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Intel's large-capacity Optane is like the Ferrari of storage: It's super fast, it's cool and it's expensive.

Business users get access to their own version of the Microsoft Windows 10 beta program this week. On Friday, Microsoft unveiled the Windows Insider Program for Business, alongside its first post-Creators Update Windows 10 beta.

Microsoft this week boosted by 28% its claim of how much enterprises can save by deploying Windows 10.

When the source code to a suspected Russian-made malware leaked online in 2013, guess who used it? A new release from WikiLeaks claims the CIA borrowed some of the code to bolster its own hacking operations.

Twitter has withdrawn a lawsuit against the U.S. government after the Customs and Border Protection backed down on a demand that the social media outlet reveal details about a user account critical of the agency.

Hackers have started adding data-wiping routines to malware that's designed to infect internet-of-things and other embedded devices. Two attacks observed recently displayed this behavior but likely for different purposes.

After 40 critical vulnerabilities on Samsung's Tizen -- used in smart TVs and smartwatches -- were exposed this week by Israeli researcher Amihai Neiderman, the company is scrambling to patch them.

Windows 10 Creators Update doesn't officially roll out until Tuesday -- and it'll likely be months before everyone running Windows 10 gets it. That's when the installation file will hit Windows Update and be offered to a select group of users.

Two powerful U.S. lawmakers are pushing President Donald Trump's administration to tell them how many of the country's residents are under surveillance by the National Security Agency.

Despite the scale and potential harm from cyber-attacks, there's wide recognition that corporate leaders, especially boards of directors, aren't taking the necessary actions to defend their companies against such attacks. It's not just a problem of finding the right cyber-defense tools and services, but also one of management awareness and security acumen at the highest level, namely corporate boards.

Like everyone else, Millennial employees want to be recognized for the work they do. But unlike Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers, they expect more from their employers across the board. Understanding the values that motivate Millennials can help you create a recognition program that is effective in rewarding their achievements (and in ways that your other employees are likely to appreciate).

As employees get busier, their workdays get longer. Traditional workplace services such as car washes and yoga classes are great—at first—but after a while employees tune them out. Truly engaging your busy employees sometimes requires creative, outside-the-box, off-the-wall offerings. 

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) said Friday that the H-1B cap for FY 2018 has been reached. The agency will now hold a computer-generated lottery to distribute the visas.

Samsung and Microsoft recently struck an unusual partnership: Buyers of new Samsung Galaxy S8 phones will soon be able to load Office and other productivity apps onto those Android 7 phones via Wi-Fi when inside Microsoft Stores.

Apple’s clips app has the potential to do for viral social video what desktop publishing achieved for fast food menus – these things are going to get everywhere.

Amazon Prime members get an exclusive 20% off the pre-order of Prey. In Prey, you awaken aboard Talos I, a space station orbiting the moon in the year 2032. You are the key subject of an experiment meant to alter humanity forever – but things have gone terribly wrong.

So even though Microsoft officially releases the Windows 10 Creators Update on April 11, impatient users can grab it now using an update tool. However, if you are running Windows 10 on a Mac with Boot Camp, you might want to hold off a bit.

Is YouTube stardom in your future? Could be, but the platform just made it a little bit harder to make money off of your videos.

Jeff Williams became an application security engineer in the late 1990s, before it was a common job title.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai has disclosed preliminary plans to roll back some of the net neutrality provisions in the U.S., which could be put to vote as soon as May or June, according to news reports.

The costly Galaxy Note7 debacle, which led to the recall of about 3 million smartphones because of overheating batteries, seems to be behind Samsung Electronics, with the company forecasting a 48 percent growth in operating profit in the first quarter.

Cost-conscious businesses are increasingly buying unlocked smartphones for their workers, instead of more expensive smartphones with two-year service plans that are locked to a certain wireless U.S. carrier.

Editor's note: We originally published this look at tech ads throughout the years for Computerworld's 40th anniversary. It's just as fun -- maybe even more so -- a decade later for our 50th.

Flashback to the 1980s, when this IT pilot fish is fresh out of college and working for a vendor that makes turnkey business systems for lumberyards.

Twitter is suing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and alleging the government is misusing an investigative tool as part of an internal witch-hunt to uncover who is behind a Twitter account critical of the immigration service.