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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.
Tennis' latest dispute: Larry Ellison's 'net' worth
Ben Bergman Mar 15, 2013
Multi-billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison wants to increase the prize money for his tennis event, the BNP Paribas Open. But other tournament owners worry it'll price them out.
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?
Keeping cloud computing reliable in the storm, and Russia's new Internet surveillance program
David Brancaccio Nov 4, 2012
One of the most common images of this week's hurricane, power-sharing: People huddling with their phones and laptops plugged into power strips set up in bank foyers, coffee shops, or dangled helpfully out windows.
Avoid getting burned by Java
Adriene Hill Aug 31, 2012
Oracle announces a new patch for its Java software.
Competition heads for the cloud
Queena Kim Jul 2, 2012
After a vicious storm knocks out some cloud computing services, competitors look to profit.
Storms hit Amazon data center, Netflix and Instagram
Mitchell Hartman Jul 2, 2012
Amazon's servers were hit by a storm in Virginia. Those data centers are also home to storage for other major websites like Netflix, Pinterest and Instagram.
