12 bad habits that slow IT to a crawl

It’s time to face a cold, hard fact: Your IT department is too slow. It’s the result of good intentions gone bad, but in business, intentions don’t matter. When is IT too slow? Whenever any part of the business has to wait for IT to deliver the goods, that’s when. The magic buzz phrase these…

Europe’s new privacy law will change the web and more

CONSUMERS HAVE LONG wondered just what Google and Facebook know about them, and who else can access their personal data. But internet giants have little incentive to give straight answers — even to simple questions like, “Why am I being shown this ad?” On May 25, however, the power balance will shift towards consumers, thanks to a European privacy…

What We Know So Far About Meltdown and Spectre

News of massive security vulnerabilities afflicting every modern model of Intel processor went public. Developers for practically every major platform frantically rushed to roll out fixes. Much more information has now become available about Meltdown and Spectre. They are a group of attack methods malicious parties could use to break into some of the most sensitive inner workings…