Opinion

Will Microsoft get into a Windows 8 price war with Chinese pirates?

If you can’t beat them in court, running them out of business might work

debateOS: The Ubuntu Spin for Debaters

How does a high school debate coach develop a free solution to paperless competitive debate? With the help of some high school debaters and coaches, Kickstart, Linux, and OpenOffice.

New “bootkit” Android malware infects more than 50 apps, 1600 devices

Beware DKFBootKit

Microsoft dishes on touch hardware and Windows 8

A new post on the building Windows 8 blog details the requirements for touch-enabled Windows 8 devices and explains why limitations on many current Windows 7-based touch systems have forced the company to rethink the Windows touch language.

NASA wants game-changing space toilet, waste systems

NASA, Nike US government offer challenge to build advanced waste systems

Cisco poaching rivals for SDN spin-in

Insieme -- aka, Insiemi -- takes a different tack on recruitment

Enterprise Connect: Genband goes enterprise

INTERPOL: Lack of international laws, resources hurts cybercrime fight

INTERPOL chief sees Anonymous bust as model for future cybercrime fight teamwork

Why NEW architecture will happen

When economics combines with cloud performance on the WAN, the NEW architecture will gain popularity.

Considerations for modernizing your network

Google’s Vint Cerf kicks off UK media museum’s permanent gallery devoted to the Internet

Open source, net neutrality are initial focus areas

Cloud Value Must Extend Past Cost Savings

Three cloud benefits that go beyond cost savings.

ViewVC Helps CVS and SVN Go GUI

iPhone 4 owners entitled to $15 as part of Antennagate class action suit

Believe it or not, but Antennagate - the scandal that wasn't - is still in the news these days.

BlackHole exploit targets Java bug through browser-based attacks

A recently discovered Java exploit will have many updating, or even removing, the program.

Social media helps make indelible mark on lifesaving cause

UPDATED: New York Times writer tells tale of chance meeting, Twitter and ‘Half the sky’ tattoo

Rapid7 Announces First Two Winners Of Its Magnificent 7 Awards

First two open source projects to share in 100k award announced

Imagine Cup 2012 IT Challenge Judges Announced!

Imagine Cup 2012

Will RIM ever recover? Prognosis: Negative.

A sad end for one of the past decade's most innovative firms

And now, the final nail in WiMAX’s consumer handset coffin

LTE is now official The Standard for 4G

Why My Mama Runs Faster Than Your App

The top five reasons your users’ apps won’t run on the WAN – and some suggestions on what to do about it.

Ruby Creator, GNU Health Win 2011 Free Software Awards

Hotel wireless not up to IETF standards, so …

... conference attendees take matters into their own hands

An itsy-bitsy post about One Tiny Hand

More evidence that some people have too much time on theirs

NASA satellite spots massive, violent tornadoes in Sun’s atmosphere

NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory watches enormous tornadoes spin across the Sun

In praise of alternative approaches to cybersecurity

New approaches are beginning to emerge as the community realizes fundamental changes are needed in cybersecurity.

DARPA does Big Data in a big way

DARPA maintains everything from security to cloud computing programs that utilize big data

Windows 8, Phone 7 are the last gasp for Microsoft dominance in smart devices

IDC study predicts Android devices will take control

California man has never seen an infomercial

Files lawsuit against Apple because iPhone 4S isn't a flying car

Microsoft’s proposal to accelerate mobile apps and the web: HTTP Speed+Mobility

Microsoft plans to submit a proposal to the IETF dubbed “HTTP Speed+Mobility," prior to the group’s meeting to discuss the forthcoming HTTP 2.0 specification.