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Why are browsers so bad after 26 years?
After two and a half decades, browsers should be solid. Instead, they are like beta software.
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How a mistake led to NORAD tracking Santa's sleigh
Every year, children rely on NORAD to tell them where in the world Santa is. Here's the story of how this tracking tradition was born.
A Next-Generation Fan Experience: TD Garden Arena-Wide Wi-Fi Deployment
When TD Garden wanted to deliver Wi-Fi connectivity to tens of thousands of sports fans and concert goers, they needed a wireless network capable of delivering championship-caliber performance. That's why they engaged the networking
Surprise! Polar codes are coming in from the cold
Polar codes appear to have been accepted into a certain role in 5G, driven perhaps more by political forces than immediate differentiation.
Despite big data, Alibaba’s Taobao back in US blacklist
Alibaba’s Taobao.com marketplace is in the eye of a storm after the U.S. Trade Representative included the vastly popular online Chinese marketplace in the list of ‘Notorious Markets’ for 2016, after a long break.
Trump threatens electronic rights, EFF warns
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is advising the tech sector to use end-to-end encryption for every transaction by default, and to scrub logs.
2016's biggest social media stories
Social media had undue, and dangerous, influence on the presidential election in 2016, and Microsoft closed one of the highest-profile acquisition in social media history. These are just two of CIO.com's picks for the most significant...
Forrester: Two Fundamental IoT Business Opportunities
Because of its potential to improve, change or disrupt business, Internet-of-Things (IoT) continues to spark excitement among business leaders. In this brief from Mendix, Forrester cuts through the clutter by defining IoT
This holiday, design your cloud for data
The challenge for online retailers is meeting consumer demands and battling intensifying competition. Cloud technology can help.
Google sued by employee for confidentiality policies that 'muzzle' staff
A product manager at Google has sued the company for its allegedly illegal confidentiality agreements, policies and practices that among other things prohibit employees from speaking even internally about illegal conduct and dangerous...
SpareFare helps travelers resell those pesky non-refundable tickets
Are you one of those people who buys last minute and non-refundable airfares? SpareFare might be your savior
Real edge computing will enable new business models
Real edge computing will enable new business models that could change the playing field in 5G.
The World of Internet Performance Management
Did you know? Your cloud service provider doesn't oversee Internet outages, peak usage times, or congested traffic-that's your responsibility. This interactive KnowledgVault features short videos, articles, and white papers with
No porn for you, South Carolina, if newly proposed bill becomes law
The newly proposed Human Trafficking Prevent Act would block porn on newly purchased computers, tablets and phones capable of accessing the internet.
Google's biggest hits, misses, and WTF moments of 2016
From hardware wins like Google Pixel and Home to epic fails like the confusion over messaging apps, here are Google's biggest moments of 2016.
How to tell if the Trump administration is serious about tech innovation
Forget last week’s high-profile meeting with tech leaders, the real indicator of Trump’s tech intentions lies in the fate of two key government agencies: the United States Digital Service and 18F.
Facial recognition to kick in for 2017
Cameras will soon detect the emotions of a people answering survey questions. That and other facial recognition tech is about to become a lot more important.
The World of Internet Performance Management
Did you know? Your cloud service provider doesn't oversee Internet outages, peak usage times, or congested traffic-that's your responsibility. This interactive KnowledgVault features short videos, articles, and white papers with
Top 10 business collaboration stories of 2016
The year 2016 was an especially busy one in the enterprise collaboration market. CIO.com shares its picks for the most significant collaboration stories of 2016.
HTTP/2 promises better performance -- but with security caveats
The new internet communication protocol, HTTP/2, is now being used by 11 percent of websites -- up from just 2.3 percent a year ago. And while there have been no security problems found in the HTTP/2 protocol itself, there are...
Help light an IPv6-enabled Christmas tree
Posted to Reddit’s section devoted to networking by user felixdgniezno, this IPv6-enabled Christmas tree is garnering rave reviews.
Feds frustrated by constantly crashing apps
New report from Riverbed Technology identifies pervasive headaches stemming from unreliable applications in the federal government.
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