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The top Android device maker is showing increasing signs of autonomy, which could affect other mobile players By Galen Gruman Apr 2, 2013 8 mins Samsung Electronics Technology Industry Inside Nebula’s new ‘turn-key’ private cloud Leveraging OpenStack and Amazon APIs, Nebula One promises fast deployment and superior ease-of-use By Paul Venezia Apr 2, 2013 5 mins Cloud Computing Private Cloud Technology Industry Cyber criminals tying up emergency phone lines through TDoS attacks Similar to DDoS attacks, TDoS also used to extort cash from targets, including businesses and public service agencies By Ted Samson Apr 1, 2013 2 mins Cybercrime Technology Industry Every day is April Fools’ Day on the Internet Google Glasses? Facebook phones? Yahoo buys Summly? 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By Matt Prigge Apr 1, 2013 6 mins Careers Data Management Technology Industry Forget tech strategy: Business strategy is what matters Technology strategies are often useless because they're not expressions of a business strategy By Brian Katz Apr 1, 2013 5 mins Careers More lives than Lazarus: Internet bounces back against spammers From DDoSing spammers to Egyptian cable hackers, the Net has been under steady attack — yet it's still standing By Robert Cringely Mar 29, 2013 5 mins Hacking Malware Technology Industry LibreOffice on every desk: A 10-step plan Document Foundation has good advice for companies migrating to open, interoperable document formats and open source tools By Simon Phipps Mar 29, 2013 6 mins Open Source Software Development Windows users are singing the ‘Blues’ Leaked screenshots of next Windows build spark range of reactions, from predictions of Desktop's death to renewed focus on Windows 7 By Caroline Craig Mar 29, 2013 5 mins Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry The puzzle of delivering medical apps and devices As FDA gets closer to defining what personal devices and apps need approval, questions remain on how doctors should handle resulting data By Galen Gruman Mar 29, 2013 5 mins Technology Industry CodeMirror: Edit code in your browser JavaScript-based code editor supports JavaScript, C, C++, C#, Java, SQL, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby — you name it By Peter Wayner Mar 29, 2013 2 mins Development Tools Java JavaScript Spamhaus DDoS attack just another day for ISPs Large-scale denial-of-service attack was only noteworthy because attackers hit Internet exchange points, says GTT's CTO By Ted Samson Mar 29, 2013 4 mins Cloud Security Cybercrime What it means to be a cloud pioneer A list of those who started the cloud movement reminds us that dogged believers paved the way for the cloud we know today By David Linthicum Mar 29, 2013 3 mins Cloud Computing Does technology make us smarter or dumber? 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Oliver Mar 28, 2013 12 mins Databases Java The 10 plagues of mobile The Passover story is an apt parable for today's office workers yearning to be set free By Brian Katz Mar 28, 2013 3 mins Careers Amazon S3 storage buckets set to ‘public’ are ripe for data-plundering Among 12,328 randomly selected Amazon Simple Storage Service buckets, researchers found nearly 2,000 containing freely accessible data By Ted Samson Mar 27, 2013 4 mins Amazon Web Services Cloud Security Data and Information Security Come back, civility — the Internet misses you Hysteria on the Internet? You don't say! But recent NSF and PyCon outbursts exposes need for cooler heads, saner days By Robert Cringely Mar 27, 2013 6 mins IT Jobs Technology Industry Twitter Microsoft’s new security patching routine raises concerns Microsoft just released its first acknowledged security update for a Metro app — and the new patching method is a disaster waiting to happen By Woody Leonhard Mar 27, 2013 4 mins Patch Management Software Small and Medium Business Technology Industry Java 7 bytecode checker is a real drag Developer claims Java 7's new bytecode verifier slows performance and increases coding effort By Paul Krill Mar 27, 2013 2 mins Java What part of ‘no spam’ don’t you understand? 