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Why Are So Many IT Projects Failing?

A recent study reports that 50 percent of companies had an IT project fail in the last 12 months. Business leaders who blame IT are missing the real project management issues....

06.12.2013

From Netscape to Napster: Whatever happened to yesterday's giants?

The sudden, quiet killing of the legendary Winamp media player sent a shiver across the Web last week. Just like that, a software giant of yore was gone. But once the initial shock wore off, another thought settled in: "Wait, Winamp was still around?"...

06.12.2013

FCC approves Verizon purchase of Vodafone stake in Verizon Wireless

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has given its blessing to Verizon Communication's proposed US$130 billion purchase of the stake that Vodafone Group has in Verizon Wireless....

06.12.2013

Fatal PS4 robbery attempt highlights dangers of selling online

A man was shot and killed in San Francisco this week after he tried to sell his PlayStation 4 on Craigslist, highlighting the potential dangers of selling goods to strangers online....

06.12.2013

HP regains server lead but Taiwan vendors see big growth

Hewlett-Packard took back its server crown from IBM last quarter as the overall market contracted and Taiwanese vendors made big gains selling directly to Internet giants like Google and Facebook, IDC reported Wednesday....

06.12.2013

Passwords reset after 'Pony' botnet stole 2 million credentials

Facebook, LinkedIn and other online services have been resetting accounts after 2 million login credentials, apparently stolen from users' computers, were discovered on a server in the Netherlands....

06.12.2013

Microsoft to encrypt services, notify customers of gov't data requests

Microsoft moved to reassure business and government customers worldwide that it is committed to informing them of legal orders related to their data, and will fight in court any 'gag order' that prevents it from sharing such information with customers....

06.12.2013

Microsoft helps develop bra technology to battle overeating

Sensors tucked inside a bra can detect emotional states that lead to overeating in time to head off binges, according to studies assisted by a team from Microsoft Research....

06.12.2013

Ultrabook, laptop, hybrid or Chromebook? How to pick the best portable PC

Just a few years back, buying a laptop was as easy as walking into a Wal-Mart or Best Buy, strolling past the netbooks, plunking down a few hundred bucks on a Windows machine with a trackpad that didn't completely suck, and coming home, if not happy, at least with a notebook that could get the job done....

06.12.2013

Anti-Bot Working Group to fight DDoS attacks from cloud infrastructure

Distributed denial-of-service attacks against financial firms and other industries have been mounting, so today the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced it is establishing the Anti-Bot Working Group to help fight this threat....

06.12.2013

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