Opinion

Microsoft and Apache: When Pigs Fly

Forget what software they released, Microsoft is adopting the Apache license!

How Open Source Powers a Battlestar Galactica-Inspired Flight Simulator

What do you get when you combine smart students, an old airplane fuselage, and the FlightGear open source flight simulator software? Add a few more ingredients and you get a Battlestar Galactica-inspired flight simulator called The Viper.

Sight to behold: a blind man behind wheel of self-driving car

Google self-driving car takes legally blind man over 'carefully programmed route'

More fun with naming wireless nets

Although this one could conceivably bring unwanted attention

NASA faces serious challenges keeping the International Space Station relevant

GAO says NASA and the ISS face crew transportation, scientific experiment development challenges

The Lytro camera: Too little for too much

Using Nagios to Monitor Your Clusters’ Health

The Tacocopter has “disastrophe” written all over it

Evil government bureaucrats quash insane (and possibly deadly) entrepreneurs

IT Operations Needs to Evolve to Support Cloud

Rethinking IT infrastructure, and services, in the cloud age.

Enterprise Connect: Comcast offers hosted managed voice portfolio

Steve Jobs wasn’t a fan of the Siri name

Steve Jobs, according to Siri co-founder Dag Kittlaus, wasn't particularly fond of the Siri moniker

WAN Optimization as a Service Goes Mainstream

WAN optimization is now ensconced in the cloud

Cisco’s collaboration jab

Jabber for iPad and enhanced Windows kit a pre-emptive strike at Microsoft Skyping Lync

Are Open Source Libraries Any More Vulnerable Than Closed Source?

Survey by Sonatype and Aspect Security calls open source security into question

Microsoft Adds ‘Core’ Version to Server 8 Lineup

Despite the failure of Server Core 2008 to catch fire, Microsoft is trying again, counting on improved performance over the previous generation.

Acme Packet Rolls Out Microsoft Lync Middleware

The solution to vendor interoperability in unified communications.

Fridge magnet makes ordering favorite pizza easy as pie

Although the move to Dubai may prove a bit difficult

BlueStacks: Yep, I can now slice virtual fruit ON MY PC!!!

Android apps, coming to a desktop computer near you

Qualcomm goes ’round the world in viral video ploy

Attempts to recreate success of Bug Circus video in promoting snapdragon processors for smartphones and tablets

Google I/O sells out in a snap, angering those left out

Google promises some virtual access for those who didn’t get tickets

Angry Aussies cry “Pig’s arse!” on iPad 4G claims

New iPad has no LTE connectivity Down Under

Microsoft’s Challenge: Scaling Windows 8 across different screen sizes

Offering a consistent, good user experiences across large desktop monitors and small tablet screens is paramount to Windows 8’s success; in a recent post on the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft discusses how they plan to do it.

Getting Started with Drupal Gardens

One quick and easy way to get started with the Drupal open source content management system is with the Drupal Gardens site, which offers point-and-click assembly and WYSIWYG design.

Firewall fail: A tale both funny and sad

Call center's attempt to keep employees off the Internet had one problem

Must-Know WordPress SEO Tricks

A Next-generation Enterprise WAN architecture

Why now is an exciting time for the enterprise WAN

Facebook making the right noises on password privacy

Creepy employers take note: Facebook doesn't like you

83 year old woman walks into glass at Apple retail store, sues for $1 million

After walking into a plane of glass outside of an Apple retail store, an 83 year old woman is suing Apple for $1 million

Blade servers: Big power for small businesses

Blowing the Doors Off: Testing Three-Stream 802.11n Access Points

The report of my test of three-stream APs is now available – and the results were surprising, to say the least.