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Bitcoin finally pays off — in secure cloud storage

Storj.io wants to use bitcoin's blockchain technology as the basis for cloud storage, with payouts to those who rent space

Tell us your tech priorities for a chance to win $500

Fill out InfoWorld's annual 'Navigating IT' survey for a decent shot at a $500 kitty — and weigh your 2014 technology purchasing decisions along the way

3 big lessons to learn from Heartbleed

The devastating OpenSSL vulnerability proves the importance of data center orchestration, the wisdom of running older versions, and the need to give back to the OpenSSL project

Working for the weekend? Not if you want to keep your job

TGIF, everyone! But don't dare turn off your smartphone or company email if you know what's good for you

Video: A beginner’s guide to Heartbleed

If friends and family are bugging you for an explanation of Heartbleed and OpenSSL, refer them to this video

Perl language’s popularity hits all-time low

The Tiobe language index shows that Python and Ruby have gained in popularity at Perl's expense

Dropbox’s buffed-up business offering is better, but far from best

Revamped Dropbox for Business is closer to being a real business solution, but still has a few pieces missing — and a higher price tag

How my iPad crippled my MacBook Pro

A catastrophic failure's surprising cause was my changed use of my personal computer

After Heartbleed: 4 OpenSSL alternatives that work

In the wake of Heartbleed, it's high time we take a closer look at SSL alternatives from Mozilla and others

Change your company culture and get onto the cloud

Now that cloud computing is the new normal, it's the company culture — not technology — holding back the cloud

5 no-bull facts you need to know about Heartbleed right now

Here's the most crucial info about the OpenSSL bug that affects almost two-thirds of sites on the Internet

Windows 8.1 Update woes pile up: Errors 80070020, 80073712, 800F081F, 80242FFF, 800F0922

WSUS is still down, as general update failures and complaints flow in the two days since the release of Windows 8.1 Update

First look: MongoDB 2.6, the all-grown-up version

The leading NoSQL database has long been a favorite of developers. Now the brand-new 2.6 version of MongoDB is ready to woo operations

Here we go again: Outsourcers snap up H-1B visas at a record pace

The tech industry continues to push hard to raise the cap on H-1B visas to import even more lower-paid foreign workers

Let’s remember the real victims of Heartbleed: Cyber thieves

With the exposure of the SSL weakness, hackers are now forced to dip even further into their bag of tricks

Dubious features of Java 8

Early reactions weigh the flip-side of change, as developers get real about new features in Java 8

Beware of NoSQL standards in Oracle’s clothing

Yes, NoSQL is ripe for standardization — but not by Oracle

Update your Windows 8.1 Update — you’re missing KB 2934018

The Update bits that shipped on MSDN last week are not the same as the bits currently being shoveled out of Windows Update

Is Windows Update’s huge Visio 2013 patch a joke?

Microsoft's inclusion of a 481MB Visio 2013 patch on Windows Update spurs speculation of an April Fools' Day joke gone bad

Big data needs software-defined storage

With demands for agility and capacity, storage systems can't be islands. IBM's Ronald Riffe explains how software-defined storage provides a broad, hardware-independent solution

Beware of NoSQL standards in Oracle’s clothing

Oracle is reportedly trying to lure NoSQL startups into a standards body, perhaps to slow down the pace of change

Order up! One fried motherboard with an extra server on the side

A techie has no one to blame but himself when a service call hits him where it hurts the most: His own wallet

Why I won’t miss Windows XP

Now that Microsoft has pulled the plug on XP support, maybe everyone else can move on, too

Microsoft removes Windows 8.1 Update from WSUS update servers

Microsoft warns that the new Windows 8.1 Update may keep some computers from scanning Windows Update for more patches

Salesforce.com is officially out of ideas

Salesforce.com's new focus on six industries won't work. Worse, its old strengths won't do it much good in specialty industries

Microsoft and open source: True love or casual fling?

Microsoft is lavishing lots of love on open source .Net technologies, but open source Windows is another matter

Why the ‘retired’ Windows XP ain’t going nowhere

There are simply too many specialized apps and hardware devices that can't run anything but Windows XP

BrandPost: The Microsoft licensing optimization process in four signature steps

The constant that delivers results

Don’t want to mix programming languages? You already do!

IT job growth jumps for third month in a row

The job market for work in IT grew by 8,300 in the past month; the job participation rate was at its highest in months as well

Microsoft yanks SharePoint 2013 Service Pack 1, KB 2817429

With little notification or explanation, Microsoft has pulled the two-week-old Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2013

Don’t want to mix programming languages? You already do!

Multilingual development is already the norm, and every coder would be wise to embrace it

The sane person’s guide to the Windows XP apocalypse

Put down the hand grenade, and step away from the keyboard — the end of Windows XP doesn't have to be a disaster

The end of Windows XP and the start of a new Microsoft

Say good-bye to Windows XP — and hello to the 'cloud-first' Microsoft, which shows new signs of responsiveness to users and developers

Four things developers should know about the new Microsoft

Microsoft's new open source and platform initiatives present many options and challenges — here's what developers need to know

Welcome to the 21st century, Microsoft — took you long enough

Perennially late to the party, Microsoft at last makes moves to get its mobile, open source, and cloud efforts on track

Following Famo.us, Ludei takes a swing at PhoneGap too

Ludei CocoonJS boasts better deployment of HTML5-based mobile applications, with speed and dev tools as selling points

Microsoft opens .Net but misses the point with mobile

Unprecedented change continues to flow from Microsoft. But does the company really 'get it'?

Beware: The cloud’s Ponzi schemes are here

The SEC shuts down a cloud computing scam — and more could be on the way

Microsoft’s smart strategy to take on Android

Microsoft and Nokia are committing to ensuring that current devices will support the Windows Phone 8.1 upgrade

Microsoft adds .Net compiler to open source offerings

After open-sourcing its JavaScript technology, Microsoft does likewise with Roslyn project and forms .Net Foundation

ElasticBox wants to be Docker for devops

ElasticBox app-stack packaging system aims to fill the space between developers and devops the way Docker did for devops and cloud

The platform-as-a-service winner is … Puppet?

How did a devops framework come to rule PaaS?

Microsoft extends its JavaScript framework to rivals

The company's intent is to get open source WinJS on Android, iOS, and Firefox

Windows 8.1 Update KB 2919355 fails with error 0x80070003

Windows 8.1 Update isn't a day old, yet the first bug has cropped up: Unattended install with a moved ProfilesDirectory doesn't work

Windows 8.1 has reached end of life as surely as Windows XP

With future patches bound to a servicing stack update and Windows 8.1 Update, Windows 8.1 is effectively a dead end

Canonical and Secret: The dot-com bubble springs two slow leaks

As with the first dot-com bubble, gossip goeth before the fall. The Ubuntu cloud failure doesn't help either

In the latest Apple-Samsung battle, Apple’s real target is Google

If Apple proves 'slide to lock' and other common features are its exclusive property, Android is in serious jeopardy

The platform-as-a-service winner is … Puppet?

On-premises PaaS goes hand in hand with the 'not invented here' syndrome, and Puppet is the enabler

5 cool changes coming for OWA, Office 365, Exchange, and Outlook

Microsoft's cloud-first strategy for Exchange includes smarter filtering, a unified user experience, and wider platform support