Industry

Google, Samsung and others sued by acquirer of Nortel patents Rockstar

Rockstar acquired Nortel's patents for US$4.5 billion after outbidding Google

Senate panel approves bill to continue NSA surveillance

The Senate Intelligence Committee bill would allow the bulk collection of US phone records to continue, with some limits

Africa to lead the world in international bandwidth demand

Links between Africa and the rest of the world will keep pace, growing 51 percent per year through 2019, Telegeography says

The Department of Homeland Security and its obsolete Android OS problem

DHS warns public safety departments that their out-of-date Android devices are a security risk, but updating them is not always easy

10 Simple iOS Tips and Tricks for iPhone/iPad Newbies

How to roll your own VPN

Wall Street Beat: Despite gov’t cuts, tech spending overall shows signs of life

Some positive news from Apple, Facebook, as well as upbeat reports on software and tablet sales help fuel share prices

NSA’s Accumulo NoSQL store offers role-based data access

Unlike other NoSQL data stores, Accumulo provides role-based access to data

Oracle shareholders vote against Ellison’s compensation package

The vote, however, is nonbinding

5 IT Outsourcing Tips in the Wake of Infosys’s Visa Fraud Settlement