Data Center

Fraud starts after Lulzsec group releases e-mail, passwords

Passwords stolen from Writerspace.com are used to take over Amazon, Paypal and other accounts

Obama’s CIO quits

Vivek Kundra sought to create a Web 2.0-type government with a heavy dose of cloud

DARPA, NASA seek ideas for starship travel

U.S. Defense Department and space agency hope humans will be traveling to the stars in 100 years

5 requirements for measuring application quality

Ron Johnson, Apple’s Senior VP of Retail, leaving Apple to take on CEO duties at JC Penney

After 11 years or exemplary service as Apple's Senior VP of retail, Ron Johnson has decided to move onto another challenge. The man who helped spearhead Apple's unparallelled retail success announced earlier this week that he'll be taking on CEO duti

Feds move toward health claims database despite privacy fears

But newly revised plans limit scope, add greater transparency

Hospital turns to palm reading to ID patients

The infrared palm scanner thwarts ID theft

Smart grid (in)securities

Research tackles powering the virtual data center

Researcher teams with Microsoft on power distribution for virtual servers

Microsoft releases Kinect SDK for PCs

The company is showing off apps that developers built after getting access to the SDK yesterday