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The most magnificent high-tech flying machines
From jets that can hit Mach 20 to green, fuel efficient airliners, high-tech aircraft development is all the rage Read More

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Content Analytics Explained
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Oops. Microsoft takes down some researchers' servers along with Citadel botnet sites
When Microsoft took down Citadel botnets last week it disrupted the thieves who use the malware for stealing online banking information, but it also caused collateral damage by knocking out sinkhole servers used by researchers to figure out how best to combat the criminals, a Swiss researcher says. Read More

Kinder, gentler Torvalds: Don't make me curse at you again
There seem to be three possibilities here: Either Linus Torvalds has been kidnapped by aliens and replaced by a doppelganger; someone is simply impersonating him on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML); or - and I know this sounds crazy -- the famously profane fellow is finally mellowing out. Read More

Eight is enough! IT's biggest frenemies
You probably have a good idea about who your enemies are. But what about your frenemies? Read More

The cloud is enabling the Next-generation Enterprise WAN, and vice versa
Having spent the last several columns looking in depth into why MPLS is no longer the only answer for building enterprise WANs, this time let's go up a few thousand feet and look at the bigger picture, before any further dives down into the details. Read More

What China's supercomputing push means for the U.S.
China isn't downloading software off the Web to build its systems, it has design teams writing its software, says Argonne's Peter Beckman, who heads the DOE's exascale initiative. Read More

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Why password-only authentication is passe
The rapid growth of mobile devices that can access corporate networks and data, the expanding use of cloud-based IT services, and the increasing popularity of apps such as online banking mean that IT needs to pay closer attention to authentication. Read More

Social Sites Beat Retailers and Banks for Consumer Protection and Privacy
For the second year in a row, social media sites (including gaming and dating sites) are leading the way in consumer security and privacy protections, beating out Internet retailers and banks, according to an annual comprehensive audit by the Online Trust Alliance (OTA). Read More

E3 2013: IDG Daily, June 10
At E3 in Los Angeles today we expect to hear more about Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4 game consoles. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More

Samsung's Galaxy Ace 3 underscores LTE's burgeoning move to simpler phones
Though Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Ace 3 is a fairly basic smartphone, it nevertheless includes LTE, highlighting how the technology is making its way to simpler and cheaper devices. Read More

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