Opinion

AC/DC in Iranian nuclear facility attack and World Internet War I

Malware attacked an Iranian nuclear facility and played them a song ...

WSJ should correct that column so readers know the truth

Former publisher Crovitz couldn’t have been more wrong about Internet history

Many Cisco carrier customers planning SDNs

Infonetics survey finds a majority including OpenFlow in purchasing decisions

Windows 8 is a ‘catastrophe,’ says Valve founder and former Microsoft employee Gabe Newell

An interview about gaming takes an interesting turn after Valve CEO Gabe Newell, who himself has 13 years of Microsoft experience under his belt, speaks candidly about the upcoming Windows 8 operating system.

The Day VMware ate Cisco

Since the introduction of its hypervisor, VMware has been eating away, little by little, at the value Cisco products offer in the Data Center. With the introduction and growth of private clouds, increasing "co-opetition" between these tech titans has

How BT, Cisco, and VOSS plan to upkeep UC&C at the London Olympics

The unified communications game has changed for this year's Olympics. Here's how some of the top competitors are approaching it.

Best practices for printer security

Microsoft needs to buy a vowel

Seen on a sign at Black Hat in Las Vegas

A phishing tale about the story that got away

Lesson reaffirmed: Just because something's obvious doesn't mean it's true

A better Windows 8 system refresh with Slimware’s RecImg Manager

With Windows 8 Microsoft hasn't made it any easier or quicker to restore system images. Slimware's RecImg Manager solves the problem.

A better Windows 8 system refresh with Slimware’s RecImg Manager

Card game turns you into White Hat hacker

Black Hat security conference: University of Washington creation gives you vicarious thrills of social engineering, lock picking

VMware Success Relies on Diversification

Market pressure and the impact of cloud computing

VMware’s Nicira acquisition represents new threats and new opportunities for network managers

The CIO of the future will need to be well-versed in all aspects of virtalization.

VMware snubs partner Cisco for network virtualization

Nicira buy will strain relations, offer an alternative for data centers

Vizio Co-Star: Is Google TV finally going Prime-Time?

I've been no fan of Google TV, but it looks like Vizio Co-Star may finally deliver the goods.

Alcatel-Lucent enhances OpenTouch Suite

Vidyo’s claims of free, unlimited video calls could exacerbate industry issues

A startup named Vidyo claims it's going to offer free, unlimited video interoperability. How realistic is that?

War policy makers could learn from these robots

New software gives Navy robots a number of useful capabilities

Watch Kim Dotcom’s rap video

This isn't a joke.

Maybe it is easy being green

Apple to formally attend Black Hat Security Conference for the first time

This Thursday, Apple platform security manager Dallas De Atley will give a talk at the Black Hat Security Conference about iOS security technologies

Open Source In Politics: GOP Open Sources Their Platform

Politics isn't usually about being open, but the Republican party is giving open source a try

YouTube asks nicely if commenters will use real names

But they probably won't.

Trash can moves to where you toss the trash

Latest from Japan: moving, sensor-based trashcan

Was killing VCX IP PBX the right move for HP?

HP recently backed out of its bid to compete in VoIP and unified communications. But did it have to?

President Obama recognizes 96 early-career scientists and engineers

CMU's reCAPTCHA whiz among those receiving Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

The scourges of application performance over the WAN

Packet loss, latency and "chattiness" problems the key issues to be addressed.

Tips and Tricks to Optimize MySQL

Black Hat blames phishy email on volunteer’s error

Security conference attendees smelled something wrong right away