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NASA revs-up new Mars rover, missions to grow red planet exploration program

NASA wants another Mars rover and will ultimately have or be part of seven missions to the Red Planet

Apple TV and iTunes update news for cord-cutters

Apple's made some small improvements in its latest Apple TV and iTunes updates for Internet video watchers.

A gift guide to please any geek … 25 years ago

Holiday gift-giving advice from Computer Chronicles, circa 1987

Wireless LAN is beginning to look a lot more wired

Aruba's new 7200 controller series suggests a shift of the wireless LAN to operate

10Gen’s MongoDB and SoftLayer roll out instant NoSQL Cloud

New partnership defines right way to partner with cloud service providers.

Microsoft may have some Windows Phone 8 momentum after all

It's amazing what a smartphone OS with a future can do.

iPhone 5 to land in more than 50 additional countries this month, including China and Brazil

Apple on Monday announced that the iPhone 5 will be landing in more than 50 countries this December.

Rumored follow-ons for Surface tablets; reduced orders for original Surface

Even if true, not astonishing.

I shudder when mainstream media does tech

Leave covering tech to geeks and we promise not to cover the stock market.

Addressing WAN packet loss, Part 2

Handling loss differently, mitigating the effects and hiding the loss from end stations can improve WAN application performance.

Next PBS remix viral video candidate? LeVar Burton’s Reading Rainbow

PBS mixmaster Melodysheep at it again after Mister Rogers, Bob Ross, Julia Child remixes take off on YouTube

Tumblr hacked in Brony-related attack spreading racist spam post

Tumblr has been hacked in a rapidly moving attack that hijacks users accounts and posts an offensive message. The kicker? When users try to delete the post, their account gets deleted, too.

The Daily iPad App from News Corp. to shut down on December 15.

The Daily iPad app, the world's first iPad-only newspaper, is shutting down as of December 15.

Surprise, surprise: McAfee not captured, he’s ‘safe’

At least now he's claiming that he's gotten out of Dodge

Mobile app developers want user data for Christmas

The holiday season presents great opportunities for mobile app developers, too. For them, though, user data is the main pursuit.

Collaborating and videoconferencing over the cloud with OmniJoin

The approaching BYOD wave

The season for quantifying enterprise happiness

DevOps Troubleshooting: Linux server best practices

McAfee’s blog claims he’s been captured, but …

Authorities in Belize proclaim no knowledge of any arrest

Time to Upgrade Cisco Catalyst 6500 Non-E-Series Chassis

Support for older 6500 chassis ended yesterday

DARPA program aims to find, shut backdoor malware holes in commercial IT devices

DARPA program looks to determine, validate security of every networked device.

Webtorials: UC problems with fax over IP and BYOD

5 reasons why the Roku is the best Internet TV streaming box choice

My bottom line: If you're considering buying an Internet TV streaming box this holiday season, choose a Roku.

How much would you pay for a Windows Surface Tablet?

I'm sorry, but $1,000 is too much.

Syrians without internet offered Google’s Speak2Tweet

As Syria closes its second day since the internet went dark amid a bloody civil war, Google and Twitter are promoting their joint service that tweets voice messages recorded by phone.

Disturbing lack of disturbing tech vendor tchotchkes in 2012!

A plea to send photos of those you've received this year

BYOD could drive more MDM-focused mergers and acquisitions

The recent announcement of an MDM partnership between Siemens Enterprise and AirWatch is a sign of things to come.

Is it time for the US to ditch the dollar bill?

Public resistance is high but so are potential savings for country, report says

Visualizing Syrian Internet blackout

Most complete blackout that web watcher CloudFlare has seen