Sept. 11, 2001: personal history
John Breeden II confronts his thoughts and fears from that day and invites others to share theirs.
The missing iPhone 5: Hoax or happenstance?
Another iPhone goes missing from Apple, but did it really?
A cool way to beat server room hot spots
The SRCOOL12k from Tripp provides a highly efficient way to cool hot spots that pop up all the time, especially in aging government buildings with many corridors, nooks and crannies.
TouchPad frenzy holds a lesson; should Apple be worried?
The $99 price is no business model, but cracking the artificial $499 barrier could be the HP tablet's real legacy.
When calls must be private, app creates a cellular cone of silence
The Cellcrypt software will use a data channel instead of the voice network to make a call and encrypt its contents so nobody can snoop.
A government tablet from the ground up
Research in Motion's BlackBerry PlayBook is an adequate tablet for consumers, but it really shines in government circles.
The smoking gun on China's US cyberattacks
China itself provides proof that it attacks the United States in cyberspace.
TouchPad is a tombstone — and feds should be mad as hell
Hewlett-Packard's unfortunate decisions caused the death-on-arrival of a tablet that could have been a great enterprise tool.
Fair or foul — Microsoft blames users for most errors
A company survey states that human error is at the root of 80 percent of network downtime.
Spam wars heat up
As the worldwide economy wavers, it seems even spammers are turning against each other.
Hot computers take a dip
Water cooling could safeguard expanding data centers, but current liquid systems are not ready for prime time.
NEC MultiSync monitor looks stunning — despite eco quirkiness
The NEC MultiSync EA232WMi-BK LCD monitor looks fantastic but is heavy-handed in its attempt to be environmentally friendly.
In Motorola, Google gets mobility testing lab
The move gives Google the potential to compete better against Apple, which controls software and hardware for all Apple OS devices.
Anti-porn bill won't protect children, but it could cripple the Internet
The Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 would require ISPs to keep users' credit card and other personal data — and wouldn't require police to get a warrant to see it.
Why can't novels get technology right?
IT flubs make techno-thrillers such as Dan Brown's "Digital Fortress" unintentionally funny.
Where will you be when the lights go out?
The Product of the Month for August is the SSGKRP-1 Uninterrupted Power Supply from Falcon Electric, a UPS with brains and brawn.
Latest Dell Latitudes add sexiness to sensibility and performance
The Dell Latitude E6420 is packed with everything that system hungry programs demand.
3 reasons Google+ is a minus
Do feds really need another social networking site? Does anyone?
The hacks behind UK phone scandal were easy as 1, 2, 3, 4
The voice mail hacks that threaten the British government and media establishment could have been avoided with some simple precautions.
On the FOSE floor, real-world solutions carry the day
A lot of the products at this year's show fill real needs of government agencies.
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