Opinion

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.

Confused by SDN & NFV?

These may be complementary options for the network of tomorrow

If Apple releases an iPhablet, I’m giving away my iPad

If phablets really are the phuture, it's time for me to put my money where my mouth is.

Why incumbents Android and iOS need to watch it

New operating systems are on the heels of the incumbents. What you need to know about mobile device, OS-upstarts, like Sailfish, Firefox OS, and Tizen.

Adobe announces Connect platform enhancements

Screen sharing improvements, social media and salesforce.com integration, more event analytics

Security Primer: How malware is classified

Rackspace clarifies its IaaS message

Rackspace still offers IaaS, but only with a support package.

FireLayers adds granular controls to SaaS applications for security and compliance

IBM/DARPA turn out brain-like 5-billion transistor superchip

IBM chips has 256 million programmable logic points, analogous to the connections between neurons in the brain.

Cisco’s new UCS fabric interconnect: no ACI?

The quietly introduced 6324 "mini UCS" has no connection to newest data center fabric