise, IT has much to learn about effectively working with the Apple platform

By InfoWorld Staff

Nov 28, 2011 1 min

Careers Software Development Technology Industry

Intel recasts Pentium chip for servers

The company has started shipping the new Pentium 350 dual-core chip for low-end servers

By Agam Shah

Nov 23, 2011 2 mins

Technology Industry

Western Digital hard-disk drive takeover approved, with conditions

EU authorities rule that Western Digital has to sell a production plant to take over Hitachi's hard-disk drive business

By Jennifer Baker

Nov 23, 2011 2 mins

Technology Industry

Court rules that HP’s Hurd investigation document can remain secret

A shareholder had sued to bring the document to light

By Chris Kanaracus

Nov 23, 2011 2 mins

Technology Industry

Salesforce.com’s Heroku launches standalone database service

The service is based on the open-source PostgreSQL database and offers 'continuous protection' from database failure

By Chris Kanaracus

Nov 23, 2011 3 mins

IaaS Technology Industry Web Development

Nokia Siemens to slash 17,000 jobs worldwide

The company will shift focus to mobile broadband and related services as it seeks to slash costs

By Mikael Ricknäs

Nov 23, 2011 3 mins

Nokia Technology Industry

Google protects its current HTTPS traffic against future attacks

HTTPS-enabled Google services now implement a special encryption technique to mitigate future key recovery attacks

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 23, 2011 2 mins

Data and Information Security Encryption Technology Industry

Five reasons the U.S. tech lead is in danger

While the U.S. Congress focuses on budget cutting, other nations are figuring out what to spend on the next computing platforms

By Patrick Thibodeau

Nov 23, 2011 8 mins

High-Performance Computing Technology Industry

Dell PowerEdge servers get AMD’s new 16-core chips

The new Dell PowerEdge servers with new chips are faster and more power-efficient

By Agam Shah

Nov 22, 2011 2 mins

Dell Technology Industry

HP to put Xeon chips in high-end Integrity servers

HP is developing Superdome and other Integrity servers that can use Xeon as well as Itanium processors

By James Niccolai

Nov 22, 2011 3 mins

Technology Industry

Update: FCC finds AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile not in the public interest

The decision echoes a similar conclusion reached by the DOJ in August

By Grant Gross

Nov 22, 2011 3 mins

AT&T T-Mobile Technology Industry

Software vendor Wellogix says partnership with SAP led to stolen trade secrets

The former SAP partner has been in litigation with SAP due to a dispute that dates back to 2005

By Chris Kanaracus

Nov 22, 2011 5 mins

Intellectual Property Software Development Technology Industry

Global race for exascale computing is on

Interview: Top computer scientist Peter Beckman details the steps the U.S. and others are taking in the competition to build an exascale supercomputer

By Patrick Thibodeau

Nov 22, 2011 9 mins

High-Performance Computing Technology Industry