Opinion

Are Firewalls Dead?

Is the linchpin of security a victim of its own success?

Pentaho wants to make Hadoop easy

Even non-programmers can now use the power of Big Data.

Earliest known photos of an Apple iPad prototype

Well before the iPhone, and going back all the way to the early 2000s, Apple had been working on tablet prototypes that would eventually form the groundwork for the original iPad

The Downside of the Microsoft Marketing Machine

Announcements of new releases cannibalizes adoption of current software

Microsoft’s Lost Decade and Server Management

Something else Vanity Fair didn't say that Microsoft got right

Aggressive pricing eases SMB transition into hosted VoIP

Hacked off hacker pleads guilty to menacing ISP … with an ax

And the arson threat didn’t help his case either

Review: G-Connect wireless storage for iPad

Owner of custom Google Glass-type eyewear bullied, assaulted while on vacation

Steve Mann, the "Father of Wearable Computing" has his own version of Google Glasses permanently attached to his head. Some employees at a McDonald's in France found that threatening, though, and apparently attacked him for it.

Office 2013/365 may be Microsoft’s most pervasive software package yet

New interface design and cloud-centric features could make Office 2013/365 Microsoft's most pervasive software package to date.

iPhone 5 to utilize in-cell touch technology for thinner screen

According to the latest report from the iPhone rumor mill, Apple's iPhone 5 will reportedly implement in-cell touch technology which will allow for a markedly thinner screen.

Shopaholic Cisco buys Virtuata

Cisco's recent acquisition of Virtuata may be a sign of things to come.

What Microsoft did right during its ‘lost decade’

VF's article missed out on more than a few things Microsoft has done very well and should get credit for.

Techie talks about life of lies … and recurring need to leave

'This is a really bad hobby, likely due to mental issues, but I continue doing it.'

As Apple works on smaller iPad, Amazon working on larger Kindle Fire

The tablet landscape has never been busier. Though Apple's iPad continues to reign supreme, Cupertino is reportedly working on a smaller version of its popular tablet to stave off competition from Amazon and Google.

What really impacts application performance over the WAN

Packet loss, latency, bandwidth limitations drive WAN Optimization, WAN Virtualization solutions

Williams vs. DiMaggio online slugfest sets Postal Service record

1.5 million first-day-of-issue stamps are the most ever ordered

A Conversation With Sam Muirhead, The Fully Open Source Man

How hard it is to live a fully open source life?

How to Get Started with ActiveMQ

A very Wookie edition of Call Me Maybe

Star Wars: "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away" Call Me Maybe was also a popular song

US Court of Appeals says bank security system wasn’t up to snuff, meaning it might be liable for some loses incurred by a hacked customer

Just linking could get you 10 years in jail

How to do a risk assessment for ISO 27001

Toshiba offers cloud-based IP telephony

CIA: Five particularly timeless tips from the Simple Sabotage Field Manual

Once classified CIA booklet defines how NOT to behave in an office environment

Digg, the once proud social media giant, acquired by Betaworks for $500,000

Digg, once the top news aggregation and social media site on the web, has been sold to Betaworks for a paltry $500,000.

Best practices for data encryption, Part 2

US spends $30M to reinforce natural gas vehicle technology

DOE takes aim at developing less cumbersome on-board storage tanks, home refilling technologies

Viacom and DirecTV dispute highlights challenges for an Apple HDTV

Since late Tuesday evening, DirecTV's 20 million or so subscribers have been unable to watch programming on any Viacom owned stations, including MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, and BET. Here's what the dispute tells us about the prospects for an A

To dox a predator: Anonymous leaks PII of alleged pedophiles

Anonymous follows through on its July 8th promise to launch Operation PedoChat, attacking websites that facilitate child pornography, and releasing incriminating messages pertaining even to European political figures.