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To help firefighters, the California State Assembly is considering giving them permission to take out drones in their way. A bill being considered in the California Assembly would allow first responders to shoot drones out of the sky if they are hindering their job. This is...

Microsoft explores new security strategies based on virtualization to better protect enterprise customers from malware and identity theft. When we're talking about Windows 10 features, security upgrades are often edged out of the spotlight by flashy additions like Cortana for desktop, Microsoft Edge, and Universal Apps....

Insights into controls challenges and solutions Few words spark more angst in business circles than “controls.” No one wants to be controlled yet controls are an integral part to any business. Unfortunately, many people equate the word to a costly compliance exercise largely thanks to the...

The agency is touting progress already made toward its stated goal of building up-to-date IT for the military health system As the Defense Health Agency gets set to start the massive undertaking of replacing and modernizing its electronic health record system, the agency is standardizing and...

IBM is advancing rapidly into new fields like data analytics, cloud computing and mobile applications. And while the technology company’s second-quarter results showed encouraging progress in those businesses, it was not enough to translate into growth for the company as a whole. Virginia M. Rometty, IBM’s...

Among the many promises of the Internet of Things — a network of Wi-Fi-connected devices and equipment managed with smartphones — is the automation of everyday life, whether finding a parking space or discovering a discounted blouse at the mall or lighting the streets when...

SEATTLE — Next week, when Microsoft releases Windows 10, the latest version of the company’s operating system, the software will offer a mix of the familiar and new to the people who run earlier versions of it on more than 1.5 billion computers and other...

Research points to ways to reduce incorrect assessments of patient conditions Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC's electronic surveillance framework for hospitalized kids is poised to significantly reduce false-positive identification of serious health conditions. This according to new peer-reviewed research published today in the journal Pediatric Critical...

Healthcare organizations can use the new functions for archiving, encryption, auditing, and event monitoring, all in the cloud. Salesforce on Tuesday hoisted up a new platform for building apps. Called Salesforce Shield, the cloud-based customer relationship management provider explained that Salesforce Shield is geared toward companies...