Many have admired Microsoft for its recent ‘advances’ towards open technologies and the community contribution model as characterized by the open source movement in general. Others have remained happy to vilify and castigate the firm’s MS Open Tech open source unit and related movements ever since…

The makers of missiles and of farm products, of attack planes and baby strollers all want a part of the health IT action. Profits, not a prophet, as motivation -- but maybe "world peace," anyway.

Apple fails to fix a backdoor known as Rootpipe affecting all Macs, researchers claim. It had already been criticised for leaving anyone below Mac OS X Yosemite open to Rootpipe exploits, but will now have to re-engineer its patch if it wants to defend users from attacks.

Earnings season may have gotten a little bit tougher as heavyweights from the industrial, consumer staples, and tech sectors report this week following a big Friday selloff.

Listen up: Here are five key things you need to know about what the millennial generation of consumers is looking for in terms of customer service and customer experience that. Getting a grasp on this information is crucial because the millennial generation of customers is about to take your…

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UniKey, a smart lock and smart access control company, raises an oversubscribed $10 million round to expand their Kevo smart lock technology to UK, Europe & Asia into the smart commercial and smart enterprise markets. The founder, Phil Dumas presented his smart lock idea, then called a universal…

Fashion that has a commitment to environmental responsibility is the foundation of Amour Vert. It’s definitely not a novel concept, as many other lines have taken more of an initiative on becoming greener. However, not all look as good or strive as hard as this San Francisco-based label. “The brand…

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Onboarding new hires at an organization should be a strategic process and last at least one year to ensure high retention, say staffing and HR experts. Many companies approach onboarding as something that stops “when all paperwork is signed and the employee’s first day is complete,” said Ben…

Etsy Inc.’s stock tumbles on its second day as a public company, after a Wedbush Securities analyst said valuations are “well beyond” those of its peer groups.

Financial traders come up with creative ways to use their unexpected free time after an outage cuts off access to Bloomberg terminals.

Three successful IPOs, the oil market and a regulatory change in China led the news.

These are the 10 employers with the greatest number of former military service members in skilled labor positions, according to new market data collected by Payscale.com. For this study, Payscale looked only at employers that offer positions where military experience or training is highly relevant…

Since bursting onto the payments scene in 2009, Square has been widely recognized for its mobile and point-of-sales payment system for small businesses. But did you know it also lends money to businesses it works with?

Apple is in talks with six Canadian banks for mobile payment service’s first venture outside the U.S.

A new app from the startup ParentsWare aims to help parents control the amount of time their kids spend playing games online and surfing the Internet.

Connecting the dots between IT asset management, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, and the operationalization of IT information is a tall order, but is an increasingly familiar enabler of business agility at enterprises that must deal with complexity and ongoing change.

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Emails from Andrea Wong, president of international production for Sony Pictures Television, indicate a Dr Who film is on the way. It's some positive news from the Sony hack debacle that continues to rumble on, half a year after the attacks, allegedly sponsored by North Korea, took place.

Disruption causes UK. cot postpone buyback of government debt.

When it comes to hackers stealing private information, you’re the weak link, writes Jurica Dujmovic.

China suspended bank-technology rules that drew protests from the U.S. government and business groups in a move that could help ease cybersecurity tensions between Washington and Beijing, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Shares of Virtu Financial Inc. surge in their market debut, an important test of how global investors view a firm that has been at the center of controversy around high-speed, computerized trading.

U.S. stocks close slightly lower Thursday following a session of slight gains and declines as investors digest a mixed batch of economic reports and Federal Reserve speakers in light of a stream of better-than-expected earnings.

Etsy’s stock priced at $16 in its IPO before doubling to more than $30 in early trade on Thursday.

Etsy, which operates a marketplace for handcrafted goods, pulled off a splashy IPO today, with the stock up 119%.

Netflix stock surges on the heels of blowout subscriber numbers, but several charts warn that the stock price is getting way ahead of some fundamental and technical indicators.

The new book by visionaries Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans is bullish on humanity's power to direct the future evolution of the human race and the planet.