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Adaptive learning creates more effective training
Adaptive learning technology, which produces a personalized training experience, is starting to find its way into the corporate space.
Features of this type of software include artificial intelligence, natural language, analytics and Web-based learning, with the goal of teaching different people the same content in different ways. Proponents claim that individualized teaching helps people retain more knowledge long-term and achieve more mastery over the subject matter compared to more old-fashioned methods including rote memorization.
Tech job seekers holding out for higher pay, better positions
Tech hiring has perked up over the last several months, but those scouted for tech positions are demanding better pay and being pickier about the positions they're asked to fill.
Microsoft slow to fix Office 2013 Click-to-Run Error 30145-4, but a solution exists
Microsoft claims that "less than 1% of our user base" has encountered the disap
Review: The best password managers for PCs, Macs, and mobile devices
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Paging IT: Please report to the emergency room stat!
As tech pros, we know to never, ever overlook the basic root causes for a tech problem.
Review: The best password managers for PCs, Macs, and mobile devices
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Ki injects Lisp into JavaScript
JavaScript is getting another option for functional programming, called Ki.
Paging IT: Please report to the emergency room stat!
As tech pros, we know to never, ever overlook the basic root causes for a tech problem.
Cloud-based analytics offer insight to all
The ubiquitous phrase "big data" has worn out its welcome. For most businesses, the emphasis lies in useful analytic results, not the size or the source of data that produces insight. But that doesn't mean analytics technology should stand still.
Big data log analysis thrives on machine learning
Machine-generated log data is the dark matter of the big data cosmos. It is generated at every layer, node, and component within distributed information technology ecosystems, including smartphones and Internet-of-things endpoints. It is collected, processed, analyzed, and used everywhere, but mostly behind the scenes.
5 no-bull facts you need to know about the 'no-Internet-fast-lane' bill
The Washington Post reports that a new bill is about to be put before Congress
The iPad is Apple's surprising blind spot in its iOS/OS X vision
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Last stand? Microsoft fights a U.S. warrant for the future of the cloud
Microsoft is challenging a federal search warrant that targets private email communications located in the company's facility in Dublin, Ireland. Microsoft took this action to a higher court after a judge quashed the company's opposition to the warrant in April.
The iPad is Apple's surprising blind spot in its iOS/OS X vision
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Last stand? Microsoft fights a U.S. warrant for the future of the cloud
Microsoft is challenging a federal search warrant that targets private email communications located in the company's facility in Dublin, Ireland. Microsoft took this action to a higher court after a judge quashed the company's opposition to the warrant in April.
Project Panama builds a bridge between Java and C/C++
Advocates of open source Java are moving forward with an effort to let Java programmers access non-Java APIs, including many interfaces used by C programmers.
Video: John Oliver lays a dingo trap for FCC chairman
In the midst of a piece about the FCC and Net neutrality, comedian John Oliver unflatteringly compared FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to a dingo (though one wonders if there's a flattering way to compare someone to a dingo). It was a good metaphor that doubled as a quality joke, and we all had a good laugh. Then came an unexpected turn: A reporter asked Wheeler if he had heard Oliver's metaphor, and Wheeler replied with a denial that he is, in fact, a dingo.
