Opinion

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.

Bill Gates and Tim Cook take the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS

F5 partners should seek service growth

Gartner: Think twice before deploying Windows 7

The consultancy says prepare for Windows 9 or prepare to go through more XP headaches.

See 1,000 little robots swarm

Harvard University researchers scale up their self-assembling robots

6 Things to Know About Choosing a New IT Vendor

No one should sign a contract with an IT vendor without fully evaluating who they are and what they do. Asking vendors these six questions might throw them for a bit of a loop, but their (honest) answers will help you determine if they are the right

Gain visibility into threats affecting your mobile apps or websites

6 Apple ‘geniuses’ allegedly stole 600 iPhones

DARPA contemplates vast ocean network

DARPA looks for ubiquitous, survivable, and persistent communications and networking across and under the oceans

Google wraps its trans-Pacific fiber cables in Kevlar to prevent against shark attacks

Sharks have shown an appetite for fiber cables

Murder suspect asks Siri where to hide a dead body

Stanford prof Mirzakhani first woman to win award known as “Nobel Prize in Mathematics”

Fields Medals have been awarded every 4 years since 1936

ShoreTel Mobility 8 delivers mobile video collaboration

New software has common user interface, adds virtualized router option

Why I’m willing to pay an early termination fee to leave Verizon

I'm fed up with my carrier and my phone. The ETF fee will be worth the freedom.

Streaming rankings slam Verizon and AT&T’s fiber

Comcast’s cable service is a lethargic 2.82 Mbps, and in the No. 21 spot at Netflix; and Time Warner Cable is at a lumbering 2.16 Mbps, and is in the No. 44 position.

iPad toting tortoises draws ire from animal activists

The most ironic hold music ever

Cortana reported to take a major role in Windows 9

New rumors claims PC-based Cortana is going to do more on Windows 9, or 'Threshold,' than its smartphone cousin.

Big Data scientists get 100 recruiter emails a day

Surprise: Today’s hottest tech skill isn’t programming, it’s data analysis--and that’s changing the world in unexpected ways.

When software fails a bunch of future lawyers

Unix: Gaining network insights with tcpdump

Think you know what's happening on your network? Pull out tcpdump and you might be surprised how much it can tell you.

The Linux Desktop-a-week Review: KDE Plasma

KDE Plasma did not meet my expectations, which is both a good and a bad thing.