Technology Industry

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

IBM adds a fancy scheduler to its OpenStack stack

IBM modifies its Platform Computing Scheduler to work with OpenStack

You shouldn’t have! Secret Santas of Silicon Valley

They're (relatively) young, smart, and loaded -- so what gifts might tech's secret Santas hand out this year? Here's a guess

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

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

MAC supply chain breaks — EU wants GOOGLE to pay up — VERIZON stands up to feds — WHATSAPP hits 400M users — More calls for Valley to SECEDE

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

Former Microsoft asset manager charged with insider trading

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

Proposed California law would mandate smartphone kill switch

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