Networking certifications — are they worth it?
It’s not hard to write the initials after your name: CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert); CNE (Certified Novell Engineer), or dozens of others. They mean you have professional certification. The...
View Article3D printing: The next big thing?
Heading a start-up after leaving his position as head of Microsoft Game Studios, Ed Fries thought that he might be able to sell 10,000 units of his product — personalised online game figurines — the...
View ArticleRestoring lost lunar images after 40 years
Liquid nitrogen, vegetable steamers, Macintosh workstations and old, refrigerator-size tape drives. These are just some of the tools a new breed of Space Age archeologists is using to sift through the...
View ArticleMultiple cores pose challenges for software
Until recently, you could reasonably expect this year's software to run faster on next year's machines, but that is not necessarily true going forward. For the foreseeable future, significant...
View ArticleThe clock is ticking for encryption
In the indictment that led to the expulsion of 10 Russian spies from the U.S. last summer, the FBI said that it had gained access to their encrypted communications after surreptitiously entering one of...
View ArticleAnalysis: Got cyber insurance?
Heartland Payment Systems figured it was in pretty good shape when it took out a $30 million cyber insurance policy. Unfortunately, the credit card transaction processor was the victim of a massive...
View ArticleToday, the internet - tomorrow, the internet of things?
Embedded in the heel of his shoe was an early example of the Internet of Things -- but Andrew Duncan didn't know it at the time.
View ArticlePhones become electronic wallets
In a recent pilot project, about 30 regular guests at a Clarion Hotel in Stockholm were given smartphones enabled with Near Field Communication technology, enabling them to bypass the check-in counter...
View ArticleMalware: War without end
Ceaselessly, with no end in sight despite outlays that amount to a tax on doing business, the decades-long struggle against malware drags on.
View ArticleLocation-based services: Controversy at every level
Your smartphone can be a beacon telling the world where you are, with increasing precision. Is that good commerce or bad privacy, or maybe a bit of both?
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