Opinion

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

Ancient Microsoft scam lives on

Someone else has been using my computer so I should let the man on the phone take a peek at it

Rackspace: Not for sale anymore

Rackspace has ended a process that explored a possible sale

Software developers can test their programs for weaknesses at the SoftWare Assurance MarketPlace—and it’s free

Yes, Twitter should do text

Amazon to use a neighbor’s data center to heat its new Seattle high-rise

Apple Watch development involved hundreds of engineers, designers

Even if the iPhone steals Android users, Google still wins

Why users who migrate from Android to iOS are likely to continue using the same Google apps, just on a new device.

NASA: 3D Printer; ocean monitoring tool part of big space delivery to ISS

SpaceX Dragon will deliver 5,000 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station

Cloud phone platform Twilio gets MMS

All U.S. Twilio phone numbers can now send-and-receive multimedia.