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 cloud.

By Colin Neagle | 03 December, 2012 11:59

Tags: unified communications, Celtics Nets fight, Networking, Cloud, cloud computing, internet, Brooklyn Nets, cloud unified communications, Shoretel, Avaya, Boston Celtics

The TV is the new tablet: How gesture-based computing is evolving

Few people watch television alone today, even when they're by themselves. Most are gravitating toward the multi-screen experience, in which viewers keep a smartphone, tablet or laptop close by so they can access the Web while they watch TV. But as televisions become smarter and gesture-based computing evolves, viewers may be able to mount and control everything they need on the living room wall.

By Colin Neagle | 14 November, 2012 21:50

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, gesture navigation, Smart TV, Microsoft, hardware systems, Tarsier, internet tv, Data Center, Nintendo, gesture-based computing

In Pictures: 15 people who said no to Facebook

Here are 15 people who have declined an opportunity with the social networking giant.

Teen CEO launches storage startup; catches Facebook's eye

Just a few years ago, Andrew Mayhall had to decide whether to continue his unique education or drop out of school to start his own server company. Now, he's mulling another major decision - whether to continue discussions about potentially selling that company and working for Facebook, or to follow the entrepreneurial path Facebook's founder laid out when he was around Mayhall's age.

By Colin Neagle | 06 November, 2012 12:53

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, network storage, Data storage, Microsoft, Evtron, hardware systems, Data Center, netapp, emc, Facebook

Meet Baxter, the huggable industrial robot

MIT kicked off this year's EmTech conference Wednesday with a presentation in which Rodney Brooks, the founder, chairman and CTO of Rethink Robotics, welcomed attendees to an interactive hug from its safe manufacturing robot called Baxter.

By Colin Neagle | 24 October, 2012 19:55

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Emtech, Rodney Brooks, hardware systems, industrial robotics, Data Center, MIT, manufacturing robotics, Rethink, MIT research

Kenya's 'Silicon Sahara' to host inaugural DEMO Africa conference

The first-ever DEMO Africa conference will be held this week in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing a stage with Silicon Valley origins to a city that's quickly becoming its own continent's innovation hub.

By Colin Neagle | 24 October, 2012 13:50

Tags: DEMO 2012, demo Africa, Demo conference, Networking, m-pesa, wireless, silicon sahara, mobile commerce

In Pictures: 20 cars that drive themselves

Given that MIT in the US is now working on a safer prototype for autonomous vehicles, using communications technology to expand the cars’ field of vision, these vehicles may make the leap from science fiction to reality sooner than previously thought. Driverless cars have already been legalised in California and Nevada, and Google says we’ll see them on the road in five years. Here are the prototypes that have helped the industry get to this point.

Driverless car is wireless star at MIT

At a launch event for the school's new wireless technology research center, MIT PhD student Swarun Kumar presented technology for a new autonomous vehicle that recognizes when it may be in danger of striking other cars and pedestrians.

Big Data shines at US DEMO conference

At this week's Fall 2012 DEMO conference, big data was in a category by itself - and for good reason.

2011 DEMOgods enjoy a heavenly year

A lot can happen in a year, especially for young companies given the exposure of presenting at the bi-annual DEMO conference. With fall 2012 DEMO about to kick off, Network World caught up with some of last year's DEMO award winners.

Microsoft's September Patch Tuesday load lighter than usual

Microsoft gave IT departments a break this month, issuing just two patches in its September Patch Tuesday release. Separate security updates should keep some busy through the month, though.

GoDaddy declares outage was not caused by hack

GoDaddy's internal investigation into the outage suffered by its website and those of 52 million of its customers yesterday found that it was not the result of an external hacker, negating claims by a supposed Anonymous affiliate who took responsibility shortly after the sites went offline.

Anonymous hacker claims responsibility for GoDaddy.com outage

A hacker affiliated with Anonymous has claimed responsibility for knocking domain provider GoDaddy offline today. The attack appears to have also affected all sites hosted by GoDaddy.

Introducing Medium, the next big thing in Web publishing

From the guys who brought the Web two massively famous publishing tools in Blogger and Twitter comes Medium, Evan Williams and Biz Stone's attempt at bringing quality content to the forefront for readers.

Inside the real economy behind fake Twitter accounts

Some people do it just out of simple competition, essentially throwing their money away so they can boast more Twitter followers than their friends. Others do it to boost their corporate profiles, while even more high-profile cases have led to better reputations in the world of online clout, and thus job opportunities and advertising revenue.