Opinion

Tim Cook: ‘I’m proud to be gay’

Confidential business data at risk at the border

U.S. agents can search and seize the laptops of international travelers at the border, so take precautions to protect confidential business information

CurrentC already hacked

US Navy, Energy Dept. team to develop wave energy devices

Agency to spend $10 million to test new technologies in deep water Navy facility

Get to know Voxis, the cybercrime platform for evading fraud detection

Almost like buying into a franchise, criminals outsource building fake ecommerce sites and buy software to beat fraud detection systems.

Gigamon rolls out active visibility, stays ahead of the commodity curve

Is there a market for dedicated visibility fabric infrastructure, or can repurposed Ethernet switches SDN controllers provide “good enough” functionality?

Google gets its ‘spagger’ on

Hungary protesters throw computer parts at government buildings in fight against internet tax

Protesters are spreading across Hungary to fight an internet tax that the government insists on imposing.

Apple Watch will need to be charged daily, Tim Cook confirms

Voxbone Partners with Alianza for Cloud-based Voice Solution

Wholesale international voice solution targets service providers.

SDN Security Attack Vectors and SDN Hardening

Securing SDN deployments right from the start.

EMC and NetApp make their moves in the cloud

EMC and NetApp know if they don't take on the cloud, it could eat them alive

What it’s like living on a Chromebook, Part 1

I did all my work and personal computing on a Chromebook for five days. Here's what I've found so far.

Apple Pay vs. CurrentC: Which will retailers choose?

Expensive for retailers, Apple Pay, like credit cards, offers little more than customer convenience.

Carrier-agnostic SIM cards are in our future

Apple’s new multiple-MNO SIM means you should be able to chop and change between carriers—theoretically.

What’s a ‘spagger?’… (Google’s no help)

FBI: List of purchase order scam victims growing rapidly

FBI says Nigerian fraudsters scamming victims of everything from laptops and routers to pharmaceuticals, safety and medical equipment

iPhone, Android users unite to boycott anti-Apple Pay retailers

By rejecting NFC for mobile payments, CVS and RiteAid have given iOS and Android users a rare chance to agree on something.

Windows 7 sales end this Friday

Inventory not included, Friday will be your last chance to get Windows 7 pre-installed.

EFF rates companies on willingness to fight ‘copyright and trademark bullies’

Apple responds to recent Apple Pay controversy involving Rite Aid and CVS

Quick look: The 76 year-old “War of the World” broadcast rumpus

The infamous CBS radio broadcast of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds on October 30, 1938 frightened millions….well maybe

An open letter to tech billionaires: Follow Gates, Zuckerberg’s lead on Ebola

Paul Allen, Bill Gates, and Mark Zuckerberg have pledged $175 million to help fight Ebola. Where are the rest of the tech billionaires?

Nest to build out IoT with acquisition of Revolv’s home hub engineering team

The next step for the IoT in the home is enabling the devices to communicate with each other.

Larry Page just gave Sundar Pichai responsibility over all of Google’s most important properties

Competition is holding Apple Pay, mobile payments back

As two big drugstore chains decline to support Apple Pay, something is going to have to change for mobile payments to succeed.

Research report: The State of Mobile Enterprise Collaboration 2014

Survey shows need for maturation, projects growth in 2015.

Microsoft: 42% of Americans endure daily or weekly attacks on personal data

The good news is people are getting smart to these attacks.

Cannon barrel won’t fly

RADIUS versus TACACS+

An explanation and comparison of RADIUS and TACACS+ for Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA).