Data Center

Microsoft teases touch-first Office for Windows

But declines to talk about a release timetable

Link Building Strategies and Tips for 2014

Public Wi-Fi speeds to get a boost from Qualcomm’s new antenna technology

Smartphones such as the HTC One M8, Samsung Galaxy S5 and the Z2 from Sony are already prepared to take advantage of MU-MIMO

Gigamon goes modular at Interop

One of the more interesting announcements I saw from the first couple of days at Interop is Gigamon's Multi Purpose Visibility Fabric Node.

OpFlex: Another example of Cisco being Cisco

Cisco's alternative to OpenFlow could put the company in a good position in the software-defined networking market.

EU votes net neutrality into law, abolishes mobile roaming charges

The European Parliament has adopted the strictest of three definitions of net neutrality

LTE smartphone specs shoot-out: Nokia Lumia 635 vs. EE Kestrel

The Lumia 635 is lighter and has a host of photo apps, but the Kestrel has more RAM and a screen with more pixels

Bitcoin crackdown in China halts bank transfers for two exchanges

China's central bank is forcing the closure of banking accounts operated by the exchanges

NASA severs most of its Russian ties

Space agency maintains ties with Russia to maintain space station, ferry astronauts

Government plan to adopt ODF file format sparks standards debate in UK

Microsoft wants the government to adopt two formats, ODF and OOXML, but critics say that would be unwise