Opinion

HealthCare.gov: The (infrastructure) fix is in

How do you solve a problem like HealthCare.gov? The HHS department's progress report offers maddening clues

Kudos to Microsoft for its takedown of NSA snooping

In outlining new encryption plans, Microsoft's general counsel implies the NSA's surveillance activities bear similarities to the most pernicious malware threats

Java 8 for the really impatient

New syntax could make programming in Java 8 more concise and efficient — but you have to master the jargon first

Supreme Court to rule on software patents

SCOTUS steps in where the Federal circuit fears to tread and could make patent trolling a much less attractive action

One Windows to rule them all? Be careful what you wish for

Microsoft's hopes for a master OS across all devices isn't about convenience — it's about stealing your precious free time 24/7

Node.js keeps stealing Rails’ thunder

Rails founder isn't worried about Node.js displacing Rails, but more and more companies are making the switch

Don’t start hoarding copies of Windows 7 just yet

Microsoft has ended retail sales of Windows 7, but the OS is still available through various channels to users and enterprises

Ford: MICROSOFT isn’t stealing Mulally — JPMORGAN muffs encryption — BofA: BITCOIN ‘major’ — RASH of billion-dollar startups — PALANTIR valued at $9B

IBM’s losing ground with Unix — and Oracle may follow

Sales of IBM's Unix servers are down almost 20 percent for Q3 compared to last year as market for proprietary Unix hardware shrinks

How Apple could save Windows 8

Office was supposed to be Windows 8's killer app, but it works poorly on touch PCs. Instead, the new killer app could be iTunes

OpenStack under fire: The critics aren’t all wrong

Gartner's Alessandro Perilli has made some outrageous statements about OpenStack. Could he be right?

On appeal, Oracle may beat Google and kill innovation

With Oracle v. Google, programmers won when courts said APIs could not be copyrighted; now that ruling may be reversed

Smart people, stupid choices: Meet today’s techies

Silicon Valley feels the heat as the the culture wars between mere mortals and the digital elite flame ever hotter

Video: Watch every Windows upgrade ever

Or at least Windows 1.0 through Windows 7, as one user chronicles changes to Microsoft's flagship OS over the years

Patent troll bill clears House with huge majority

House of Representatives passes Innovation Act, dealing major blow to trolls amid opposition from universities looking to protect patents

Microsoft’s stock high shows the future of the company is in services

Though Windows 8 hasn't set the world on fire, Microsoft's value as a company is at its best since 2000

BitTorrent Sync gaining major traction as peer-to-peer alternative to Dropbox

A month after releasing full set of server-less file sync APIs, free BitTorrent Sync service user base doubled to 2 million users

MICROSOFT fights back against gov’t snooping — CHINA says yes to APPLE, no to BITCOIN — NET NEUTRALITY takes another hit — AMAZON previews virtual Office for iPad

Stupid tech: From the iPotty to delivery drones

Our fascination with digital junk encourages bozos to toss stupid and sometimes dangerous products into the marketplace

The HealthCare.gov rabbit hole: Where’s the data going?

HealthCare.gov's front-end problems for users has led to back-end issues with insurers as well

Never, ever do this to Hadoop

Hadoop on the SAN? That is, a hot, disruptive technology demanding new architecture paired with core IT's pet investment? Don't do it!

iOS 7 jailbreaking: Do it for love, not money

An effort to crowdsource incentives for jailbreak developers may destroy the virtues behind the 'open iPhone' philosophy

Node.js boosts load balancing, adds to API ahead of 1.0 release

Node.js 0.13 will follow, and 1.0 release will be 'insanely fast,' promises core code maintainer

The techie oppression must end now

Geeks? Sure. Nerds? Maybe. Just don't call them 'techies' if you have an ounce of compassion in your soul

Techie oppression must end now

Are hipster coders overly entitled geeks? Cringely says yes.

