Alphabet believes it can provide wireless internet connections as fast as the 1 gigabit per second offered by Google's Fiber service. by Lance Whitney  @lancewhit You may one day be able to wirelessly tap into the internet at speeds as fast as or faster than you can get via a wired connection. Google parent Alphabet is aiming to cook up a wireless technology that would match the speed of its f...
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Working in IT can be a stressful career, but a new survey shows the pressure's easing for many tech workers. But is career satisfaction dropping, too? By Sharon Florentine It's no secret that working IT is stressful, but a new survey from TEKsystems shows that the pressure may be easing for some IT professionals. The 2016 IT Stress and Pride survey from IT talent management and solutions company...
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Just because containers are extremely popular doesn't mean VMs are out of date Name a tech company, any tech company, and they're investing in containers. Google, of course. IBM, yes. Microsoft, check. But, just because containers are extremely popular, doesn't mean virtual machines are out of date. They're not. Yes, containers can enable your company to pack a lot more applications into a singl...
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'Zero ratings' let users stream some sites without incurring bandwidth charges, but not others. So what happened to Net neutrality? Music and video streaming services take a lot of bandwidth, and now that most people have cellular plans that charge by the amount of data they use, streaming becomes a lot less attractive. Even at home, a sizable percentage of U.S. broadband customers have data ca...
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It’s been almost 10 years since Apple unveiled the iPhone. Since that day, the smartphone has been the overwhelming driver of innovation in the technology industry. Cameras, Wi-Fi, batteries, touch sensors, baseband processors and memory chips — in less than a decade, these components have made stunning advances to keep up with consumer demand to have sleeker, more powerful devices every year. ...
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After two straight years of wages remaining nearly flat, new research shows IT professionals last year earned their largest annual salary increases since 2008. The 2012-2011 Salary Survey from Dice, an online career site for technology professionals, found that U.S. IT specialists on average garnered salary increases of more than 2 percent, boosting their average annual wage to $81,327, from $7...
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Twitter Loosens Tweet's Leash Twitter on Tuesday announced a number of changes to tweets, including what will be included in a message's 140-character count. The changes, which will be rolled out in the coming months, were outlined by Twitter Senior Product Manager Todd Sherman: When replying to a tweet, tagged @names at the beginning of the reply no longer will be included in the character...
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