Data Center

ACLU: Electronic surveillance by US agencies skyrocketing

The civil rights group calls on Congress to require more judicial oversight on pen register and trap-and-trace orders

Tufin automates ‘application connectivity management’ for firewalls

Two factories, two fates: Foxconn ascends on cheap labor, Sharp hangs on

Factory towns in China and Japan reflect the companies' fortunes as they continue to negotiate a landmark deal

Wind energy beat iPod in U.S. job creation

Google gives wind energy a boost, but tax credit expiration could deliver a major wind industry setback

Intel hopes for tablet breakthrough with Clover Trail, Windows 8

Intel's new Clover Trail chip will appear in tablets from Lenovo, HP, Asus and Samsung

Assange claims US erecting a regime of secrecy and obfuscation

Assange gave a statement via videoconference to a forum at the UN sponsored by Ecuador

AMD’s new desktop chips make overclocking affordable

AMD's new A10 and A8 chips that can be overclocked are priced between $100 and $150, lower than Intel's competitive offerings

FCC to vote on proposal to use old NextWave spectrum

The agency, in an October vote, could give AT&T 30MHz of spectrum to deploy LTE

Banks can only hope for the best with DDoS attacks

Did Microsoft really waste data center power to avoid a fine?

If the New York Times story about Microsoft's Quincy, Washington, data center is real, you know now why I gave up voting years ago.