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If you'd like to step up your brushing game, this 20% off deal might be for you. The Oral-B Pro 7000 is a Bluetooth connected electric rechargeable toothbrush. Its best-in-class 3D cleaning technology oscillates, rotates and pulsates to remove up to 100% more plaque than a regular toothbrush, and has 6 different modes (ranging from "daily clean" to "tongue cleaning"). But it doesn't stop there. Bluetooth communication allows the brush to connect with your smartphone to give you real-time feedback on your brushing habits. Читать дальше...

Mozilla today released Firefox 47, which sports multiple under-the-hood changes, several to its ability to play video, and one user experience (UX) enhancement to the browser's synchronization service.

With so many people taking their cues from the movies on what a future with artificial intelligence will look like, some who fear one day having robotic overlords will be heartened by research that Google is doing.

For a limited time, you can pay only $29 to become a certified social media marketing expert.

When it comes to the Internet of Things (IoT), the only agreement in Washington is on its impact: It will be huge --- in both good and bad ways.

By 2035, the number of self-driving vehicles on roads worldwide is expected to grow to 21 million, according to a new report from IHS Automotive.

Apple would be making a mistake slowing down the cadence of major upgrades to its iPhone, said a pair of analysts today, who argued that the company should instead try to speed up the pace.

Ah, Google Now On Tap. Has there ever been another Android feature that went from "magical" to "meh" with such a spectacular thud?

Several weeks ago my wife came fuming into my office.

“Windows 10 just hijacked my computer,” she complained. “Without asking, Microsoft upgraded me from Windows 7, even though I didn’t want Windows 10, and I had to wait for the installation to finish before I could get any work done.”

I asked her whether she had accidentally clicked “OK” on any upgrade notifications, ignored any warnings that she had received or gotten any other notices about the upgrade. No on all counts, she answered... Читать дальше...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise on Tuesday stepped up its efforts to develop a brand-new computer architecture by inviting open-source developers to collaborate on the futuristic device it calls "The Machine."

The world has, for the past few years, been awash with unicorn creams. The unicorn, that hallowed status when a startup reaches a billion dollar valuation, would seem to be the ambition of nearly every startup founder.

Attackers are abusing the Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to re-infect computers with malware after the machines have been already cleaned by antivirus products.

The Samsung Galaxy X range will have foldable screens, with release date early next year. Deep-throat rumor-mongers say there’ll be two models, different from the upcoming Galaxy S8 range.

Normally I don’t go for cheap gimmicks like mnemonics, but this one (literally) wrote itself. I was perusing the "Information Is Beautiful" visualization on hacks and breaches when I decided to write down the basic reasons for these kinds of failures with an eye towards training teams on common mistakes and oversights.

What is the nature of reality? Why do we exist? Are we living in a simulation?

Prezi, the seven-year-old startup that aims to reinvent the way that people make presentations, has launched a new business-focused offering that's aimed at getting companies to use its software instead of rivals like PowerPoint. 

Nineteeen distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks exceeded 100 Gbps during the first three months of the year, a new record and almost four times more than in the previous quarter, according to researchers from Akamai.

Verizon Communications will bid about $3 billion for the Internet assets of ailing Yahoo, according to a newspaper report.

Google, Facebook, Yahoo and industry and civil rights groups have opposed legislation that would extend the categories of Internet records that the U.S. government can collect without court approval through administrative orders known as National Security Letters.

Smartphone manufacturers are facing an increasingly stark choice: Build an ecosystem of services around their devices, or get out of the game altogether.

Apple’s Apple Pay plans reach far beyond what we know today. Apple will expand in multiple directions as it attempts to boost adoption of its service. Apple claims it is adding one million Apple Pay users per week, while Juniper Research says 148 million global consumers will uses contactless services like Apple Pay this year.

1. Griffin PowerDock Pro

The Griffin PowerDock Pro charging dock is the kind of present everyone will welcome – and perfect for sharing if you’re still staying with dad. Sporting a new design that is improved from the original PowerDock 5, the new Pro model now delivers a full 12 watts of charging for each of its five ports to charge both Android and iOS devices.

Making sense of data can involve a wide variety of tools, and IBM is hoping to make data scientists' lives easier by putting them all in one place.

The call center for this college's IT help desk has one particular staffer who's really, really good at his job, reports a pilot fish in the loop.

So you’ve gone through the Computerworld Beginner’s Guide to R and want to take the next steps in your R journey? In this advanced beginner’s guide, you’ll learn data wrangling, best packages to use for different tasks, how to make maps with R and much more.