Profile

San Francisco Police Officer Dennis Toomer provides advice on how you can avoid becoming a victim of cell phone theft

A new study finds that older developers know more about programming than younger ones, including new technologies

All through the month of April, ad-supported Windows 8 apps have gotten no ads. That means no revenue for developers. What gives?

Former MIT CIO Marilyn Smith recently said in an interview that to enhance your IT career, you should 'exit and then return to IT.' Her reasoning: 'Your time working outside of IT will enhance your perspective on how to best serve your internal clients and also position you to be a business partner, rather than a service provider to other business areas.

Amazon is crowdsourcing the decision of which of fourteen original content pilots (six kid's shows, eight comedies) they'll move forward with. I spent Saturday afternoon checking out four of the comedies and here's what I thought.

The IRS is scaring taxpayers silly this season with boasts about its Big Data prowess and 'robo audits.' But recent reports suggest the agency is struggling to keep its IT operations afloat.

Are you someone who never met a Unix command you didn't like? OK, maybe not. But are there commands you just can't imagine living without? Let's look at some that have made a big difference on my busiest days and those that people I've worked with over the years have said are their most important essentials.

Why does Samsung dominate the Android handset field, and almost all phones, in general? Because you can recognize their products.

CISPA, in a word, sucks. This list of agencies that can get your personally identifiable information under this bill is deeply concerning.

Here's how to retrieve data from Twitter by using JSONP.

As I zoned out this morning, sipping coffee and watching my dogs wrestle on the couch, I wondered, "If my dogs were Linux distributions, which ones would they be?" Yes, these are the thoughts that run through my head as I get started in the morning.

A Chinese hacker army is targeting our nation. But even they managed to get outed by their own social media accounts.