Data brokers have compiled secret dossiers on what's estimated to be 500 million people and they're refusing to name data sources to a Congressional inquiry - or transparently explain what's being ...

Data Source Name (DSN) settings connect to a database on a Windows system. Any user on the system can use the DSN to connect to the database. The DSN contains the username, password and server name ...

Data drives smart decision-making in modern industries, but the old saying still holds true: “Garbage in, garbage out.” The quality and completeness of the data pulled for analysis play a huge role in ...

Raising its stakes in open-source software, IBM plans to create an open-source project around Cloudscape, a specialized Java database, CNET News.com has learned. In conjunction with the LinuxWorld ...

TikTok denies recent claims it was breached, and source code and user data were stolen, telling BleepingComputer that data posted to a hacking forum is "completely unrelated" to the company. On Friday ...