Data Center

AT&T to acquire NextWave for $650M to boost its mobile spectrum

AT&T says it hopes to use NextWave's WCS spectrum for mobile data but needs FCC approval first

Senate delays, maybe kills, cybersecurity bill

Senators decline to vote to end debate on the controversial Cybersecurity Act

As Dad helps control Curiosity, family will live on ‘Mars time’

Challenges are many when 24x7 becomes 24:39x7 … and 3 children are along

Google’s Android 4.0 being ported to $25 Raspberry Pi PC

The popular PC, which is the size of a credit card, could get an Android 4.0 build in a month

2012 prediction: Mass worldwide violence to erupt in 2020

Historian Peter Turchin predicted in 2012 that widespread violence would erupt worldwide sometime around the year 2020. His prediction was based on an area of research known as cliodynamics.

Internet Sales Tax Bill Gains Traction, Consideration

Forecast for systems administrators: Cloudy

The traditional sysadmin role is changing, thanks to cloud computing and virtualization. Here's how to ensure you have a job in 5 years.

Apple asks court to punish Samsung for releasing documents in iPhone suit

Samsung gave media outlets documents that had been excluded from evidence

EMC’s interest in China, servers continues to grow

Dropbox gets a black eye in spam attack

Efforts to mature into a more enterprise-ready service take a hit