Opinion

Planet-spotting algorithms help detect cancer

Goal behind the UK-based astronomy/medical collaboration is speed breast cancer diagnosis by accurately automating a manual process

Office 2013 sentenced to death by licensing

Microsoft's new licensing restrictions on Office 2013 - paired with its favorable treatment of Office 365 - are signs of a nasty trend in software sales.

Four tips for getting the most out of your SIEM

Linux profitability: How successful are the companies behind the biggest distros?

Although profitability does not necessarily equal success, it's still interesting to check in and see how much money Canonical, Red Hat, and SUSE are bringing in.

3 Open Source Trends that May Affect Your Development Team in the Near Future

Why Android 4.2.2 is an important update

With Google's IO conference just around the corner, the updates in this week's Android 4.2.2 release probably could have waited for Key Lime Pie. But Android 4.2.2 is an important step for Android development.

EDUCAUSE/Internet2 call on college students to create security awareness videos, posters

$2,000 and $1,500 top prizes to recognize creativity about security awareness

I, for one, am going to miss implosions

Japanese company shows off incredible building shrinking technology in video

Verizon’s latest 4G mobile hotspot impresses

NASA spots giant, fast-growing sunspot that could lead to big solar flares

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory is also celebrating three-years of Sun watching

Apple board members look at new products 6-to-18 months before release

Speaking at Stanford yesterday, Apple board member Art Levinson spoke about his role as a board member and life at Apple post Steve Jobs.

Petition to legalize cell-phone unlocking tops 100,000 signatures

White House now required to comment on call for reversing DMCA interpretation

Git tips and tricks

PortableApps makes a great emergency toolkit for PC and Internet diagnostics

Gibbs discusses the Kickstarter campaign to turn the LiveCode system into open source and PortableApps, a free, open source platform for portable applications

FCC moves to boost wireless speeds, avoid congestion

FCC looks to open more 5GHz spectrum but opposition is sure to surface.

Notification of .edu server breach mistaken for phishing email

Educause requires password changes … and is criticized for sending ‘suspicious’ email

iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S accounted for 20% of smartphone sales during Q4 2012

A new research report indicates that the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S were the two most popular smartphones during last year's holiday quarter.

Mandiant Security Report: The Chinese are coming, The Chinese are coming

The timing of this chilling report lessens its impact.

The beginning of the end of BYOD as we know it

F5 Networks's recently released Mobile App Manager is a sign of things to come for the MDM market.

How to set up a data source in JBoss

Drones still face major communications challenges getting onto US airspace

GAO unmanned aircraft update show continued network, software challenges

GENBAND partners with Samsung

How to hack the certificate for a Cisco Identity Services Engine node

A guide to hacking and customizing certificates for Cisco Identity Services Engine.

Ubuntu for Nexus is just the tip of the OS iceberg

With new options for mobile operating systems emerging, it's a good time to be a nerd.

Arista TAPs into a hot market for SDN apps

With TAP aggregation, Arista Networks is jumping into a heated race for the SDN application.

Oxford overreacts to phishing, temporarily blocks Google Docs

While network professionals sympathize, decision widely criticized

Apple hit by same hackers that recently infiltrated Facebook

No one is safe from hacking these days, and as typically tends to the be the case, the bigger the company, the bigger the target.

Watch a Chinese military hacker launch a successful attack

Security firm Mandiant has released a video showing on-screen activity of a hacker believed to be connected to the Chinese military as he or she conducts "computer network espionage activities."

Critical infrastructure protection: Maybe thinking good thoughts will make us safe

President Obama has followed the Senate's lead and wimped out on protecting our critical infrastructure

Microsoft’s Windows 8 app plan: One code base to rule them all

For now, one code base can support all versions of Windows 8 - from Windows Phone 8 to Windows RT - but a recompile is required. Microsoft is looking to fix that.