Opinion

Microsoft contributes GPL’d code to old enemy Samba project

Samba once caused the European union to fine Microsoft billions but that's no concern for Microsoft today.

Google Code-in 2011 Contest Gears Up

Google unveils the 18 open source organizations participating in contest for teens.

DARPA to detail program that radically alters security authentication techniques

DARPA wants technology that jumps beyond strong password protection

US snapshot of broadband world finds disparity and dial-up

Census data points to increased broadband use, but social, economic differences exist

Techniques for Prolonging the Lifespan of IPv4

May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back and may you outlive IPv4

Flash Is Dead, Somewhere Steve Jobs Is Smiling

Adobe's move away from Flash vindicates Job's view

Meme-mania: The Musical, plus this week’s other geekiest videos

Piloting a Drone with an iPhone, Attack of the Giant Windows Phone, Zuck meets Rose & Why Apple Got Mad

FBI takes out $14M DNS malware operation

NASA computers amongst 4 million infected by DNS-based malware scam

Yahoo puts an exclamation point on the real story

Company publicly downplays ‘speculation,’ yet punctuation mark sings different tune

Microsoft Isn’t Apple: Redmond OKs Windows Phone 7 Jailbreak Tool

Unapproved code can now be loaded onto Windows Phone 7-Based Devices, With Microsoft' Blessing

Programming in Lua

OpenSSL Expert Tips and Tricks: Test and Benchmark Servers

My Take on Scoble’s Take on Microsoft’s Tablet Strategy

He says it's doomed to failure. He might be on to something.

Cisco counterfeiter sentenced

Kansas dealer gets 27 months in the pokey

My Nook, Minus the Book

How a print enthusiast learns to embrace her first e-reader.

UPDATE: Help me name my poor nameless BlackBerry phone

RIM asks: What's your BlackBerry phone called? I ask: What should I name mine?

AT&T to offer free mobile VoIP app for international calls

IT job listings plateau

Growth in the IT jobs market has stalled in recent months

Verne Unveiled: Fedora 16 Released

Robyn Bergeron announced the latest Fedora on the project email list today, along with a dedication to Dennis Ritchie, who recently passed away.

Steve Jobs’ advice to Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

The advice Steve Jobs gave Mark Zuckerberg

“Mudge” Zatko shaking up DARPA’s security software routine

DARPA’s Fast Track program tried to address myriad security issues with unique technology

Cloud Management As A Service (CM-aaS) By Rackspace CloudBuilders

New service and reference architecture built on Open Stack

How Hotmail will wage war on newsletters

A graphical looks at how Microsoft will cleanse quasi-legit mail from users' inbox

RSA to integrate SecurID tokens with Microsoft cloud, Citrix virtual desktops

SecurID to integrate with Microsoft's single-sign on tool for access to Office 365, Azure and third-party cloud services.

Why the White House alien-life denial matters

I mean besides the fact that it's the truth

Major Internet outage only briefly delays griping via social media

RIM, Time Warner, Juniper, Comcast all targeted by angry Tweeters

Ron Johnson now officially out as Apple’s retail VP

With Ron Johnson now out at Apple, the search is on for Apple's next VP of retail

Will Windows 8 really perform on well on low-end hardware? Here’s a test.

Microsoft says that Windows 8 should boot faster, require less disk space, memory and CPU resources than Windows 7. An old Asus Eee PC 900 netbook put these claims to the test.

Google Web Toolkit and Web Services: The JSON/JSONP Way