Opinion

Cozying up to ethtool

If you'd like to know a lot more about your ethernet interfaces than ifconfig will ever tell you, it's time you take a look at ethtool.

Samsung sinks to new low with ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video

John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde escape the shredder as FBI finishes vast digital fingerprint/ID project

FBI close to completing digitization project for its Next Generation Identification system

$50K awarded for system that sniffs out Web app vulnerabilities

Facebook joins forces with USENIX to dole out Internet Defense Prize

Storage vendor sends “hangover” kit, expects VMWorld to be one big party

I’m ready for anything at VMWorld now

Apple iWatch release may be pushed back to 2015

New BYOD trouble ahead via Android for Work

The future should be looking more favorable for workplace Bring-Your-Own-Device, or BYOD, with Android’s upcoming embrace. But is it really? Someone’s forgotten something.

Is Wi-Fi killing us…slowly?

What would it take to get you to stop using cellphones and Wi-Fi completely? How about the threat of cancer against children?

Yes, there’s a tech bubble: Facebook’s mobile ad success proves it

Despite gaudy numbers for Facebook’s mobile business, spending on mobile ads may not be sustainable.

Aorato’s directory services application firewall protects Active Directory from attack and abuse

The Linux desktop-a-week review: Ubuntu Unity

I set out to use Ubuntu Unity for one full week, even if it killed me.

Silver Peak looks to the clouds and redefines WAN Optimization

Last week, Silver Peak announced a new product called Unity that can be thought of as an intelligent WAN optimization 'fabric.'

US Navy goes all Iron Man for industrial duty

Lockheed Martin’s FORTIS exoskeleton goes to work in Navy shipyards

Ahead of VMWorld, VMware promotes Casado to lead NSX

Casado is now VMware’s top SDN guru; Bill Fathers also promoted to EVP of Hybrid Cloud

Twitter tells tale of LinkedIn outage

Cause of weekend outage still a mystery.

Recommended reading: “How to Pick a Unified Communications System”

The pros and cons of a UcaaS solution

Don’t Give Up on Government Innovation

Network promises entice the slow-to-respond bureaucracy

Death notice: In Delaware your social media accounts now go to your heirs

Varied death policies of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and others cause concern, lead to legislation

Steve Ballmer steps down from Microsoft board

NASA’s green rocket fuel set for major space test

NASA’s new green fuel may replace the highly toxic hydrazine propellant systems in-use today

“Hardcore” Steve Ballmer still a screaming maniac

LA Clippers bid Donald Sterling good riddance and welcome ex-Microsoft CEO as their owner

DARPA looks to build James Bond-like armored super vehicle

Research agency wants hard to see, semi-autonomous armored vehicle that can haul ass.

Powerful Soap router surpasses funding goal, headed for production

Fed up with poking around cornball router settings on a laptop? Here’s a router with an evolutionary UI—a full touchscreen—plus it has all the radios and connections you could possibly want.

Industry Standards for Secure Network Access

The Samsung Z is dead: Is Tizen next?

Samsung cancels high-end phone and settles for low-end devices.

49ers kick off dazzling high-tech stadium

Levi's Stadium in Silicon Valley offers a peek at how technology can change the fan experience

Google: The cost of hardware is falling at a faster rate than the price of cloud

Translation: Cloud prices will continue to drop, and fast

Intuitive Solutions deploys LiveOps’ WebRTC contact center tech

Goodbye to physical phones, hello to software-based solution

Are You Feeling Boxed In?

ONUG looks to steer vendors away from lock-in goals

Viewing the processes on your Unix systems through the eyes of /proc

The /proc file system brings the processes on your Unix systems into view in some very useful ways, but only if you take the time to cd over to /proc and see all it can tell you.