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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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What is so infinitely cool about Mars?
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
What a zoo! These mechanical creatures run, crawl, swim and fly not much unlike the real things Read More

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