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NASA shifts vital computer tasks onboard long-running Mars Odyssey satellite

Mars Odyssey has been operating on one side of its redunanadt computer system for 11 years

Nov 2, 2012 4 mins

Data Center Government Security

Alcatel-Lucent dips into loss as sales decline and margins get thinner

The company's cost-cutting program failed to keep pace with declining sales

Nov 2, 2012 2 mins

Enterprise IPv6 Small and Medium Business

Patent lawsuit gives Microsoft a rock for Halloween

Just in time for Windows 8 to hit the market, an otherwise dormant company out of Maine hits Microsoft with a patent lawsuit regarding what used to be called the 'Metro' UI.

Nov 2, 2012 3 mins

Microsoft Small and Medium Business Windows

Use of evoting machines unaltered despite power outages caused by Hurricane Sandy

Election officials in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Delaware confident that evoting machines will be ready on Election Day

Nov 2, 2012 6 mins

Government Government IT Network Security

Largest banks under constant cyberattack, feds say

Defending against cyberattacks accounts for a significant portion of the $25 billion banks worldwide spend annually on security technology

Nov 2, 2012 3 mins

Access Control Mobile Device Management Small and Medium Business

Following Sandy, DHS seeks security ‘Cyber Reserve’

Secretary Napolitano says a reserve of security pros is needed because a major cyberattack could make this week's hurricane damage look mild

Nov 2, 2012 5 mins

Malware Mobile Device Management Small and Medium Business

Cell-site outages fall to 19 percent in area hit by Sandy, FCC says

Portable cells and emergency generators are still in place to keep communications alive

Nov 1, 2012 4 mins

Government IPv6 Small and Medium Business

This Is The Tablet That Will Make Me Give Up My Touchpad

Nexus 10 or Surface, which will it be?

Nov 1, 2012 4 mins

Android Apple Small and Medium Business

Microsoft doubles down on Windows 8 developers

They get tools, toys to encourage development of apps for Windows 8, Windows Phone 8

Nov 1, 2012 5 mins

Enterprise Applications Small and Medium Business Windows

Hitting back at cyberattackers: Experts discuss pros and cons

The idea of 'active defense' is growing, though U.S. law appears to discourage it

Nov 1, 2012 7 mins

Cyberattacks RSA Conference Security