Monthly Archives: June 2016
Google Seeks to Spur Kids’ Interest in Coding With Project Bloks
Google, in collaboration with design firm IDEO and a researcher from Stanford University, are collaborating on an effort dubbed Project Bloks that is designed...
Obama Administration Releases $150M in Grants for TechHire
The Obama administration is putting its money where its mouth is when it comes to investing in tech education projects.On June 27, the U.S....
Microsoft Wants PC Users to Raise (and Use) Their Hands
Someday soon, gesticulating wildly in front of one's office PC may hardly warrant a raised eyebrow.Microsoft is making some big strides in creating gesture-based...
Airbnb Sues San Francisco Over New Rental Rules
Airbnb is taking San Francisco to U.S. District Court over rules the city recently approved that mandate that Airbnb allow rental housing listings on...
Red Hat Doubles Down on Containers, Takes a Swipe at CloudFoundry
When Docker got started back in 2013, Red Hat was the first major vendor to embrace the new container approach. Now three years later,...
HP’s Latest Chromebook 11, the G5, Debuts in July, Starting at $189
HP is growing its Chromebook line with the addition of the Chromebook 11 G5, which will offer an optional touch-screen display and a redesigned...
Intel Considers Sale of McAfee Security Business: Report
Today's topics include a report that Intel is making plans to sell its security business, SentinelOne’s discovery of a new ransomeware threat, Huawei’s plans...
Forced Windows 10 Upgrade Cost Microsoft $10,000
Not everyone is thrilled with the free Windows 10 upgrade, as Microsoft discovered after paying $10,000 in a lawsuit.Teri Goldstein, a Sausalito, Calif., travel...
Why Dell Decided to Give Up Its Quest/Dell Software Division
So the Dell Software folks in Aliso Viejo, Calif., checked, and Quest Software apparently is still available to use for a corporate name.The headquarters...
Fedora 24 Debuts in Workstation, Cloud and Server Editions
Fedora 24 Debuts in Workstation, Cloud and Server Editions
The latest milestone update of Red Hat's community Linux distribution is available in desktop, cloud and...