First real glimpse of Apple's iPhone 5

UPDATE: Here's the full-blown Macworld account of the Apple iPhone 5 news.

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Researchers awarded $850K to keep supercomputers from being energy hogs

Colorado State University researchers have been awarded a three-year, $850K National Science Foundation grant to help make the next generation of supercomputers more green.

[The 10 Fastest Supercomputers on Earth]

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Something's missing: Cisco hotshot eternally grateful for magic of video editing

While Cisco used the company's keynote slot at Interop last month to tout the Internet of Everything concept, deft video editors were careful not to include Everything in the video of the presentation that Cisco posted to YouTube on June 14. And no one is more thankful for that than Cisco SVP Rob "Blue Shoes" Soderbery.

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Verizon: They can hear us now

Comedy website Funny or Die didn't take long to jump on the story circulating wildly this week that the National Security Agency reportedly has been involved in a huge data collection (aka spying) process involving Verizon and other service provider customers.  President Obama

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Computex: Yes, Taiwan tech shows really are crazier than Vegas ones

Our colleagues at the IDG News Service have been sifting through the hundreds of new products being shown at the Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan to highlight some of the best, including a slew of new devices powered by Intel's new Haswell processors and a bunch of Android gear.

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Your favorite tech companies/products get sassy new slogans courtesy of Reddit thread

A red-hot Reddit thread on "If companies had realistic slogans what would they be?" generated more than 16,000 comments over the weekend, including some very appropriate and inappropriate (as in, NSFW) suggestions for some of the best known technology companies.

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Reddit "What's this bug?" group solves problem that's really been bugging me

While my morning/day/night job is news editor for Network World, one of my avocations is finding, catching and taking pictures of insects.

[No, it's not true that I have more pictures of bugs than of my kids despite what some relatives might say, though as you can see at the bottom of this post, I sometimes combine the two.]

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MIT to light up umbrellas this weekend, rain or shine

Hundreds of MIT students will light up the Cambridge, Mass., sky on Sunday night using programmable, umbrellas outfitted with colorful LED lights in a large-scale performance piece orchestrated by the MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Pilobolus dance company.

The UP (The Umbrella Project) piece involves specially designed umbrellas with hand controllers created by researchers in MIT's Distributed Robotics Lab at CSAIL. Participants will be able to change their umbrella color and work collectively to create designs on the fly.

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Is this what IT pay is really coming to?

Spotted this handmade sign on the front of the InteropNet booth at the annual Interop Las Vegas event last week.

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Interop: SDN, SDN, SDN...but coulda been worse

I thought for sure by now, 2.5 days into my Interop Las Vegas adventure, I'd be sick to death about hearing of SDN. In actuality -- and despite Cisco SVP Rob Soderbery's pre-emptive apology during the opening keynote on behalf of his colleagues inundating attendees with software-defined networking this and that -- the hype wasn't bad at all.

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Last place you want to see a Windows error message: Las Vegas hotel elevator, 20th floor

Heading up to my hotel room during Interop Las Vegas I realized one of my worst nightmares: A Windows error message in the elevator, 20 floors up.

Even worse: Windows XP (though I wasnt quick enough with the smartphone to capture a picture of the Windows XP screen...)

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Touting my way through Interop Las Vegas

I’ve been threatening for years to do more with video while at trade shows, but have generally defaulted to our video expert Keith Shaw.  But now empowered with an iPhone 5 (good riddance BlackBerry Bold), I’m boldly barreling ahead, using the Tout app for piecing together 15-second or less video vignettes of my trip to Interop Las Vegas (we did something similar at CES, though I wasn't part of that).

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SNL shatters Google Glass

The SNL Weekend Update crew gave Google Glass the business Saturday night, portraying the next big thing from Google as the next big distraction (WARNING: This video veers into naughtiness by the end).

The wearable computer technology, which recently made headlines when a developer version of the Android-based device was rooted, is expected to be generally available by year end, though likely will be too pricey for many at least at the outset.

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Star power smackdown: Interop's Cisco & Juniper execs vs. CTIA's JLo & Ashton Kutcher

The networking and computing industry invades Las Vegas this month, and from the looks of it, next week's Interop will be among the techiest of the events, while CTIA the week after is going for a little more sizzle.

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Interop Las Vegas 2013 Live Blog

RIT students win national cyberdefense title after falling in finals past 2 years

A team of Rochester Institute of Tecnology students earlier this month won the National Collegiate CyberDefense Competition vs. 9 other regional winners, showing resiliance after being beaten in the finals the past 2 years.

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Massachusetts-based mobile apps specialist reaching out to young Florida engineers

Mobiquity, a Wellesley, Mass.-based professional services firm that specializes in enterprise mobile apps, is eyeing engineering talent at the University of Florida as it expands into Gainesville with plans to hire 260 people in the area over the next few years. 

Mobiquity expects its office to be located in Innovation Square, the live/work/play research community being developed on Southwest Second Avenue between the UF campus and downtown Gainesville.

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Android smartphones given a shot at tracking gunfire

Vanderbilt University researchers have developed DARPA-funded Android smartphone add-ons that could be used to help security teams determine which way sniper gunshots are coming from.

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With Japan Prize, it's wait 'til next year for computer/networking innovators

The annual Japan Prize, which honors researchers whose work "has contributed to the peace and prosperity of mankind," this year goes to laureates in the Materials and Production field as well as in the Biological Productinoa nd Biological Environment field. $500K is awarded for each field and winners also receive gold medals and certificates in the presence of Japan's Emperor.

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Apple reveals WWDC dates: June 10-14 in San Fran

Apple this morning made official the worst kept tech secret around: That its WWDC will be held June 10-14 in San Francisco at the Moscone West convention center.

Apple will make tickets available online worldwide on April 25 at 10am pacific time. Last year, tickets sold out in 2 hours.

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