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12 cool, creative, and just plain weird gadget concepts

Sat, 05/19/2012 - 12:00
Take a gander at a dozen delightful concept designs for tomorrow's smartphones, laptops, gaming devices and more Dek:  Take a gander at a dozen delightful concept designs for tomorrow's smartphones, laptops, gaming devices and more External Source:  computerworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/47996
Categories: IT General

12 cool, creative, and just plain weird gadget concepts

Sat, 05/19/2012 - 12:00
Take a gander at a dozen delightful concept designs for tomorrow's smartphones, laptops, gaming devices and more Dek:  Take a gander at a dozen delightful concept designs for tomorrow's smartphones, laptops, gaming devices and more External Source:  computerworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/47996
Categories: IT General

12 cool, creative, and just plain weird gadget concepts

Sat, 05/19/2012 - 12:00
Take a gander at a dozen delightful concept designs for tomorrow's smartphones, laptops, gaming devices and more Dek:  Take a gander at a dozen delightful concept designs for tomorrow's smartphones, laptops, gaming devices and more External Source:  computerworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/47996
Categories: IT General

12 cool, creative, and just plain weird gadget concepts

Sat, 05/19/2012 - 12:00
Take a gander at a dozen delightful concept designs for tomorrow's smartphones, laptops, gaming devices and more Dek:  Take a gander at a dozen delightful concept designs for tomorrow's smartphones, laptops, gaming devices and more External Source:  computerworld.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/47996
Categories: IT General

Dear Mozilla: Don't give up on Windows RT

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 16:47

Yesterday, Mozilla product director Asa Dotzler posted yet another broadside about Microsoft preventing access to the Windows 32 API in

Dear Mozilla: Don't give up on Windows RT

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 16:47

Yesterday, Mozilla product director Asa Dotzler posted yet another broadside about Microsoft preventing access to the Windows 32 API in

Dear Mozilla: Don't give up on Windows RT

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 16:47

Yesterday, Mozilla product director Asa Dotzler posted yet another broadside about Microsoft preventing access to the Windows 32 API in

WWDC sneak peek: Don't let iOS 6 blind you to the real action in iCloud

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00

I usually hold my nose at Apple rumor stories since 99 percent are simply made up or otherwise false. As Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in mid-June approaches, we're getting the obligatory rumors of an iOS 6 reveal, as well as the perpetual rumors of both a 7-inch iPad and a completely new design for an "iPhone 5."

Categories: IT General

What's next after GPL and Apache?

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00

At the end of April, I wrote about the idea that usage of the GNU General Public License (GPL) is declining and concluded that although new, commercially initiated open source projects were indeed tending to adopt other licenses, the use of the GPL itself is still growing -- especially among projects in its core community of GNU platform development. This article explores why commercial projects pick particular open source licenses and what might happen in the future.

Categories: IT General

Rogues gallery 2: Ten infamous hacks and hackers

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00
From low-profile intrusions to statement-making break-ins, here are 10 headline-making system intrusions (and the culprits behind them) Dek:  From low-profile intrusions to statement-making break-ins, here are 10 headline-making system intrusions (and the culprits behind them) External Source:  csoonline.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/47880
Categories: IT General

We're not waiting for Android 5 'Jelly Bean,' developers say

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00

Unconfirmed reports say that Android 5 "Jelly Bean" could be released this fall, featuring such improvements as Chrome browser integration, better enterprise security, better power management, and maybe dual-booting support for Microsoft's Windows 8.

Categories: IT General

Big data in the cloud: It's time to experiment

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00

The lure of big data has many people in enterprise IT moving quickly to consolidate and mash up their data assets with other relevant information. The tools are here right now, including big data engines based on Hadoop, public clouds that provide rental access to a huge number of servers, and external cloud-delivered data resources to make better sense of your info.

Categories: IT General

Download the Insider Threat Deep Dive Report

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00

Insiders are responsible for as much as 80 percent of malicious attacks. Because insiders are trusted by nature, detecting their illicit activities requires an array of monitoring, scanning, and other techniques. Roger Grimes, an InfoWorld contributing editor -- and a working security professional who tracks down unscrupulous insiders -- explains how to plan and execute a complete insider threat strategy.

In this Deep Dive special report, InfoWorld takes you through the three stages of dealing with insider threats:

Categories: IT General

WWDC sneak peek: Don't let iOS 6 blind you to the real action in iCloud

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00

I usually hold my nose at Apple rumor stories since 99 percent are simply made up or otherwise false. As Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in mid-June approaches, we're getting the obligatory rumors of an iOS 6 reveal, as well as the perpetual rumors of both a 7-inch iPad and a completely new design for an "iPhone 5."

Categories: IT General

What's next after GPL and Apache?

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00

At the end of April, I wrote about the idea that usage of the GNU General Public License (GPL) is declining and concluded that although new, commercially initiated open source projects were indeed tending to adopt other licenses, the use of the GPL itself is still growing -- especially among projects in its core community of GNU platform development. This article explores why commercial projects pick particular open source licenses and what might happen in the future.

Categories: IT General

Rogues gallery 2: Ten infamous hacks and hackers

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00
From low-profile intrusions to statement-making break-ins, here are 10 headline-making system intrusions (and the culprits behind them) Dek:  From low-profile intrusions to statement-making break-ins, here are 10 headline-making system intrusions (and the culprits behind them) External Source:  csoonline.com Redirect Unpublished Slideshow to:  http://www.infoworld.com/slideshow/47880
Categories: IT General

We're not waiting for Android 5 'Jelly Bean,' developers say

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00

Unconfirmed reports say that Android 5 "Jelly Bean" could be released this fall, featuring such improvements as Chrome browser integration, better enterprise security, better power management, and maybe dual-booting support for Microsoft's Windows 8.

Categories: IT General

Big data in the cloud: It's time to experiment

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00

The lure of big data has many people in enterprise IT moving quickly to consolidate and mash up their data assets with other relevant information. The tools are here right now, including big data engines based on Hadoop, public clouds that provide rental access to a huge number of servers, and external cloud-delivered data resources to make better sense of your info.

Categories: IT General

Download the Insider Threat Deep Dive Report

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00

Insiders are responsible for as much as 80 percent of malicious attacks. Because insiders are trusted by nature, detecting their illicit activities requires an array of monitoring, scanning, and other techniques. Roger Grimes, an InfoWorld contributing editor -- and a working security professional who tracks down unscrupulous insiders -- explains how to plan and execute a complete insider threat strategy.

In this Deep Dive special report, InfoWorld takes you through the three stages of dealing with insider threats:

Categories: IT General

WWDC sneak peek: Don't let iOS 6 blind you to the real action in iCloud

Fri, 05/18/2012 - 12:00

I usually hold my nose at Apple rumor stories since 99 percent are simply made up or otherwise false. As Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) in mid-June approaches, we're getting the obligatory rumors of an iOS 6 reveal, as well as the perpetual rumors of both a 7-inch iPad and a completely new design for an "iPhone 5."

Categories: IT General

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