Opinion

How new radio tech will solve the upcoming spectrum crunch

A new kind of twisted radio wave can send 10 HD movies in one second. If this and other new radio technologies work in the real world, we could solve our upcoming 5G spectrum crunch.

Verizon Rolls Out VoLTE with Advanced Calling 1.0

Limitations point to early days with VoLTE technology.

Apple Pay got mobile payments right, but its reach is limited

Apple executed admirably in aligning mobile payment partners, but its relatively low market share will limit it to a smaller share of the wallets.

How to tell robot handwriting from the human kind … and how I react to the former

Internet of Things roundtable: Experts discuss what to look for in IoT platforms

Why Cisco lost two key officials in data center, cloud

Company too slow to respond or not committed enough to newer networking trends

Hear an iPhone scream when dropped

Stanford Promises Not to Use Google Money for Privacy Research

Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society has long received funding from Google, but a filing shows the university recently pledged to only use the money for non-privacy research. Academics say such promises are problematic

To fight $5.2B worth of identity theft IRS may need to change the way you file taxes, get refunds

GAO report indicates some IRS practices help scammers

App Store figures suggest iOS 8 adoption rate of 46%

Google withdraws from conservative lobbyist service ALEC, citing climate change

Google's Eric Schmidt has denounced the controversial group for its stance on renewable energy.

Cloud failures will happen. Are you ready?

End of an era: Microsoft shuts down research lab, Trustworthy Computing group

Satya Nadella continues to shake things up and surprise at the same time.

Are Data Centers Going Soft?

Competing visions foresee different paths to next-generation networks

Why IT debt is mounting

With iPhone 6 VoLTE, Apple leads by following Android once again

Call quality took a dive when consumers shifted from land lines to mobile. Android has had VoLTE HD quality calling for a couple of years.

Is Pluto a planet? Kinda, sorta, well yes, maybe

Well it is a planet so there, according to informal Harvard-Smithsonian vote

No, Apple’s iPhone 6 Plus isn’t too big

The people insisting that Apple's iPhablet is too big are on the wrong side of history.

Oracle to release a PaaS

New York Times reports that Oracle OpenWorld kickoff keynote will include big news

Ex-Cisco employee pleads guilty to second-degree murder in ‘Google Maps case’

Apple sold over 10 million new iPhones this weekend

The Proliferation of Webinars

CSC gets 1000 percent ROI with Adobe Connect webinar solution

IBM cryptographer Gentry wins Genius Grant

Work by IBM computer scientist and new MacArthur Fellow Craig Gentry could lead to more secure cloud computing.

Take a spin in the world’s first 3D –printed electric car

3D-printed electric car shows potential for future manufacturing duties

Why Larry Ellison’s new role could actually change Oracle

Larry Ellison ran Oracle as a feudal monarchy, and it won’t be the same if he’s no longer king.

FTC shuts down $11M online diploma mill

Google, Yahoo fighting on both sides of municipal broadband debate

Google is one of several companies supporting groups on both sides of the argument.

The Unix stat command gives you more than ls

Tired of the ls command and want to see more interesting information on your files? Try stat!

First iPhone 6 buyer in Perth, Australia drops it on live TV

Predicting crime with Big Data … welcome to “Minority Report” for real

Big Data can reveal amazing insights and now includes predictions on where crime is going to happen