Opinion

Phil Schiller talks iPad Mini pricing

Apple's Senior VP of Marketing Phil Schiller recently defended the $329 pricetag on the iPad Mini

Ready for a data breach? How to develop your response plan

Note to Microsoft: Ending service packs would be a mistake

Rumors are flying that Microsoft may not release any more Win 7 service packs, leaving IT in the lurch.

Preparing your business for mobility

Easy Web apps with Alpha Five

Alpha Software's Alpha Five v11 is a great way to build real Web applications.

So this guy’s car breaks down in front of Steve Jobs’ driveway

That and other tales of chance encounters with the late Apple co-founder, via Quora

First 20-ton mega-mirror finished-off for massive Magellan telescope

Giant Magellan Telescope will ultimately span 4,000 sq. ft. and explore the heavens with amazing precision

iPad mini’s high price could scare away new customers

Apple fans will love the new product, but what about new customers eyeing less expensive Android tablets?

Forrester paints a rough future for Windows

Tablets and smartphones will continue to eat at the PC's dominance and all Microsoft can do is hold on, says the firm.

Why did the U.S. government sell out against Open Source?

Picking iPhone over Android questions the whole open source security model.

Google Maps puts well-funded startup in the poorhouse

Right address, wrong era

iPad Mini is now official, features 7.9-inch display, 10 hours of battery life, starts at $329

As expected, Apple on Tuesday unveiled the iPad Mini. The long-awaited tablet features a 7.9-inch display and comes equipped with a dual-core A5 processor, a Facetime HD camera, a Lightning connector, and a 5 megapixel camera on the back. Contrary to

Gartner: Cisco CEO John Chambers talks HP, tech complexity and patent trolls

Company direction, patents, competition, lawsuits part of wide-ranging interview with Gartner analysts

Cisco study finds clouds moving in

Will become majority of data center traffic in 2014, two-thirds by 2016

BroadSoft launches UC One

Windows 8: Already mastered by a 3-year-old

Finally, someone seems to get it.

Seems that balky Amazon data center cries wolf, too

Former firefighter tells the tale on Reddit

The Four Freedoms of Free Software are broken, Part 0

Deconstructing the Four Freedoms of Free Software, one at a time.

Apple iPad Mini live blogs today: Take your pick

In addition to Apple's live webcast, Apple watching websites will provide blow-by-blow commentary

Why Cisco should buy Citrix

A merger between Cisco and Citrix has always made sense. It just makes more sense now.

Why you should check out LVM

Apple iOS 6 white hot adoption rate cools a bit

Ad network shares its findings about Apple iOS 6 in advance of iPad Mini announcement

Big Brother comes to BitTorrent

If you get some of your TV episodes and movies from BitTorrent, you could be in a world of hurt by year's end. And, maybe you will be anyway.

FTC sets facial recognition software best practices

FTC is not setting new rules but obviously has facial recognition privacy issues in mind

How to address WAN jitter issues for real-time applications

Traditional WAN Optimization techniques don’t help much, so other solutions are needed.

The Case for /127 Subnets

It's not about address conservation. But it might be about security.

Gartner: Do you have a Chief Digital Officer? You’re gonna need one

Gartner says by 2015, 25% of organizations will have a Chief Digital Officer

Latest Amazon EBS failure likely to ruin my child’s afternoon

Reddit and (oh, no) Minecraft among those knocked offline

Windows 8 launch is a non-event for businesses

There's too many downsides, few upsides for corporate use

Dilbert’s Pointy-Headed Boss has his head in the cloud (again)

Sunday comic strip pokes fun at cloudwashing