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CEO Michael Dell: Being a Private Company ‘Just Delightful’
AUSTIN, Texas—It was a confident, upbeat and energized Michael Dell moving about the Dell World 2013 show here this week. Addressing the thousands of...
Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook Get High Marks From Employees: Glassdoor
Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook Get High Marks From Employees: Glassdoor
by Nathan Eddy
Twitter's Roster of Characters Is the Happiest
Employees at the micro-blogging site praise the company's...
Cyber-Crimes Likely to Surface During Holidays: 10 Common Scenarios
Cyber-Crimes Likely to Surface During Holidays: 10 Common Scenarios
by Chris Preimesberger
Botnets and Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks
It is probably the most common type of cyber-attack: A...
AT&T U-verse With GigaPower Launches in Austin
Telecommunications giant AT&T has announced the launch of U-verse with GigaPower, its all-fiber Internet network, for the city of Austin, Texas.The company is offering...
Kroll Ontrack’s Top 10 Data Disasters Averted in 2013
Kroll Ontrack's Top 10 Data Disasters Averted in 2013
By Chris Preimesberger
A Cell Phone Is Not Bullet-Proof (United States)
Enough said. Full recovery, 10GB of data...
CTIA, Five Largest Carriers Agree to Let Consumers Unlock Devices
Unlocking a smartphone, even a paid-off smartphone no longer tied to a carrier contract, became illegal on Jan. 26 of this year, due to...
Texting While Driving More Prevalent Among Adults: AAA
While the public often cites teens as being the most common offenders, a recent survey found that adult drivers ages 25-39 were the most...
Wearable Fitness Devices Find Footing With Consumers: CEA
Consumer interest in purchasing dedicated wearable fitness devices in the next 12 months quadrupled to 13 percent in 2013, from just 3 percent in...
Internet of Things Adoption Base Expands: Gartner
The Internet of things, which excludes PCs, tablets and smartphones, will grow to 26 billion units installed in 2020, representing an almost 30-fold increase...
Dell Creates $300 Million Fund to Help New Tech Companies
AUSTIN, Texas—Dell is looking to ramp up its investments in research both inside and outside the company.CEO Michael Dell, speaking at the Dell World...