Opinion

NASA satellites take measure of world forests

NASA satellites help measure forest impact on carbon cycles, biomass

There IS a way to stamp out superstition.

You can systematically get rid of the superstition and conjecture that plagues your office.

Microsoft Security Essentials beta out just when it’s needed most

New version comes amid scary zero-day attack news

Operation Death Match reaps another identity thief

Operation Death Match battles identity theft of dead people

Playboy’s new site is safe for work? … Aw, Hef’s such a kidder

Buzzblog boldly goes where many of you dare not ... at least while in the office

Can Tethering Be Hacked?

Tethering adds significant costs to one's monthly carrier bill. Is it possible, academically-speaking only, of course, to do tethering for free?

Foursquare Perspectives and the future of marketing

It pays to know your MAC address

* Campus laptop thief unmasked thanks to Wi-Fi

Spiceworks adds more flavor to its free IT management software

5.0 release includes new configuration management capabilities and enhanced mapping

Courion bolsters Access Assurance Suite

* Compliance Manager for File Shares is designed to protect sensitive information in unstructured data formats found in file shares

Siemens adds social networking to UCC

* OpenScape Fusion Social Media Integration integrates both public and corporate social media tools into enterprise customer contact centers and UCC solutions provided by the company

A few little nudges to improve Office 2010 adoption

Microsoft introduces new tools to make migration easier

Firefox lets hackers grab your passwords

Black Hat researcher will demonstrate how to scrape Firefox passwords with Cross Site Scripting malware.

Software as a Service: Speeding up adoption of OSS?

Drupal founder Dries Buytaert and Acquia CEO Tom Erickson believe in SaaS as business model.

Is ubiquitous encryption technology on the horizon?

Stanford researchers say TCP extension tcpcrpt could make encryption omnipresent

Cisco owes PoE patent holder $112 million

Two-year-old case settled between Network-1, six vendors

iPhone antenna controversy won’t stop Apple from topping Microsoft’s revenue

Apple's revenue figures could top Microsoft's as early as this week

U.S., Dow Chemical accuse scientist of foreign trade espionage

Unusual indictment alleges pesticide secrets worth $100M were e-mailed to China

New rootkit threatens all versions of Windows

A highly dangerous zero-day rootkit is in the wild with no patches available yet.

No iPhone bumpers here, NASA revamps historic 9 million lb Mars antenna

NASA does some joint replacement on its Deep Space Network antenna

Open source has created software overload

Open source has passed three new milestones including a sense that there’s now too many choices.

Must reading: Washington Post’s ‘Top Secret America’

Measuring UC Implementation Costs:

UC

Preventing identity theft

Automatic Notifications and Credit Reports

WAN optimization and hybrid networking

A day in the life of an IT professional: What you’ve told us about yourself

Network security for the masses

Security should be accessible, participatory and popular

vSphere 4.1 supports new storage array functions

3PAR, CommVault, Compellent among vendors supporting

Comprehensive Guide on Addressing Slow / Sluggish Outlook Performance to Microsoft Exchange

Identifying and Solving Performance Issues with Microsoft Outlook and Exchange

Cisco among Winners of National Cybersecurity Awareness Challenge

Department of Homeland Security announces winners