Our collection of stories that go beyond the speeds and feeds of the network and IT industries.
This ISP flatfoot enjoys giving spammers the boot Sep. 13, 2004 The most trying part of Louis Rush's job is confronting scofflaws, some of whom are hardened criminals, to inform them they've been caught.
Security: Thumb sucking, slurping, snarfing…Excuse me? May. 11, 2007 Remember when thumb sucking was considered an innocent activity, except that if you did it as a young child you might need braces as a teen? Today you'd need a lot more than a mouthful of metal to protect from thumb ...
When speed rules Dec. 19, 2005 The latest crop of online games-dubbed MMORPGs, for Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games - are pushing top-tier carriers to meet even higher requirements for bandwidth and speedy response times. The carriers ...
Living on virtually Dec. 12, 2005 A late industry analyst's life is celebrated online.
'Reverse engineering' Dec. 05, 2005 The commercialization of technology that got its start in an enterprise IT setting, such as X4ML, is not unprecedented. There's a constant flow of intellectual property from government agencies and universities to the ...
An unseemly marriage Nov. 07, 2005 Porn sites and spyware go hand in hand on the Web.
Cisco in space Oct. 31, 2005 If you are a router company with as much as 80% market share and a $3.2 billion R&D budget to play with, why not bolt a router to a rocket and shoot it into orbit?
Technologist turns fashionista Oct. 17, 2005 Samir Arora launched a pair of technology companies in the 1990s, Rae Technology and NetObjects, which he claims helped make the Web what it is today. Last month Arora launched his latest company, but this endeavor isn' ...
Weathering Katrina Sep. 19, 2005 Three IT organizations share their storm stories.
Who hasn't wanted to? Sep. 12, 2005 A dedicated band of phone lovers and haters work to make Finland's annual Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships a must-see event
Google hacking Sep. 05, 2005 Johnny Long says he has never met a Google employee. And yet he is at the center of a community of security experts and search engine enthusiasts that might be developing some of the most interesting uses of Google ...
What summer break? Net projects kept higher-ed IT pros cramming Aug. 29, 2005 Summer vacation has a special meaning for network professionals at U.S. colleges and universities. It means redoubling efforts to get big projects finished before students and faculty return in the fall.
Long view of the law Aug. 22, 2005 A forward-thinking group of law enforcement elite, academic types and technology executives called The Society of Police Futurists International grapple with balancing security and civil liberties
Perhaps forgotten, but not gone Aug. 15, 2005 Remember General DataComm? .. Maybe not. Founded in 1969, GDC was big back in the days of modems, multiplexers and ATM, but then hit hard times and had to sell off three of its four divisions to survive bankruptcy. Now ...
This net screams Jul. 11, 2005 Roller coaster packs more technology than some data centers - not that riders care.
Offshoring .. offshore? Jun. 27, 2005 Former supertanker captain David Cook and his partner Roger Green wave off critics who say their plan to put 600 software engineers on a ship just off the coast of Los Angeles is another anti-American move to steal jobs ...
Adbuster Jun. 20, 2005 Harvard student's hobby keeps adware vendors on the ropes.
The accidental tech pundit Jun. 13, 2005 IT Doesn't Matter author Nicholas Carr parlays explosive essay into enduring gig.
As the techie crow flies May. 30, 2005 DayJet, the brainchild of Citrix co-founder Ed Iacobucci, is a tech company at heart, but its focus is on simplifying air travel for business executives in areas under-served by major airlines.
There's battle tested .. and then there's the Israeli military May. 23, 2005 Israel is known worldwide as a breeding ground for entrepreneurs. With 69 Israeli companies listed on Nasdaq, it's second only to Canada in the number of foreign countries on the exchange.
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