[caption id="attachment_12948" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Olympic arena under construction in Sochi, Russia in preparation for Winter Games starting Feb. 2014.[/caption] The Winter Olympic games in the Ru…
[caption id="attachment_10564" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Sqrrl's cartoon squirrel promotes the firm's use of Accumulo.[/caption] Database-software startup Sqrrl released version 1.1 of its Sqrrl Enterpri…
[caption id="attachment_10499" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Google can't keep going without ad dollars, and that means preserving user trust.[/caption] Google has asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance…
Yahoo has disclosed the total number of law-enforcement requests it received between December 1, 2012 and May 31, 2013. In doing so, Yahoo joins a host of tech companies—including Apple and Facebook—that have r…
We’re all familiar with the so-called Work-Life Balance. But, this conjures up visions of see-saws that must be perfectly balanced with equal weights on both ends at all times to ensure success. I personally be…
Amazon and IBM are reportedly locked in battle for a CIA cloud-computing contract, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. The contract is the same one that Amazon won back in March, but IBM ask…
[caption id="attachment_10269" align="aligncenter" width="450"] Edward Snowden.[/caption] Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who also worked as a contractor for the NSA, has been revealed as the leaker of to…
[caption id="attachment_10240" align="aligncenter" width="618"] A leaked slide from the alleged NSA PowerPoint presentation.[/caption] James R. Clapper, the nation’s Director of National Intelligence, claimed t…
When it comes to the information Facebook keeps in-house about its users, the term “Big Data” seems like something of an understatement: processing more than 500 terabytes of data a day, divided into 2.5 billio…
It’s considering both in-house and external resources for the best fit for a variety of tasks. Rightsourcing considers in-house options and contractors to determine the most effective course of action. With rig…
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