Most programming doesn't require a special brain, but it’s more frustrating and messier than anyone lets on. There are thousands of enthusiastic blog posts, classes and apps that aim to entice you with the promise of a slick, unequivocal procedure for learning to code. They rarely mention the tedium of getting your environment set up…
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To keep up with the ever-changing definition of a "mobile" platform, Google wants to spread ads across devices.
Love the way your Nest Learning Thermostat just hangs on the wall like a piece of art? Or how your Samsung Gear smartwatch makes it easier to communicate? Well, they might soon be used to serve up ads,…
Baidu has scored a win over Google by hiring Andrew Ng, founder of the “Google Brain,” to run the Chinese Internet giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) labs.
The Google Brain is the nickname for a project at the company to replicate aspects of how the human brain works in computers, which could lead to big advances…
A pair of healthcare organizations have agreed to pay a combined $4.8 million to settle charges that they potentially violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (otherwise known as HIPAA). The charges were the consequence of a data breach in which protected health information of thousands of patients was compromised.An investigation into…
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Microsoft has issued a fix for a dangerous Internet Explorer bug that left the browser highly vulnerable across every major version, including those that run on Windows XP.The patch, delivered at 10 a.m. Thursday, comes out of Microsoft's usual Patch Tuesday cycle because of its severity. It affected IE 6 through 11 and allowed attackers…
Over the course of this Spring, Netflix (NFLX) made two things clear: It opposes the idea of paying Internet service providers for access to their customers, and is willing to pay Internet service providers for access to their consumers. Yes, this may sound contradictory, but this may be the only way for Netflix to get their customers…
Emails are an important part of communication with all private and business partners. We should therefore also be careful in writing emails. This is especially true when you consider that most corporate emails are never really deleted and remain on corporate servers and data-center backups for many years. It therefore makes sense to consider a…
In an attempt to catch up with Apple and Google, Microsoft has created voice command technology that seems to far surpass its competitors. Cortana, named after the omniscient program from Microsoft’s Halo, seems to impress more beta testers each day. With the new windows 8.1 operating system update, Cortana’s intelligence has increased tenfold from previous…
Remember the Start Menu? Microsoft is bringing it back. That much is clear enough, as the company announced the forthcoming resurrection at Build earlier this year. Here’s something new: The Start Menu is now expected to return in August. The new Start Menu will incorporate Live Tiles and other Windows 8 elements that will update the…
Microsoft may have retired Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) last week, but it's still keeping track of the ancient browser's user share on a death watch-like website that's been running for more than three years. IE6 launched in August 2001, about two months before Windows XP shipped. Microsoft issued the final security update for IE6 on April…
The Heartbleed bug is one of the biggest security flaws the Internet has known. Internet research firm Netcraft estimates that as many as 500,000 websites could be affected. Since hackers can exploit Heartbleed to steal user data -- Canadian police yesterday arrested a man who allegedly used Heartbleed to steal user data from the government's…