Opinion

Windows 8 Power Efficiency Also Includes Apps

When you think power efficiency, you usually think hardware, but Microsoft is also working to make apps less of a battery drain.

IRS pumps up iPhone, Android app for tax savvy

IRS2Go Apple, Android smartphone app has had 350,000 downloads adds YouTube news features

Revamping Text Files with awk and sed

BBC shines light on ‘RIP troll’

Video offers insight into the mindset of an unspeakably cruel individual

Matchmaking sites short on the science? … Get out

A pre-Valentine's Day cautionary tale from The Institute of What Did You Expect

Digium introduces new family of HD IP phones

iPhone 5 release set for Summer 2012 – Report

The iPhone 5 will reportedly be introduced at WWDC 2012, likely setting the stage for a Summer launch

My favorite Android browser is… something you may not have heard of!

Dolphin is what a good Android browser should look like

In this case, I’m fine with seeing spam in my inbox

Use of the word in subject lines sparks email etiquette discussion

Europe cares about privacy, so you must too

Proposed European data privacy rules would require significant changes in the way U.S. companies that deal with non-U.S. customers operate

Nicira peels back the curtain on the future of networking – Interview with Nicira CTO Martin Casado

Stealth networking startup Nicira Networks issued their first press release this week, I sat down with Nicira co-founder Martin Casado to discuss

Controlling Liquor Loss with Linux

What does Linux have to do with the Replay Lounge's success? As it turns out, a lot.

Anonymity bites Anonymous in attempt to extort Symantec

Ransom negotiation was actually with law enforcement, not company

Without It’s Own Horse HTC Could Be On The Sidelines

One time high flyer has crashed and headed for tough times

Powerline Carrier – Close, but Likely No Cigar

Using a home’s AC wiring as a LAN is tempting, but, as we found during a recent testing exercise, likely not substitute for wireless.

Amazon said to be planning retail stores

First outlet would be opened in Seattle, according to report

DataBase As A Service With Support

DBaaS from EnterpriseDB for PosgreSQL

Navy wants electromagnetic railgun to pump out 100s of rounds per minute

Navy taps industry expertise for the high-energy power needed to drive multi-shot electromagnetic railgun

Are 68 Open Source Licenses Enough? Or Too Many?

Hey, at least the Patriots topped the Giants at something

Google tells us what the world was searching for during Super Bowl

Google leaks out Solve for X website, video

Google calls Solve for X "a place where the curious can go to hear and discuss radical technology ideas for solving global problems"

In-flight Wi-Fi struggling to gain altitude

Usage numbers reveal less-than-spectacular upake

Google Summer of Code 2012 Announced

The eighth annual Google Summer of Code was announced at FOSDEM on February 4, 2012. More than 6,000 students from more than 90 countries have completed the GSoC program over the years.

Sunday morning rant: A pox on all their houses and schools

From the department of They’re All Wrong

The When, Where and How of Cisco versus Microsoft for Unified Communications

The Unified Communications Market is very broad and there is no single vendor that can provide all functionality. It's a multivendor world so the key is to understand which vendors are best suited to which functions

Plane crash claims life of Micron CEO Steve Appleton

Executive, 51, was at controls of experimental aircraft

Yucking it up: Anonymous infiltrates FBI, Scotland Yard teleconference about Anonymous

Hacking group releases roughly 17-minute recording

ShoreTel acquires M5 Networks

Windows Phone Leak Shows One Kernel to Rule Them All

The next major update to Windows Phone will use the Windows 8 kernel, unifying all clients.

Apple hires John Browett to replace Ron Johnson as Senior VP of Retail

Earlier this week, Apple announced that John Browett will be joining Apple as the company's new Senior VP of Retail.