Opinion

Those Windows 8 TV ads? They’re real.

Microsoft takes them down claiming copyright violation

Did ‘Completely Wrong’ Romney Google bomb himself?

Looks like The Law of Unintended Consequences has struck again

Microsoft Windows 8 ads leak online [Video]

Four new Microsoft ads for Windows 8 leaked online. Catch em' while you can!

Barcode turns 60, doesn’t look its age

A quick look back at the history of the barcode

What are grand technology and scientific challenges for the 21st century?

DARPA and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy want public input on The Next Big Things

Red Hat OpenShift now offers Zend PHP support

Zend PHP server for OpenShift brings pro development and runtime to PaaS offering.

Huawei, ZTE ban is questionable, given its impact

The precedents set by Congress' restrictions on Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE might hurt the market, especially considering the lack of direct evidence.

Which countries have the iPhone 5 … and which don’t

Apple’s 126 country-specific homepages tout the iPhone 5 … or a consolation prize

Wireless and The Cloud and Virtualization: Definitions Required

Just what is virtualization, anyway, and how does it relate to wireless and the cloud? Contrary to what I believe, the answer is apparently not all that obvious.

Facebook is like chairs…but also like toilets

Parody video busts on heartfelt, cloying Facebook commercial

Enabling affordable Ethernet

Army special operations wants battlefield biometric tech

US Army Special Operations group wants ability to gather face, fingerprint, iris data

Star Wars themed Angry Birds set for launch on November 8

How does Rovio top the successful Angry Birds Space? With a Star Wars themed version of Angry Birds, of course.

Polycom takes a giant leap for video

Polycom announced its RealPresence CloudAXIS Suite this week, which could put the company in a good position when the video market peaks.

The better hire: the 50-year-old IT veteran or the fresh grad?

A Linux user switches to DOS, Part Two

A long-time Linux user temporarily switches to DOS, with surprisingly fun - yet challenging - results.

Addressing WAN latency issues in application performance

Nook Video: The next video on-demand network

Barnes & Noble won't just be releasing new Nook tablets on November 1st, they'll also be releasing a new Internet video on demand network, Nook Video.

VMware, the bell tolls for thee, and Microsoft is ringing it

Survey results from VMworld indicate that Microsoft is becoming a threat to VMware's user base.

Android or iOS for a young company’s first mobile app?

At DEMO 2012, young startup companies making inroads to the mobile market faced a tough decision - to develop their first apps for Android or iOS?

Want to drop a server rack off a City Hall roof? It’ll cost you

You can’t just drag one up there and let it fly

Cautious IT optimism, but way behind in BYOD

Readers scoff at Verizon’s fee explanation

Real programmers as an endangered species

60 Minutes torpedoes Huawei in less than 15 minutes

Cyber Espionage, Huawei and the China Goverment

Achieving PCI Compliance When Using IPv6

Does the PCI DSS really require NAT for IPv6?

Bitrix24: A serious intranet that even you can afford

Juniper’s MX upgrade takes us back to the future

A look at Juniper's new MX Series 3D Universal Edge router, which aims to do what so many companies couldn't 10 years ago.

HP Hiring WebOS Engineers. Why?

Is this just another way point in the Twilight Zone?

Arista nabs Cisco SDN engineer

Black leaves Cisco ONE to join feisty switch rival; also tabs CFO