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Certified Ethical Hacker: Not Your Everyday Job

Computer infrastructure has become the foundation of businesses, governments, and militaries across the globe. Unfortunately, the onset of computer dependence has only opened a myriad of opportunities for cybercrime and potentially devastating consequences. Unlike in the past, when criminals would h...

Not so long ago, Motorola was hailed as the bane of criminals. "You might outrun the cop, but you'll never outrun Motorola," went the saying. The Motorola two-way radio was one of the first technologies to tip the scales in favor of law enforcement. However, it was by no means the last. "Today, it's...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced that smartphones running the Windows Mobile 6.5 OS are ready for the market. It also announced the My Phone service, an online service similar to Apple's MobileMe for the iPhone. In addition, Redmond launched the Windows Marketplace for Mobile, its mobile phone app sto...

These days, it seems GPS units are everywhere -- built into cars, mounted on dashboards, strapped to bicycles and even loaded into the cellphones we carry in our pockets. In fact, by 2015, more than half of all new cars sold in the North America and Europe will feature either built-in GPS units or t...

When a blogger writes favorably about a company's product or service, how can you tell if he or she is getting paid to write a positive review? Did the blogger get a "freebie" media player or baby stroller or digital camera for that glowing post? These are the kinds of questions bloggers -- and adve...

Adobe on Monday released new details about its forthcoming Flash Player 10.1 application, designed for for smartphones, smartbooks, netbooks, PCs and other devices connected to the Internet. A public developer beta of the browser-based runtime is scheduled to be released later this year. It will cov...

With high-definition video popping up everywhere, it's a wonder it has taken this long for the first 720p HD webcam to hit the market. It's Microsoft's LifeCam Cinema webcam, and not only is it a honey of a webcam, but at $79.95, it's nicely priced to boot. Installation of the camera requires three ...

OPINION

Nvidia Imagines Computing's Next Age

Last week, I was at the first GPU developer's conference put on by Nvidia, along with around 1,500 people trying to change the future of computing. What was both troubling and amazing was the number of times people were telling me stories about things people had said were impossible that they were n...

Despite a multi-million-dollar ad campaign, interest in Microsoft's new Bing search engine may be leveling off, according to new market share findings this week from two Web tracking services. However, the competition from Bing may still be weighing heavily on Google, if this week's addition of new ...

Microsoft on Thursday released Windows 7 XP Mode to manufacturing and said the final release will be generally available Oct. 22, as scheduled. Windows 7 XP Mode is aimed at letting small and medium-sized businesses running Windows 7 Professional or higher leverage their existing investments in Wind...

THIS WEEK IN TECH

ICANN Cuts the Apron Strings

According to ICANN chairman Peter Dengate Thrush, nobody but nobody controls the Internet. Not China, not Comcast, not your IT guy, not Clippy, nobody. The Final Boss of the Internet does not exist. But there does exist a nonprofit that governs Web addresses, and that's Dengate Thrush's organization...

I should have known this wouldn't be your usual horror movie when I overheard the guy in line behind me say he'd already seen it. I turned around. "Is it really that scary?" I asked. "Oh yeah," he smiled. "Scarier than 'Blair Witch?'" "Oh yeah." Another smile, accompanied by a look that said, if you...

ICANN Leaves the Nest

The Web has now passed two important demarcation points in its lifespan: September marked the 40th anniversary of the invention of the interlinked computer-based communications networks we now call "the Internet," and on Wednesday the U.S. government watched as its remaining official authority over ...

Graphics processor vendor Nvidia on Wednesday announced its next-generation CUDA graphics processor unit architecture, code-named "Fermi." The Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Department of Energy's largest science and energy laboratory, has announced it will build a new supercomputer based on Fer...

On Sept. 19, a Saturday -- by all rights a day when normal people do their chores and pay attention to their families -- I noticed a spike in my Twitter following. In one day, more than 100 new followers jumped on my bandwagon, bringing the total number up to somewhere north of 400. Now, admittedl...


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