Opinion

Promise Theory

Can you really trust the network to keep promises?

New virtual assistant challenges Siri, Cortana

So what can the offering from SRI do that Siri and Cortana can't? We don't know yet.

‘Luckily, monkeys love to gamble’ … but they’re just as irrational about it as humans

Armed with new CEO, Joyent rolls out a private cloud

Joyent hires Cisco exec as CEO, jumps into the hybrid cloud market

Oracle releases Communications Application Orchestrator to address NFV

Solution designed to address service provider virtualization.

Unix: Having fun with diff

The diff command can be your best friend when you’re troubleshooting problems on a Unix system, but are you using it effectively as you could?

And there’s something else wrong with Comcast’s Xfinity customer-based Wi-Fi hotspot plan …

If you don't disable Comcast's Xfinity Wi-Fi hotspot service it's like increasing your bill by $1.90 per month!

Why are phishers targeting gamers? ‘Cause that’s where the money is …

Gamers are being targeted by phishers and the pickings are easy and valuable.

Cisco, NetApp mark progress

FlexPod integrated IT infrastructure system generated $3 billion in joint sales in three years

FBI warns businesses “Man-in-the-E-Mail” scam escalating

FBI says millions have been lost by companies paying fraudulent invoices

Maître d’ to Benioff: No lunch for you

Apple hires lead software engineer from Atlas Wearables

Carnegie Mellon system lets you get to the good parts of video, fast

Algorithm sorts through tedious GoPro, Google Glass and smartphone videos to get to the good stuff

Supreme Court goes 1 for 2 on big tech decisions

SCOTUS requires warrants to search cellphones, but its Aereo TV-in-the-cloud decision doesn’t address cloud storage issues.

Revisiting Comcast’s Xfinity public hotspot strategy

OK, so bandwidth won’t be an issue, but there’s lots more that’s bad with Comcast’s plan.

100Mb/sec Ethernet coming to a car near you?

IEEE sets study group for 100Mb/sec automotive Ethernet

4.7 and 5.5-inch iPhones slated to go on sale simultaneously this fall

The PSTN transition to VoIP: Going green

Reducing energy, water and real estate costs -- and CO2 emissions.

The desktop-a-week review: Enlightenment (E17)

I will be using a new desktop environment for a week at a time, and reviewing them afterward. Up this week: Enlightenment (E17 to be specific).

Impact of Today’s Hardware and Software Applications in Cloud-based Environments: Part 1

VMware: We’re aiming to be a top 3 cloud provider

In Gartner’s recent Magic Quadrant VMware fell far behind in the market, but executive say it’s early yet.

Apple planning to release 12-inch MacBook Air later this year

Hungry ants knock out FiOS service … again

Ants chew through fiber optic cable and knock out Verizon FiOS service to editor's home. The same thing happened five years ago.

A Wakeup Call for the Cloud

Code Spaces was hosted in AWS’s cloud, but after being hacked it is out of business. Don’t let it happen to you.

US intelligence agency wants brain-like algorithms for complex information processing

Director of National Intelligence looking to revolutionize machine learning technology

A Supreme Court win for Aereo would take the fight out of broadcasters

Aereo's good-enough TV could inspire cable subscribers to cut the cord, making broadcasters dependent on Aereo for advertising revenue.

Why Facebook’s SDN switch won’t affect Cisco’s customers

1 in 5 small businesses still use Windows XP, survey says

People still don't feel the impetus to upgrade from Windows XP, or maybe they can't afford it.

Leveraging Microsoft Azure as your disaster recovery/failover data center

Using Azure Site Recovery (ASR) to replicate VMs to Azure.

More than 300,000 servers still unpatched for Heartbleed

A quick scan shows that the patch rates have dropped off and a lot of servers remain unsecured.