Industry

Open Source Business Practices: The Next Step in the Revolution

Do consultancies or other businesses have anything to lose by opening their processes up to the world? The debates start again in this new arena.

Penetration Test:  Cisco’s driving new markets and we all go along for the ride.

With all the M&A that Cisco Systems has gone through over the past decade or so, their product lines have penetrated into areas that use networking in ways that are unexpected and exciting to watch.  As the new decade begins to unfold, let's see what

Why is cloud computing hard? Top tech execs speak their minds

Execs at Microsoft, Trend Micro, EMC's RSA division, McAfee and Symantec tackle the question of cloud security

Can the iPad make it as an e-textbook reader for students?

One analyst says the idea makes sense, calling e-texts a 'killer app'

Mac sales jump nearly 40%

Apple's retail sales rebound from early 2009's poor performance

Novell’s Mono project bringing .Net development to Android

Facebook hits milestone, tops Google for a week

For week of March 13, Facebook surpassed Google as most visited U.S. Web site

First Data, Tyfone work on mobile wallet

The system would let people buy a MicroSD card to use their phones to pay for goods

IRS, DOJ use social media sites to track deadbeats, criminal activity

Documents offer peek at use of social networking sites in investigations

Twitter’s @anywhere could prove risky for users

Companies can host tweets -- positive and negative -- about their products, people