Networking

The cable companies seem to be taking over the telephone business these days with their "triple play" bundles, but they're not the cheapest option. Could an independent like Vonage be a better alternative?

A look at today's Swedish court verdict against the four men hosting the notorious file-sharing/torrent-search site PirateBay.org, and one of the men's defiant responses via videos.

Firefox fans take note: A just-released report from the security company Secunia found that Firefox is far more vulnerable than Opera, Safari, and Internet Explorer --- and by a wide margin. In 2008, it had nearly four times as many vulnerabilities as each of those browsers.

In today's podcast: eBay to spin off Skype in an IPO; Intel says PC market has bottomed; and OQO needs cash, seeking buyer.

The vulnerability of the US power grid should be a wake-up call to any person or company that has critical or sensitive information on computers: keep those computers off the Internet.

In Thursday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches bloggers fear for the safety of the U.S. electrical grid in the face of hostile hackers. Not to mention Penelope Cruz necked...

Microsoft is out with its latest semi-annual security report, and there's a startling finding: There's been a big jump in malware masquerading as security software planted on people's PCs when they click email links to access celebrity porn. Call it Britney's revenge.

Capgemini, Liberty group under fire for failure of IT systems to perform.

In Tuesday's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches rumors that Research In Motion and Verizon are already preparing a "BlackBerry Storm 2," which will include Wi-Fi. Not to mention Error'd...

Think Google knows too much about you already? If the company buys Twitter, you can kiss your privacy good-bye.

By now, just about everyone knows that Google Android isn't just an operating system for mobile phones. T-Mobile was outed today by the New York Times as planning a number of Android-based devices for the home. Plans are going forward for Google's Linux OS to be put on ARM-based Mobile Internet Devices(MIDs) and, more importantly, netbooks in the next few months.

ARM based? (Try to stick with me here.)

Rumors are flying that Google is in talks to buy Twitter. Microsoft should resist the temptation to become a "me-too" bidder to try to buy the company out from Google. Twitter might offer Microsoft some badly needed "cool," but that's about it.

EMC is building up hype around a worldwide announcement on April 14, and most rumors put the money on it being centered around partnering with Cisco and offering enterprises in-house cloud computing.

Can you save money on your phone bill by moving to Magic Jack? Maybe. But don't rely on it as a land line replacement.

It's the 1990s, and this pilot fish working on a naval base is asked to build a Macintosh network -- including stringing the cable between offices inside the admiral's building.