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Article | 1/05/2013 Is Twitter broken?
Twitter, the increasingly popular micro-blogging service, has come under quite a bit of criticism in the past few weeks. Users of the platform, which ...
Article | 5/04/2013 Will Android users feel welcome in Facebook's Home?
Unless you're a huge Facebook fanatic, will this really be something you use every day? Time will tell.
Article | 3/12/2012 Brooklyn Nets, Boston Celtics disagree...over the cloud
When the Brooklyn Nets traveled to Boston to play the Celtics last week, it became apparent that the two organizations disagreed about something - the...
Article | 8/11/2011 Cisco invests in Korean venture for smart buildings and cities
Cisco is acquiring a minority stake in a subsidiary of KT, a South Korean telecommunications services company, which will offer managed services for s...
Article | 5/10/2011 Massive DDoS attacks a growing threat to VoIP services
ORLANDO, Fla. -- When the massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in March brought down the voice-over-IP (VoIP) call processing supplied ...
Article | 29/09/2011 IT pros say social media at work is good but risky: Survey
Network security pros think use of social media at work is good for business, but also creates risks they don't have the tools to address, according t...
Article | 28/09/2011 YouTube founders breathe new life into Delicious
Delicious, the early Web bookmarking site that Yahoo bought in 2005 and discarded earlier this year, is back with a bright new look.
Article | 21/09/2011 Lync not enterprise-ready, claims Microsoft ISV-turned-rival
A gap between what Microsoft promises with Lync's telephony and what it delivers makes Lync a poor choice as an IP PBX replacement for large organizat...
Article | 13/09/2011 $1 will get you in on latest social network start-up
If you have a dollar to spare you can get in on the ground floor of <a href="https://mightybell.com/home">MightyBell</a>, a new social network company...
Article | 25/08/2011 Unified communications: Speeding time to acceptance
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the subm...
Article | 19/08/2011 With SSL, who can you really trust?
SSL, the encryption scheme that protects virtually all secure online transaction, requires that users rely on trusted third parties, but what if they ...
Article | 10/08/2011 Defcon: VoIP makes a good platform for controlling botnets
LAS VEGAS -- Botnets and their masters can communicate with each other by calling into the same VoIP conference call and swapping data using touch ton...
Article | 3/08/2011 LulzSec gets Google+ boot, but returns
Hacker group LulzSec ("the world's leaders in high-quality entertainment at your expense") has had its initial Google+ account nixed this week, though...
Article | 25/07/2011 4 ways social media improves work productivity (and 3 ways it doesn't)
The corporate world's response to the phenomenal growth of social media has ranged from enthusiastic embrace to abject horror.
Article | 19/07/2011 Anonymous takes aim at Google+ in more ways than one
Google+ may be getting some attention it doesn't want -- from Anonymous, which says it will target the new social networking site that launched last m...