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• Five paths for Moore's Law

  For 50 years, Moore's Law has paved the way for faster, smaller and cheaper devices. The observation focuses on the economics and scaling of silicon chips, which are at the heart of computing devices.

• Moore's Law at 50: The past and future

  When you're strapping on the latest smart watch or ogling an iPhone, you probably aren't thinking of Moore's Law, which for 50 years has been used as a blueprint to make computers smaller, cheaper and faster.

• 5 steps to incorporate threat intelligence into your security awareness program

  In our recent article, we highlighted that every significant and public attack exploited people to either get an initial foothold in a target organization or as the entire attack vector. These attacks highlight the need for awareness as a top concern of security programs.

• From M2M to IoT: Old industries have to learn new tricks

  The Internet of Things may be a new idea, but machines talking to other machines is not.

• Fitness Trackers are Changing Online Privacy -- and It's Time to Pay Attention

  Throughout the history of technology, few sectors have expanded and evolved as rapidly as today's burgeoning wearable tech market. Piles of unique and unusual, flashy and fancy -- often goofy and gimmicky -- new wearables are announced every week. There are smartwatches, smartglasses, intelligent socks and "onesies" for infants, rings for public transit payments and even "wearable tattoos."

• IoT is here and there, but not everywhere yet

  The Internet of Things is still too hard. Even some of its biggest backers say so.

• A guide to the confusing Internet of Things standards world

  Google recently announced a new networking protocol called Thread that aims to create a standard for communication between connected household devices.

• Intel plays defense against ARM with Cloudera stake

  Intel's US$740 million investment in software company Cloudera will help sell more x86 chips in Hadoop installations, but it could also be a defensive move to maintain its server lead from the emerging threat posed by 64-bit ARM servers.

• Microsoft to face computer makers' rebellion at CES

  Microsoft will face a rebellion of long-time partners at next month's CES when OEMs introduce Windows PCs that can also run Android mobile apps.

• Mindspeed acquisition fuels Intel's hopes for bigger network role

  Intel's acquisition of mobile network assets from silicon vendor Mindspeed Technologies will give the chip giant what it needs to extend the Intel architecture throughout mobile operator networks, helping the carriers upgrade hardware and roll out new services more quickly, according to Intel.

• New smartphone OSes take baby steps forward

  Four new smartphone OSes intend to challenge Apple and Google's dominant position. Mozilla's Firefox OS is the first out of the gate, but Canonical, Samsung Electronics and Intel, as well as Finnish upstart Jolla Mobile, are also getting their alternatives ready.

• IT Is Increasing Efficiency but Failing to Drive Business Growth

  A study by Juniper Networks and the Economist Business Unit finds that IT is succeeding at improving the efficiency of business processes, but most IT departments are failing to take the next step in becoming a strategic partner for business.