All Stories from October 11, 2014 (Change date)
-
Watson says 'Hola' as IBM teaches languages 'Jeopardy!' champOct 11, 2014 7:45 am - NEW YORK -- "Hola, me llamo Watson." That's the introduction IBM's Spanish-speaking customers will soon be able to receive from the company's Watson analytics service --...
-
App reviews: SwiftKey, Sleep CycleOct 11, 2014 2:19 pm - SWIFTKEY This app is nothing new to Android users. But one of the best updates to the latest version of Apple's operating system is the ability to use third-party k...
-
Chairish launches new app to find used home furnishingsOct 11, 2014 2:19 pm - There are places on the Internet to buy and sell used furniture, including online newspaper classifieds, eBay and Craigslist. From a discriminating buyer's standpoint, h...
-
Tech firms cast a wide, and virtual, net for talentOct 12, 2014 7:43 am - WASHINGTON - At cybersecurity software startup Invincea, some of the developers building the company's key products never enter its Fairfax, Va., office. They're not out...
-
Cyberattacks trigger talk of 'hacking back'Oct 12, 2014 7:43 am - WASHINGTON - The recent rash of cyberattacks on major U.S. companies has highlighted the scant options available to the victims, who often can do little more than hunker...
-
Stopping Web villains: Cyber attackers have upper handOct 12, 2014 7:43 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. companies and the government are spending billions of dollars to try to lock down valuable information they store in computer networks, but thieves and...
-
Report: Teens are officially over FacebookOct 12, 2014 7:43 am - Since children are the future, and no one over 21 really knows what they find "cool," researchers have devoted many, many surveys to the exact quantification of what it ...
-
Review: What the leading map apps can do for youOct 12, 2014 7:43 am - Many people use smartphone apps to map their drive to dinner or find a less-congested route to work. But did you know that you can use them for public transit, too? You ...
-
Review: Stir Kinetic smart desk makes you stand upOct 12, 2014 7:43 am - NEW YORK - You may want to sit down for this. Then get up. Then sit down again. That's because there's a desk out there that tells you to do exactly that. The Stir K...
-
Despite $1.9 million investment, Cook court parking fees abandonedOct 13, 2014 10:48 pm - No one was fond of Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle's plans to charge a parking fee at the county's six courthouses, but it was the unions that finally got h...