The Chrome Apps empire could be coming to iOS

Google plans to let developers deploy Chrome-packaged apps on any platform where there's Chrome — including Android and iOS

PASSWORD cache discovered — White House targets patent TROLLS — GOOGLE crawling with robots — OMIDYAR on 1st Amendment — The T-WORD

Botched Outlook 2013 patches KB 2837618 and KB 2837643 break Out Of Office reply, Free/Busy, and more

Installing KB 2837618 causes slew of problems, and addition of KB 2837643 makes it impossible to fix them through a simple uninstall

Fast and flashy: Famo.us JavaScript framework revealed

Famo.us's product to bring complex 3D graphics, realistic motion to stock Web browsers and ordinary Web developers

Get ready for the Office, SharePoint, and Exchange 2013 SP1 service packs

Edge Transport is back in Exchange 2013 SP1, but you probably don't want to go back to using it

It’s always Computing 101 in tech support

There's no such thing as a dumb question? These three help desk cases may test that old adage

GOOGLE expands Cloud, cuts price — APPLE buys Twitter fire hose — MICROSOFT’s grand cross-OS plan — SALESFORCE capitulates — U.S. students 36th in MATH

Look for the Windows 8 Grinch this holiday season

As PC sales head to Hades and Windows 8 adoption numbers totally discombobulate, brace for PC doom and gloom over the tide of Yule

PC shipments: Still nowhere but down

IDC revises its forecast; PC shipments worldwide to drop 10 percent in 2013, with business PCs losing only slightly less

Yes, the cloud is replacing enterprise hardware and software

A new study proves that businesses are shifting away from their data centers, to the peril of many traditional providers

Amazon’s world domination moves to air assault phase

Not content to rule on land, the predominant online retailer seeks to secure sky-high supremacy with delivery drones

Oracle to limit backward compatibility from Java 9 to Java 8

Merges of code lines between releases would be halted after JDK 9 is initialized from JDK 8

Christmas 2013 marks the end of the PC’s dominance

Predictions of tablet domination are coming true, as Black Friday's holiday shoppers show

Windows 8.1 keeps climbing, at its own rate

Windows 8.1's adoption rate parallels Windows XP's numbers, but Windows 7 leaves both in the dust

Startup announces SaaS solution to manage Amazon Web Services resources

2nd Watch's 2W Atlas enables IT professionals to quickly create, deploy, and monitor cloud architectures

BEZOS drones on ’60 Minutes’ — Valley (hearts) BATES for Microsoft — Valley doesn’t (heart) KANYE’s Donda — Kids flock to TWITTER — HEALTHCARE.GOV fixed, probably

Google’s C alternative gets an update, but will developers bite?

Google releases Go 1.2, but questions remain about programming language's uptake among non-Google developers

Why Tony Bates is resurfacing as a ‘likely’ Microsoft CEO

Hint: It has nothing to do with his viability as a Steve Ballmer replacement

Your data center is too cool

With modern gear capable of operating at warmer temps than in the past, a freezing data center is no longer necessary

The inside scoop on how HealthCare.gov is getting fixed

Rackspace CTO John Engates tells InfoWorld about his recent White House briefing on the improvements to Healthcare.gov

Microsoft books ‘Pawn Stars’ to power reality-distortion field

Much like reality TV, Microsoft's anti-Chromebook ads overlook several facts about Google — and Microsoft itself

Ex-Nokia engineers launch a Linux smartphone that runs Android apps

Jolla smartphone uses an OS based on the Nokia's former MeeGo project and will be sold in 135 countries

NSA records ‘radicalizers’ porn habits — U.S. 31st in Internet speed — BITCOIN Nears $1,000 — MICROSOFT mocks Chromebooks

Tech’s top turkeys: 5 fowl execs get plucked

Yahoo's Marissa Mayer, Adobe's Brad Arkin, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, and two more have made life miserable for IT workers and users alike

3 classic tales of help desk hilarity

Misunderstandings, uncommon sense, and saying what we shouldn't all liven up an IT workday