Would you rather have a teacher or a computer grade your schoolwork?
Jonathan Zittrain Apr 15, 2013
EdX, a Harvard-MIT project, will offer essay grading software to colleges free of charge. You might imagine that teachers and professors would embrace the labor saving. But, not all do.
Digital Easter eggs: A developer's secret message to you
Katie Long Apr 1, 2013
In the digital world, an Easter egg is a hidden message snuck into a computer program, video game, or website where it shouldn’t be.
For software giant Oracle, the cloud of doom
Gigi Douban Mar 20, 2013
For years, Oracle's business has been selling big, expensive computers to hold all your data. The cloud has upended that business model and Oracle's latest profit report could tell us if the company is adjusting.
It's Patch Tuesday! Party time!
Sabri Ben-Achour Mar 11, 2013
For IT professionals, Microsoft has invented a holiday -- of sorts. The second Tuesday of every month is the day Microsoft releases the latest batch of security patches for it's software: Patch Tuesday. This week, the company has more than half-dozen security fixes, as cyber threats mount for Microsoft and Apple software.
Software update for your iPhone! Should you accept?
Chester Wisniewski Feb 25, 2013
Last week NASA lost direct contact with the International Space Station while updating their computer software. NASA may have learned their lesson, but have you?
Facebook to pay one billion for Instagram
Mitchell Hartman Apr 9, 2012
The company's photo-sharing app and social network will be Facebook's biggest acquisition yet
What if car makers released 'beta' versions?
Matt Berger Dec 5, 2011
Companies who produce technology, from Apple to Google to Marketplace, rely on the "beta" release to get new products to market before they're bug free. But are we too liberal with the term?
Me want to be first
Marc Sanchez Oct 13, 2011
Apple users are clamoring to get the newest updates, including the just released iOS 5 for the iPhone and storage via iCloud. Well all that ruckus...
Scareware ring busted, cyber palookas shut down, gave them a little chin music see?
John Moe Jun 23, 2011
This memo item brought to you by a poor imitation of Edward G. Robinson....
You can rent Photoshop now
John Moe Apr 11, 2011
Adobe announced an upgrade to its Creative Suite software. No big change to the best known product in the package, Photoshop, except when it comes...
