Opinion

Microsoft patent bribes people to watch TV ads

Ad incentive technology and foot-controlled PCs are among a handful of interesting new Microsoft patents

Casual Xbox Live gaming on Windows Phone 7 is tough for independent developers

Developer calls for changes to unleash creativity and compete with Apple's GameCenter.

Why Mozilla doesn’t back Free Flash players

Mozilla: Even a FOSS Flash player doesn't make Flash open

FEC puts on hold a call to allow texting of political contributions

CTIA initiative stymied, but likely to reappear with additional safeguards

Cooking The Sauce for Cloud Based Open Source Testing

Browser and Mobile Comparability Testing Can Tax Resources, Sauce Labs Can Help

Gmail users unexpectedly spend a weekend without e-mail

Google fixes problem that delayed messages for several days

iPad 2 on track for early 2011 launch; rumored upgrades include rear/front facing cameras, retina display, and SD card slot

Navy’s electromagnetic railgun pumps out world record blast

Electromagnetic railgun fires off a mach 5 shot

How Do Mobile versus PC Browsing Experiences Compare?

Mobile browser user experience is unacceptable

It’s Time to Take Another Look at H.264 SVC

UC

Acai Berry spam attack on Twitter linked to Gawker hack

Hundreds of thousands of Gawker users see account info compromised

Freedom of speech vs. monomaniacs and spammers

Imposing moderation and ending anonymity

Cisco’s most recent acquisition gains it network management

What’s faster, PCIe or 6Gb SAS?

Goodbye Internet, we hardly knew ye?

The Internet, as we once knew it, will be under renewed attack next year

It’s two, two, two phones in one

Virtualized dual-profile phone coming from LG, VMware

Need a virtual server tune-up in 2011?

Veloxum for VMware could help boost utilization while dropping your TCO

IPv4 Reputation Filtering Not a Long-Term Solution

As carriers deploy Large Scale NAT (LSN) reputation filtering will lose its effectiveness

Once “explained,” ancient “computer” unfolds new mysteries

New theories, Lego model shed new light on the Antikythera Mechanism

Attacking ‘The Blob’ in SharePoint 2010

Study: StorSimple compression improves SharePoint capacity

Open Source Not For Financial Institutions? Bah Humbug

Ssh, don't tell anyone but open source is used at the biggest banks and finance houses in the world, but can you steal open source code?

Most popular stories this week: Dec. 10

The most-viewed stories at Network World for the week ending Dec. 10.

Chrome OS: 10 things you can (and can’t) do with the Google PC

Hands-on with Google's Cr-48 prototype netbook

Why Whack-a-Mole won’t work against the likes of Wikileaks

Imitators are not only inevitable, one is all set to launch

ID management predictions from the Great White North

Hitachi-ID CTO goes out on a limb with security predictions

Will small identity management firms thrive in 2011?

Sailpoint execs explain how big isn't necessarily better in IdM companies

Do not track browser tool is just permission-less marketing

Siemens Enterprise Communications to acquire FastViewer

FastViewer currently serves more than 4,000 customers

Automated patch management for small organizations

Cloud coming but security makes it gray: Cisco study

Survey tracks trends, strategies, concerns in data center and cloud computing