Opinion

Industry reacts to Cisco cutting stake in VCE, EMC taking control

We've rounded up articles and social media commentary on the big changes taking place with the VCE converged infrastructure joint venture

Microsoft already delivering a new Windows 10 beta update

Some fixes and improvements are introduced, and the company offers an update on initial feedback.

Why EMC acquired VCE from Cisco

What motivated EMC to take over VCE, and why Cisco saw it as a good move.

26% start holiday shopping before Halloween?

Ransomware takes malware from bad to worse

To thwart attacks like CryptLocker, you need a multipronged defense; new technology doesn't hurt either

US Justice Dept. focuses new squad on cybercrime combat

Cybercrime gets greater focus on emerging cyber-threats

The connected car: Tech’s next gold rush

A potentially massive market is showing signs of progress.

Twitter’s timestamp bug, Alec Baldwin and me

Carnegie Mellon: Bigger may not be better with battery makers

Carnegie wondering if money would be better spent on more and better battery research

Microsoft partners with Docker to bring containers to Windows Server

Docker has up to now been only on Azure and Linux.

Why do cell phones still suck for calling?

The IEEE Spectrum magazine goes in-depth on the problem

Android 5.0 ‘Lollipop’ is everything I hoped it would be

Google's most recent Android upgrade includes the exact features and improvements that I had hoped it would add.

Armed with $100M investment, OpenStack consultant Mirantis eyes an IPO

The OpenStack market is growing up fast

Facebook sues law firm that represented Paul Ceglia

100G Ethernet bringing Large Hadron Collider closer than ever to U.S. researchers

ESnet builds on 100Ggps foundation with transatlantic links

Apple Pay won’t replace your wallet any time soon

The ability to make purchases with Apple Pay in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus might be useful, but it's not likely to make the wallet obsolete.

Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst on the impact of cloud and mobile

Where the cloud is winning, and where it isn’t. Plus, how mobile drives infrastructure demand.

Diversity in Technology

What a photo does and doesn't tell you

Apple takes jab at Android over platform fragmentation

In search of killer meetings

Air Force’s super-secret space drone comes home

Air Force's unmanned X-37B was in space for 674 days

Samsung lurking in Millimeter spectrum

Samsung has its eye on the transfer of movies from mobile-device-to-home-TV and is looking for speed gains. Plus, it wants to speed up mobile networks.

Namifying has gotten out of controlify

Vanity Fair revisits Microsoft, says Gates and Ballmer no longer BFFs

Schism stemmed from the Nokia deal, which only Ballmer thought was a good idea.

Indeni utilizes expert knowledge to preempt network problems before they occur

Imagine if you had a solution that could tell you if your network was misconfigured or a problem was about to happen. What if it could pinpoint what is causing that flakey issue that comes and goes? Indeni is delivering a network operations tool tha

Apple’s new iMac Retina is worth the cost for your employees

The reasoning is simple: Technology that makes people more productive is almost always a good investment.

Why Apple’s new iPads are irrelevant

Now that Apple offers the iPhone 6 Plus, a smartphone/tablet hybrid itself, what reason do people have to buy the new iPad models?

Apple’s iPad 2 vs. Google’s Nexus 9: Comparing the two new tablets

Two great tablets announced in the same week, the iPad Air 2 and Nexus 9 are strikingly similar.

ChromeOS team listens to Linux community, brings back ext2/3/4

It's great to see a community response to an unpopular decision actually have an impact.

How Aruba Networks is tackling the SME market

Re-imagining its approach could help Aruba Networks capitalize on a Wi-Fi market that appears set for massive growth.