Opinion

Product Lust o’ the Week: The Asustor 602T NAS

Unix: Raspberry Pi: A Quick-Start Guide, Second Edition, Maik Schmidt

Get yourself a $35 computer, a copy of this book, and you will likely discover a side of computing that expands your view of what computing is all about

Switching highlights Juniper’s Q1

Strong demand for EX, QFabric leads to 46% growth; AT&T taps company for Domain 2.0 cloud

Linux Foundation responds to Heartbleed with Core Infrastructure Initiative

Giving money is easy, dedicating key personnel to monitoring existing open source projects is hard.

ISACA introduces Cybersecurity Nexus program to help fill the infosec skills gap

Cloud computing confronts critical crossroads

Net neutrality, Aereo, and massive price cuts: which of these factors will truly shape the future of cloud computing?

Online black market designed to evade feds

Unlike the Silk Road, the DarkMarket is designed as a peer-to-peer network, which would be more difficult for law enforcement to shut down.

How F5 Networks countered the Heartbleed bug

F5’s iRules proved critical in the fight against Heartbleed, enabling the company to issue a patch within hours of the bug’s discovery.

WLAN Testing and Benchmarking: Notes from Syracuse University

I recently had the privilege of speaking on the general topic of WLAN testing and benchmarking at a graduate Enterprise Wireless Networks class at Syracuse University.

When Big Data Goes Bad

Upcoming Windows end-of-life deadlines we should be talking about

Windows XP got all of the attention, but a few others are coming up on their deadlines, and you might want to know about them.

Boston Calling: Now there’s a creative music video

Music festival announces fall concert line-up with music video

Band releases album as Linux kernel module

iOS 8 may feature Shazam-powered song recognition functionality

A new report claims that Apple may partner up with Shazam to bake song recognition functionality right into iOS 8.

Why cloud companies are watching the Aereo, Supreme Court case very closely

Are cloud providers responsible for the content of what's stored on their servers?

ARIN Enters Phase 4 of IPv4 Exhaustion

ARIN is now down to their final /8 equivalent block of IPv4 addresses.

#myNYPD: How not to build your brand on social media

Navigation by smartphone is great but how to mount it in the car?

Useful Gadget: A keyboard for where you can’t swing a cat or a mouse

Fonality Updates Product Portfolio Packages

New Pricing Options, Web Interface Also Announced

Wearable computing devices: Can they pass the acid test?

Waiting for the other shoe to drop: Would you spend your own money to buy today's crop of wearable computing devices?

Inside the Boston Selfie-thon

Boston Marathon runners document it all

US developing public unmanned aircraft incident reporting system

Idea is to shape safe, effective, and lawful use of sUAS by law enforcement agencies.

Juniper opens arms to OpenDaylight

Once dismissive, member now submissive as it contributes plugin, steering committee rep

Microsoft Office vs Google Docs: The Fat Lady hasn’t sung yet

Office on iOS is great, but this isn't over yet.

Geek-Themed Meme: It’s a real pain in the neck

They all seemed like a good idea at the time

Risk and the Android Heartbleed vulnerability

Less than 10% of Android devices were affected by the Heartbleed vulnerability. Here is what you need to know

Unix: Counting chickens or anything else

Unix tools make it easy to find strings in files, but what if you want to find specific whole words, more complex text patterns, or every instance of a word?

Replacing the PSTN with VoIP: Not If, But When

Implications of the PSTN Retirement, Part One

Nike axes its FuelBand team, will get out of the wearable hardware market