Microsoft has been on a roll lately. Office for iOS (and soon Android), free Windows licenses for small devices, universal Windows and Windows Phone apps, Siri rival Cortana, even a promise to eventually return the start menu before Windows 9. But when it comes to Windows 8,...

"DeepFace" can pick you out of a crowd with disturbing accuracy.ï؟½ Day by day, Facebook's cache of personal data grows ever larger, and the company isn't sitting idly atop its stockpile. This week,...

For the world's economy to get full value from technological innovation, it must have a robust, coordinated approach to cybersecurity. A new report from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company looks at how that could happen...

Each year, the Internet Security Forum, a nonprofit association that researches and analyzes security and risk management issues, releases its 'Threat Horizon' report to provide members with a forward-looking view of the biggest security threats over a two-year horizon. Here are the top 10 threats through 2016...

Just because you're not posting drunken selfies doesn't mean you've got this social networking thing down. There are a number of more subtle social media mistakes that could hurt your career. Here are six to avoid...

More and more businesses of all sizes are storing some or all of their data in the cloud. But before you move to an online storage provider, there are some things you should know (and ask) about cloud storage and recovery. The amount of electronic information (e.g., documents, images, emails, videos) organizations produce is staggering. Storing all your digital data in your data center can be expensive. That's why cloud storage...

The new Microsoft, under the leadership of Satya Nadella, is making some smart moves. Today's Microsoft is a new company. While it's true that many of the changes announced under the leadership of CEO Satya Nadella were initiated under his predecessor, Steve Ballmer, it's still clear that this isn't the same old company: It's barbecuing sacred cows and embracing smart new directions. Here are four surprising things Microsoft has embraced publicly in the past week or so that reveal a new and better company...

Around-the-clock accessibility is now expected for a broad range of IT roles. Here's how to cope. A couple of weeks into his job as lead QT developer at software development consultancy Opensoft, Louis Meadows heard a knock on his door sometime after midnight. On his doorstep was a colleague,...

In February 2011, the global Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) allocated the last blocks of IPv4 address space to the five regional Internet registries. At the time, experts warned that within months all available IPv4 addresses in the world would be distributed to ISPs. Soon after that,...

Have your unsubscribe rates been rising...and your open rates dropping? Possibly there's no cause for concern. But...

From Facebook and Twitter to blogs and videos, social media has become part and parcel of modern marketing efforts. However, convincing the C-suite to spend resources on social media can be a tough task for marketing trailblazers. Some executives have yet to be convinced that social media is a worthy marketing strategy; some wonder if it's not just the latest black hole for marketing dollars. A marketer's best course of action is managing social efforts to generate demonstrable return on investment. Let's look at five best practices to help you do just that...

The use of mobile apps by employees for viewing pay and benefits information is growing, while recruiting vendors continue rolling out new mobile apps designed to lure smartphone and tablet users to use their devices to apply for jobs and learn more about companies. However,...

An HR professional would never ask a job candidate to reveal his or her religion, political leanings or sexual preference, knowing it is illegal to probe for that information or take it into consideration when hiring. But if you are checking out job applicants by looking at their blogs and social media sites,...

It appears that 2014 is the unofficial year of mobile HR technology. Mobile seems to be at the top of everyone's "HR tech trends to watch" list, as technology vendors are churning out mobile talent management tools faster than people can download them, and employees are clamoring for more and better ways to use their mobile devices in the workplace. But what does all of this mean for human resources leaders?...