Opinion

Picture Passwords Coming To Windows 8

Microsoft has revealed a new, innovative method to log into Windows 8-based systems using images and touch gestures, which may even be fun to use. Yes, we said fun.

NASA’s Kepler spots Earth-size planets outside our solar system

NASA space telescope Kepler spots smallest, but hot exoplanets ever confirmed around a star like our Sun.

Holiday e-commerce spending at $32 billion and counting

Shoppers log heaviest week in online holiday shopping history

I Want IPv6 for Christmas – Part II

IPv6 gifts can you give for the holidays

2012 Predictions: Will RIM Even Be Relevant By The Time New Blackberries Are Ready?

RIM could be the Lotus 123 or Word Perfect of Mobile

DHS looking to bolster drone security surveillance system

Department of Homeland Security wants Predator unmanned aircraft to watch everything

Even hold-out juror believed Microsoft acted unfairly

But disagreement over harm to Novell caused hung jury in antitrust lawsuit

The Internet has escaped the ax, at least in the US, at least for now

But the Internet as we have grown to know it remains under relentless attack

Year-End Surprise: AT&T Abandons T-Mobile Deal

OK, this one surprised me – I knew the deal was in trouble, but it’s rare for an industry leader to make a $4B mistake.

Employees aren’t waiting around for IT to deliver new apps

50% of information workers say they find their own tech solutions to business problems

Companies shift away from yearend bonuses, perks, gifts — except on Wall Street

HR execs say 43% of companies don’t award yearend bonuses, perks or gifts

IBM goes out on a limb to predict next 5 big things

IBM says soon you won’t ever need passwords; mind reading will be routine; the so-called digital divide will cease to exist and junk mail will become important.

Is It Over at RIM?

Will the BlackBerry die? As hard as this is to believe, things are looking quite bleak at Research in Motion, and the end of the company as we know it is now a real possibility.

Public to vote for best cutting-edge energy tech from 36 start-ups

Lithium air battery, smart cargo and better gas mileage technologies just part of latest government challenge

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Hit songs are so predictable, UK researchers say

The louder the better these days, machine learning-powered hit song predictor finds

jEdit: The Force is Strong with This Programmer’s Editor

MIT Announces New Open Source Learning Initiative

MIT is launching a learning initiative called MITx, which will provide MIT courses through an online interactive learning platform.

‘Tis the Season: Cisco Product Engineer Holiday Wishes

(Hint: Nexus Doesn’t Make the Cut)

Connecting the passing of Kim Jong Il to Internet Explorer

Would have been even funnier if I was up on my current events

ZK Research Network Predictions for 2012

2011 was a turbulent year in network. The disruption we lead by major megatrends such as consumerizaton, mobility, virtualization and cloud computing. I’m predicting that 2012 will be a year in which the industry sees Cisco stay aggressive, the sta

Tower, tower, come in tower

Trashing the boss online still a bad idea, but …

Goodbye 2011 … What a year!

Cisco continues to restructure internally

Five for fighting in Engineering, Strategic Technology

ShoreTel UC developments empower enterprises

Announcements in areas of virtualization, VoIP, Wi-Fi

FCC doles out $100K to open source community apps challenge winners

Open Source apps make local information more available to citizens who need it

Korea Cleans Up Its Malware Act

After being one of the worst offenders for malware, the south gets serious about malware. The north is still hoping for electricity.

iText: Generate PDFs in Java

What percentage of you would have guessed these four?

Gaining insight into the public mind through Google