Opinion

FTC targets outfits that crammed $70M onto phone bills

American eVoice, Emerica Media Corp.; FoneRight, Inc.; Global Voice others allegedly others charged in cramming charges on phone bills

Is Microsoft a Dead Man Walking?

Rumors of its death are greatly exaggerated.

iPhone activations on Verizon increased by 47%

6.2 million of the 9.8 smartphone sales activated by Verizon this quarter were iPhones

Ashton Kutcher, Will.I.Am, and Fred Armisen all to make appearances at Macworld/iWorld expo

It's going to be a star studded week at the upcoming Macworld/iWorld expo

The Dreamliner, Lithium Batteries, and You

Electrical power has always been the Achilles’ Heal of mobility. With batteries on Boeing’s latest aircraft bursting into flame (yes, we have photos), one might ask once again about the overall safety of the best batteries we’ve got.

Want to text strangers on the road? Now you can

New service links license plate numbers to cellphones, so passersby can send an anonymous text message informing a stranger if his or her car is parked illegally.

Maybe you should read the Bad Data Handbook

The Next-generation Enterprise WAN: Let’s start with why

Cloud services, SaaS, the power of the colo, Internet economics, MPLS expense, ensuring high performance, predictability and reliability for WAN users, and visibility and control for network managers all key.

Simple database load balancing with MySQL Proxy

Virtual Networks in Windows 2012 and Azure VMs

Today's Foundational Building Blocks for a Microsoft-based Private and Public Cloud Environment.

Cisco SDN splash coming?

Execs hint at controller, API news soon, perhaps some of the "interesting things" at Cisco Live London

Cornell prof: Manti Te’o girlfriend story a “perfect storm of internet deception phenomena”

Munchausen by Internet Syndrome is one diagnosis put forth

The end of an extraordinary life: Aaron Swartz

Both Swartz and prosecutor Stephen Heymann were doing what they thought was right, and someone died

Toshiba upgrades its IP phone platform; Facebook extends VoIP

Ex-Microsoft execs look to tie –up sex merchandise business in India

Discreet” online sex shop targets upscale Indian clientele

OK Go musician, Internet luminaries to memorialize Aaron Swartz

Memorial service for late RSS creator, Reddit co-owner being held Saturday in NYC

Identity and access management as a cloud-based service eliminates time, pain and cost

The Apple double standard

Pundits expect the world from Apple, but curiously not from any other company.

Picking Open Source Components for Your Project

Networking air quality measurements

The Air Quality Egg provides accurate citizen-driven air quality tracking

Networking air quality measurements

The Internet of Things, Huge Data, and Starbucks

Security lessons from the Manti Te’o Story

Mama's don't let your sons grow up to be Catfish

Windows 8 guru names the top 8 trends at CES

The former Windows chief at Microsoft, Steven Sinofsky, likes the things that reflect what the company is already promoting

Google Now review: A glimpse at the future of search

Taking Google Now for a spin after a recent update.

Security Holy Grail anyone?

US intelligence research agencies look for myriad “revolutionary” security algorithms, techniques and technology

Tony Fadell on the unique nature of Apple’s design process

Often referred to as the godfather of the iPod, Tony Fadell recently explained why Apple's design process sets it apart from the pack.

Blogger’s request jolts lawmakers into ‘emergency’ mode

North Dakota’s new legislation-tracking system creates unanticipated privacy concern

New Linux tools or Mac OS X for video editing?

For long, video editing on Linux has been disappointing, to say the least. But OpenShot Video Editor is a sign of hope for the future.

How to add exception handling to JSF applications