Opinion

Clos Networks: What’s Old Is New Again

What goes around, comes around – Clos Networks are back

SDN is disruptive at Juniper

Reports of turmoil, upheaval as management points finger after reversals, misfires

IF THIS THEN THAT gets better with iOS

The outstanding IFTTT service now has iOS support

Top cloud stories for the week of 1/10

VMware gets a CTO, Netflix loses its cloud guru and IBM asks Watson to make it money

My Samsung Galaxy S4 once again fails to meet expectations

Long road trip exposes the phone's shortcomings

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CES 2014 Highlights: M2M, Connected Homes and Cars, Sponsored Data

Will AT&T's Sponsored Data Pass FCC Muster?

Report claims Windows 8.1 Update 1 has leaked

A typically reliable Russian source shows the next release of Windows won't improve on the Start menu.

Target confesses: Breach victim total soars to 70 million

Company also acknowledges that additional information was compromised

The UK sleepwalks into censorship and we’re next … it’s just a matter of time

The UK government is making Brits choose what filth and depravity they want to see online

Little Snitch tattles on OS X processes

Want to know what's connecting to what under OS X? Little Snitch will snitch.

Hacking cars is ‘already a serious problem’

In-car connectivity is driving up the number of in-car vulnerabilities.

It’s finally, actually time for video to be pervasive

Even though it's been said every year, 2014 is the one when we'll see significant change in video as a collaboration tool.

Guess where Minecraft’s latest game is being hosted? Where else, but the cloud

Minecraft is using Amazon Web Service’s cloud to host its newest game

Internet of Ca-chings

Cisco sees trillions in connecting everything, with a quarter of it generated by networking the public sector

Raster to vector conversions with potrace and cocoapotrace

FOSS to the rescue again ...

3 reasons AT&T’s sponsored data plan isn’t the end of the world

After all, providing network access isn't free, and someone has to pay for it.

Affordable Care? It’s not even understandable …

Apparently the health insurance companies don't really "do" IT

Twitterverse dips into Velveeta ‘shortage’

And, yes, this time it’s OK to blame the media

Want 20GB of free DropBox storage? Buy a Dell

Dell promotion gives customers a year’s worth of free cloud storage

iWatch encounters some technical hurdles

Well, it looks like Apple is experiencing some difficulty getting the iWatch up and running.

10 security, privacy issues you might not know about your car’s auto-location services

Does location data collected by various companies pose privacy risks?

Predictions for Unified Communications in 2014, Part Two

WebRTC, Net Neutrality and Mobile UC Trends

FIRST LOOK: Jelly iOS Q&A app

Photo-oriented mobile Q&A app leans on Twitter, Facebook friends for answers

Why can’t Microsoft find a CEO?

The Journal suggests it's because Ballmer and Gates cast too long a shadow.

@PolarVortex Twitter account is an arctic blast

Wiseacre weather system briefly suspended but blows back into action

Geek-themed Meme of the Week: Java & Adobe Edition

No, not again

Why geeks should take over the political world

Boston's first new mayor in 20 years is a sign of the new political world, where geeks are more important than ever.

My Android HP Touchpads are still running strong

Trusty and dependable, the Timex of tablets.

Unscripted: Action flick director Michael Bay’s CES schtick blows up

Transformers director Bay walks off stage after teleprompter glitch during Samsung TV pitch