The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's policy regarding the commercial use of drones, based on a 2007 policy statement, "cannot be considered as establishing a rule or enforceable regulation," an administrative law judge ruled Thursday.

Automation, virtualisation, cloud computing -- these technology trends are transforming the data center and enabling companies to lower costs, increase flexibility and improve reliability. However, these shifts require IT, and their outsourcing providers, to rethink traditional strategies.

Premier 100 IT Leader Stuart Kippelman also answers questions on career growth.

Beats Music is turning to app developers to help spread its new streaming music service to the world.

Samsung's big Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 tablet offers a desktop or laptop computer experience -- almost.

A survey of mid-to-large companies in the US, Canada and UK found that 82 percent had experienced some type of network downtime, caused by IT personnel making errors when configuring changes to the core of the network.

Forget illicit torrents tossed up by anonymous Russian bloggers: On Thursday, a build of the incoming Windows 8.1 update was leaked by Microsoft itself.

Protecting privacy was on the minds of almost all the dignitaries assembled in Hanover, Germany, on Sunday night to open this year's Cebit trade show, the theme of which is "datability," or big data with responsibility.

The market for external disk storage systems has recovered from a slump, with factory revenues up 2.4 percent to US$6.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to an IDC study.

Microsoft's new CEO, Satya Nadella, must take three actions to make the company relevant in the Age of the Customer.