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Is Yahoo's telework ban shortsighted or savvy?
Employee morale will plummet, key people will quit, and efforts to enhance collaboration will backfire, critics said of CEO Marissa Mayer's decision to end telecommuting at Yahoo. But not all data comes to the same conclusions. Read More


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Interest in exploring the Red Planet is at an all-time high -- from millionaire private space-goers to world-wide space programs and scientists Read More

F5 tries to stay ahead of the curve with moves into security and beyond
F5 Networks is best known for its high-end network management hardware, especially its BIG-IP line of load balancers. Those offerings have fueled annual revenue growth from $525 million to more than $1.3 billion since 2007, even in the face of the recent recession. Read More

iPhone 6 concept designs keep popping up
While it might seem as though Apple pumps out a new iPhone or iPad every other month, the pace isn't fast enough for some. As a result, a steady stream of iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 concept images and videos continues to materialize, including a couple of new ones that envision Apple's latest designs looking more and more like some of Samsung's products. Read More

Artificial aurora lights-up arctic skies
It did not light up the sky like real aurora borealis can but researchers with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory said they have created an artificial version that can be used to explore ionospheric occurrences and their impact on communications, navigation and space weather. Read More

Corning says flexible glass won't hit the mainstream for another 3 years
Despite a lot of flurry of rumors relaying that Apple is currently hard at work on an iWatch device featuring a curved piece of glass, a recent report from Bloomberg suggests that the iWatch may not be a reality anytime soon. According to Corning, the company that currently manufactures the Gorilla Glass that is used on the iPhone and other products, it will at least another three years before companies... Read More

Carnegie Mellon gets $6M for security software to protect vehicles from hackers
Keeping hacker cyber-nastiness away from manned or unmanned ground vehicles is the idea behind a 4.5-year, $6 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Carnegie Mellon University. The project is part of DARPA's High-Assurance Cyber Military System (HACMS) program launched last year to produce ultra secure software systems to protect important networked assetsfrom hacks,... Read More

How to survive inevitable cloud failures
Few people are as thoroughly engulfed in the mishmash of online-only services collectively dubbed "the cloud" as I am. Being a modern, always-mobile technology writer, I've arranged my workflow to be completely independent of my physical location. I need the ability toA plop down in front of any computer in the world, and suffer from minimal disruption. Read More

Sergey Brin says that using a smartphone is "emasculating"
Google is planning to release its Google Glasses to the mass market later this year. Google hasn't yet talked pricing details, but with the glasses costing $1,500 for those accepted into Google's Explorer program, you can bet that they won't be cheap. Read More

Samsung's Knox should have Apple worried about the enterprise
Samsung's Knox, the secure enterprise enhancements to its Android devices, is not unique, but it is brilliant nevertheless. Market dominance, control over mobile hardware, and Android's open source model made this a straightforward development for Samsung that should pay dividends. It could even create a contagion of secure Android products from other Android device manufacturers. Read More

Patent trolls may suffer a death blow, thanks to podcasters
Just saying the term in certain circles evokes a collective cringe. "Patent trolls," or non-practicing entities who hold onto patents solely for the purpose of suing anyone who dares to create something that even slightly violates them, take advantage of what many agree is a broken patent system. They not only stifle innovation; they sit back and profit off the roadblocks to innovation that they created.... Read More

25 Most Beastly Robotic Animals
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Google privacy chief blasts Microsoft’s “Scroogled” campaign at RSA Conference

The Best BlackBerry 10 Apps

Sandia Lab lays claim to world's largest fiber optic local area network

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Google privacy chief blasts Microsoft's "Scroogled" campaign at RSA Conference

You know people are sensitive about their online privacy when Microsoft seeks advantage over Google by running TV ads that claim anyone using services like gmail gets "scroogled" because Google sells keyword and behavior data to marketers.

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2. Sandia Lab lays claim to world's largest fiber optic local area network

3. EMC touts VMAX Cloud Edition storage offering

4. RSA: IT security managers skeptical on Big Data Security proposition

5. Cisco joins top 5 server vendors for the first time, IDC says

6. Top 10 security startups at RSA

7. Patent trolls may suffer a death blow, thanks to podcasters

8. Azure outage births free cert monitoring software

9. INSIDER How Arista Networks got out in front of the SDN craze

10. What is so infinitely cool about Mars?

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Looking for the best BlackBerry 10 apps that will be available on launch day in the United States Look no further. CIO.com's Al Sacco spotlights 20 of the best early BlackBerry 10 apps, including apps for social networking, image and video editing, cloud storage, audio, sports and more. READ MORE

Sandia Lab lays claim to world's largest fiber optic local area network

Sandia National Laboratories said today it has completed over 90% of what it calls the largest fiber optical local area network in the world. READ MORE

EMC touts VMAX Cloud Edition storage offering

There's an increasingly competitive market for cloud storage options that are managed by providers but hosted on customer sites, providing the security of a behind-the-firewall storage option with the convenience of a managed hardware appliance. READ MORE

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RSA: IT security managers skeptical on Big Data Security proposition

While "Big Data Security" is now the industry buzzword and defines a way to get enterprise customers into a new method of threat detection based on mining massive amounts of security-event and business data to pinpoint threats, the response from a few IT shops seems to be"thanks, but no thanks." READ MORE

Cisco joins top 5 server vendors for the first time, IDC says

Cisco Systems has entered the list of the top 5 server vendors for the first time, drawing level with Fujitsu and Oracle in a tie for fourth place, research firm IDC said on Wednesday. READ MORE

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Patent trolls may suffer a death blow, thanks to podcasters

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Azure outage births free cert monitoring software

A certificate snafu grounded Microsoft's Azure cloud last weekend for more than a day, prompting one company to create a free service to help certificate administrators avoid similar mistakes. READ MORE

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4. 25 most beastly robotic animals

5. 10 network virtualization, SDN and data center companies to watch

6. Juniper Networks tried to sell enterprise assets: report

7. Forrester: 70% of 'private clouds' aren't really clouds at all

8. 9 Linux podcasts you should follow

10. Marissa Mayer: CEO of the year 1955

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