Opinion

Reading up on SOPA can both clarify and muddy the waters

Dueling experts and pundits continue to slug it out

Our Milky Way galaxy holds a minimum of 100 billion planets

There could be one planet for every star on average, study concludes

Real headline: ‘Salmon Testes Spawn Data Storage Device’

Coming to a data center or lunchroom near you

NASA’s alternative space “station” rocks your smartphone

NASA Apps for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android gets a rock station

Reality Bites Microsoft’s Earnings as Well

The Thai floods are taking the whole industry down, as Microsoft is the latest to pre-announce bad news.

Apache License Without The Apache Consensus

CouchBase has been, is and will be open source

Who’s flying drones in U.S.? … EFF sues government to find out

Updated: Rapidly expanding domestic use of unmanned aircraft calls for public disclosure

New paper offers advice on UC deployment

Also, predictions for fate of 'Lifeline' broadband in 2012

Sandia Labs touts DNSSEC tool

Seeking funding, partners to take DNS security visualization tool to next level

Apple’s HDTV and the challenge of subscription programming

Why Apple's desire to secure subscription-based content for its rumored HDTV may prove impossible

Cisco gains SAN share as Brocade looks for buyer

SAN leader's stock up 10% on bid reports; things picking up for Cisco in data center networking

X Prize offers $10M competiton to build Star Trek-like medical tricorder

Tricorder will read variety of medical measurements for analysis on mobile device

In The Browser War Does The Tortoise Beat The Hare?

Longer release cycles may be good for operating systems, but not so much for browsers

Who says Twitter is a waste of time?

That's a rhetorical question; I know many of you do

Financial services firms try to scrimp on IT pay

If financial services firms reduce IT pay rates, they'll lose top talent to other industries, warns Jack Cullen, president of IT staffing and recruiting firm Modis

‘The Joy of Books’ tap dances all over your Kindle

And for a bonus: See how different people receive a geeky wedding gift differently

Who are the go-to cybersecurity help groups?

There’s lots of cybersecurity information out there, the rick is finding the effective help for your organization

Anti-SOPA crew woos gaming giant Electronic Arts

Change.org petition urges EA to oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act

OpenStack Continues Momentum As AT&T Signs On

First US Telecom Provider To Join Project

Dear automakers: No, thanks … and another thing

Isn't there enough mayhem on the road already?

30 years ago, a battered AT&T cried Uncle Sam

This week marks anniversary of divestiture agreement with U.S. Department of Justice

Cool graphene breakthrough could keep laptops from overheating

Superthin material can be reworked to boost its thermal properties, according to NSF/DARPA-funded research

Microsoft Gets Into the PC Business (Sort-of)

Company introduces new PCs without the bloatware. Why didn't anyone else think of this?

A quick look at the creation of computer-language translation efforts — 58 years ago this month

In 1954 IBM and Georgetown University teamed to introduce the world to computer-language translation

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The downside of flash memory innovation

As if browsing store aisles isn't taxing enough

Cautious optimism: Details of Microsoft’s first Patch Tuesday of 2012

The details of Microsoft's first Patch Tuesday seem scary on the surface, but may actually suggest a more proactive approach going into 2012.

Bang for your IT buck

Prepare Ye the Way of the Intercloud

Cloud federation will happen

iPad 3 to sport HD camera on the front, upgraded camera on the back

Aside from the inclusion of a Retina Display, which really isn’t news at this point, the iPad 3 will reportedly house an HD camera on the front while the camera in the back will be upgraded to about the same level of quality as the iPhone 4S’s – an 8