Information Technology
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Kaspersky exec: Criminals get smarter along with techJan 24, 2015 6:42 am - WASHINGTON - Online attacks against such prominent targets as Sony, Target and Home Depot have brought cybersecurity and digital privacy to the forefront of the national...
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Questions about AKHAN, looking to move to Gurnee, surface in complaintJan 24, 2015 6:32 am - Questions about the viability of a project touted by AKHAN Semiconductor - a high-tech company being lured to Gurnee with millions of dollars in state and local incentiv...
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Review: Reading e-books on different devices toughJan 24, 2015 6:31 am - NEW YORK - In the world of e-books, you largely have a choice between Amazon's Kindle and everyone else. Amazon.com Inc. distributes its e-books in a proprietary format ...
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Apple may be designing an iPad stylusJan 24, 2015 6:18 am - I have a confession to make: I don't hate the stylus. That may make me unusual, particularly as a tech writer. But I love pen and paper, still take most of my notes by h...
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Twitter and Tumblr execs ditch smartphones to combat addictionJan 24, 2015 6:00 am - From Arianna Huffington to strategists at Twitter Inc. and Tumblr, technocrats are taking a break from their smartphones to show they can survive without digital media —...
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App Reviews: SimCity BuildIt and ScannableJan 24, 2015 5:55 am - SimCity BuildIt: This land is your land Urban planners-in-training, your app is here. Based on the classic SimCity franchise, this official mobile version from Elec...
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Air Force plans to cut costs, buy tech, fix bureaucracyJan 24, 2015 5:45 am - Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James outlined a three-pronged program aimed at cutting costs, speeding the purchase of new technology and taking a data-based approach t...
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YouTube to produce Super Bowl halftime show with online starsJan 24, 2015 5:31 am - LOS ANGELES - YouTube will offer a halftime show during the Super Bowl featuring some of its biggest online stars, part of a broader initiative to promote advertisements...
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Twitter said to pay $30 million for India startup ZipDialJan 24, 2015 5:12 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter said it will acquire ZipDial Mobile Solutions, an Indian marketing company, to improve its ability to reach mobile phones in emerging markets. Zi...
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Rauner says he'll have own plan for making community colleges affordableJan 23, 2015 12:01 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday called Harper College a model for what Illinois' community colleges need more of: partnerships with employers and training for technical jobs...