Data Center

No unified stack soon for big data

Hadoop and other big data tools need a standardized software stack to deploy more easily, experts agreed at a GigaOm panel

‘Insatiable demand’ for streaming video puts pressure on providers

As consumers' expectations for live streaming video rise, "everyone just has to get better."

40% of U.S. government Web sites fail security test

DoD, CIA among agencies that haven't adopted extra DNS security measures

CIA director tells a funny computer engineering joke

CIA Director David Petraeus: Four engineers get in a car….

Essential browser tools for Web developers

Cisco pays $5 billion for video company

Cisco's purchase of NDS Group is firm's most significant acquisition since Tandberg; makes company leader in service provider video gear

Judea Pearl, a big brain behind artificial intelligence, wins Turing Award

"Nobel Prize in Computing" goes to UCLA professor whose AI work made quantum leap from Turing's own breakthrough

Dell plans over 20 data centers in Asia, as customers look to cloud

Dell's first data center in the region is coming up in India, a company executive said

18 firms sued for using privacy-invading mobile apps

Facebook, Apple, Twitter are among those charged in class action suit with surreptitiously taking user data

Apple joins iPad trade-in bandwagon, offers competitive deals

As third-gen tablet debut nears, Apple outsources offers for used iPads and iPad 2s