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Kivy, an open source library based on Python, brings native development of user interfaces and multitouch applications to Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

Technology professionals with strong skills in Apache Hadoop are among the hardest to find. In fact, demand for people with Hadoop expertise has skyrocketed 34% since last year, according to Wanted Analytics, a research firm specializing in the labor market.

The state of Wyoming plans to discontinue most of its data center operations and move its servers to colocation facilities. Outsourcing its two data centers is an interim step to eventually moving these IT systems to public cloud services. Where Wyoming goes, the rest of the states should follow.

A major U.S. hospital operator says hackers based in China broke into its computer systems and stole data on 4.5 million patients.

Community Health Systems said the attack occurred in April and June of this year, but it wasn't until July that it determined the theft had taken place.

The saga that started last Tuesday continues, with Microsoft finally acknowledging that some Windows 7 machines have

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The world still depends on Windows.

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The self-provisioning of technology in the workplace by employees, more commonly known as consumerization, is the most dramatic opportunity disguised as a challenge that businesses should embrace. Along with the infiltration of unsanctioned personal devices, applications, and Web services inside the organization, companies are gaining workers who are increasingly self-motivated to be more empowered, engaged, and resourceful.

What enterprise would say no to a self-starter?

I recently had the opportunity to speak with two representatives from the Netherlands-based security research firm Fox-IT: Maurits Lucas, InTELL business director, and Andy Chandler, VP of WW sales and marketing. Collectively, the two shared an in-depth story of cyber-gang warfare suitable for Hollywood.

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Seems like business as usual in the Microsoft Black Tuesday support arena.

As I wrote last week, Apple seems to be reversing the Android dominance in the market as a whole or at least slowing it.