Opinion

Smartphone/stun gun ranks as one of TSA’s top finds for 2011

Undeclared firearms, inert landmines also grab TSA's attention during airport screenings

A milestone for xkcd: 1,000 comics

Popular Web strip for geeks continues to entertain

One way the iPhone 4S dwarfs the iPhone 4

At least in the hands of a power user

Using Handsets While Driving: A Tale of Two Solutions

Maybe an outright ban on using handsets while driving isn’t quite to your liking. Two alternatives illustrate the complexity of the debate.

When Open Source Doesn’t Do It Anymore

CouchDB founder moves away from Apache model

Thick Martian dust makes NASA pick sunnier locale for Mars rover

Mars rover Opportunity will celebrate its eight year on Red Planet this month

Cisco, others may see a 4% hike in IT spending

Gartner lowers earlier 2012 forecast by 1% but it and Piper Jaffrey see an uptick from 2011

Ray Ozzie’s latest tune: That’s Cocomo with a ‘C’

So far all we know is that it has produced a earworm

Dept. of Energy developing project to reinforce grid cybersecurity

DOE, White House, Department of Homeland Security and key utility companies to develop security model for grid by summer

Social engineering attacks on the enterprise are trending upward

Microsoft patch blows ‘perfect game’ but sends important message

How can Microsoft's only unscheduled patch of 2011 help predict its security success in 2012?

Who’s lying? The iPad owner or the border guard?

Canadian man refutes border agency's explanation for having let him cross

.11ac on the Move – Broadcom’s Big Announcement

2012 is going to be a huge year for 802.11ac, with, as is becoming the norm for wireless LANs, lots of products well in advance of the standard.

NASA Expands Open Source Activities

On January 4, 2012, NASA launched code.nasa.gov, a new website dedicated to helping the organization unify and expand its open source activities.

A quick video preview of what’s upcoming at CES

And a question about the gadget show’s mojo

Kids flip for Cisco’s discontinued Flip

Granted, in this case the price was right

Kicking Back with Clementine 1.0

The Amarok-inspired music player adds Spotify, Grooveshark, and SKY.fm support and squashes a bunch of bugs.

Throw a cURL at Your Web Work

Cisco nemesis facing a mixed quarter?

Juniper's enterprise business tracking in-line, while carrier business may face lingering challenges

NASA on 2012: It’s really NOT the end of the world as we know it

NASA says there’s nothing lurking out there that will destroy the planet in 2012

Survey shows we need a better definition of paperless

1 in 5 anticipate a ‘paperless society,’ whatever that means

DARPA wants to give dead, in-orbit satellites new life

DARPA says squadron of tiny “satlets” could retrofit bigger satellites in graveyard orbits

IE 6 is Finally Dead. Long Live IE9 (Please?)

Microsoft succeeds in doing what Mozilla and the DoJ couldn't do. However, it probably isn't too thrilled with what's happening to IE9.

New Versions of the Cisco Cius – Excitement or Shoulder Shrugs?

New Cisco Cius tablets are on the way in 2012, but how much excitement will they garner?

Is vulnerability an objective?

Joel Brenner's 'America the Vulnerable' paints sobering picture of how badly the U.S. and U.S. companies are protecting themselves

Apple media event in January to focus on publishing and iBooks

Apple is planning a special media-related event this month in New York that will focus on publishing and iBooks

Top 5 UC predictions for 2012

Gentoo 12.0 LiveDVD Rolls Out

Latest Gentoo release features persistence boot option.

Unison Makes Two-Way File Sync Simple

Wikimedia Foundation fundraiser nets $20 million

More than a million donors respond to Wikipedia banner campaign