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Peter Bruzzese Mar 27, 2013 5 mins Small and Medium Business Software Development 5 ways devops can help companies crank out better code faster With the right tools and processes, as well as removal of cultural barriers, devops can deliver huge benefits to companies By Ted Samson Mar 26, 2013 5 mins Agile Development Devops Software Development 5 ways devops can help companies crank out better code faster With the right tools and processes, as well as removal of cultural barriers, devops can deliver huge benefits to companies By Ted Samson Mar 26, 2013 5 mins Build Automation Devops Java Updated Windows 8 apps not in sync with Google Calendar Microsoft's new version of the Metro 'productivity' apps Mail, Calendar, and People refuses to sync with Google Calendar By Woody Leonhard Mar 26, 2013 5 mins Patch Management Software Small and Medium Business Technology Industry Unix: When pipes don’t make sense Knowing when to pipe and when not to pipe remains a sign of Unix mastery By Sandra Henry Stocker Mar 26, 2013 5 mins Software Development Amazon ditches public cloud dogma to build CIA’s private cloud $600 million contract has Amazon building a special cloud behind government firewall — and raises tricky issues for AWS By David Linthicum Mar 26, 2013 2 mins Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing 4G data plans: Less choice than the competition might indicate T-Mobile debuts its 'radical' data plans, which tend to cost less than competitors, but overall expenses are similar By Galen Gruman Mar 26, 2013 6 mins 4G AT&T Technology Industry CISPA’s second serving is even worse than the first Congress is again considering the controversial cyber security bill, which remains just as hungry for your private information By Robert Cringely Mar 25, 2013 4 mins Privacy Technology Industry Windows ‘Blue’: We waited for this? A pirated copy of Windows 'Blue' has hit the ether, and it may be the least interesting update to Windows ever By Woody Leonhard Mar 25, 2013 4 mins Small and Medium Business Software Development Oracle makes a quiet acquisition of cloud software startup Nimbula The move addresses Oracle's cloud gap while also giving the company a seat at the OpenStack table By David Marshall Mar 25, 2013 4 mins Amazon Web Services Hybrid Cloud IaaS The IT generalist’s death is greatly exaggerated Specialization has made the 'do everything' IT admin a rarer breed, but it is still a vital one By Paul Venezia Mar 25, 2013 6 mins Careers Technology Industry Why the big data backlash is bad for IT A conversation with Rod Smith, IBM big data visionary, suggests the upside for IT organizations that embrace big data projects — and the risks for those that don't By Eric Knorr Mar 25, 2013 5 mins Careers Data Management The impossible enterprise data security challenge Securely deleting data in a personal context is hard enough, but it's far more complicated when enterprise storage is involved By Matt Prigge Mar 25, 2013 8 mins Data and Information Security Technology Industry Google, Amazon, and Apple: Tech behemoths behaving badly Wi-Fi spies, rogue hackers, ICANN buffoons, unethical journalists, and Apple prudes — it's been a busy few weeks By Robert Cringely Mar 22, 2013 7 mins Hacking Privacy Technology Industry U.S. government excels at getting user data from Microsoft Microsoft's newly released transparency report sheds light on which countries request the most user data and what kind of info they are receiving By Ted Samson Mar 22, 2013 4 mins Privacy Security Technology Industry IT versus Angry Birds: Time to stop being the pig The productivity police role is wrong for IT and wrong for encouraging real productivity By Brian Katz Mar 22, 2013 6 mins Careers Should you bother entering Netflix’s fix-the-cloud contest? Though the economics are stacked against developers, a successful contest could ultimately help everyone By David Linthicum Mar 22, 2013 3 mins Amazon Web Services Cloud Computing Worried your cloud service will die? Get open source insurance By killing Reader, Google may have done us a favor, focusing attention on the power of open standards and open source in protecting us against the whims of service providers By Simon Phipps Mar 22, 2013 5 mins Open Source SaaS Technology Industry Email forever! Why social apps can’t replace it Social app aficionados want to kill email, but their solutions are worse than the supposed disease By Galen Gruman Mar 22, 2013 8 mins Software Development Technology Industry Google, LinkedIn, and Microsoft prove no cloud is too big to fail Crashes are inevitable in the cloud. 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