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06/01/2014

Something I wrote for on the awesomeness of oVirt. http://ow.ly/xubuJ (Subscription required)

10/22/2013

Is GOOG's Motorola buy really just a way to pressure APPL prices? http://ow.ly/q3imC

What if profits aren't part of Google's plan with Motorola? Columnist Farhad Manjoo ponders whether maybe it is an attempt to destroy money for...

10/16/2013

Renewable power very much rocks. Just don't ask me how to say Ljósafossstöð http://ow.ly/pSg4A

For an industry consumed by the pursuit of electric power, Iceland presents almost the perfect profile. Iceland presents an interesting test of how...

10/16/2013

Heavy-metal 3D printing. Hello. http://ow.ly/pRLlY

If you're invested in the future of 3D printing, the London Science Museum was the place to be today, as the European Space Agency and its partners

10/08/2013

Faster hardware and desktop virtualization are no match for a good keyboard and mouse at your side, kid. http://ow.ly/pByqY

Apple's new iPads will put more pressure on PC shipments in the coming years, Deutsche Bank said Monday.

10/01/2013

"You shut up." "No, you shut up!" http://ow.ly/pnNqM

SAP's Hasso Plattner smacks down Oracle president Mark Hurd as these companies fight over thousands of enterprise customers.

10/01/2013

Ex-Microsoft privacy adviser doesn't trust former employer http://ow.ly/pnN4U

Caspar Bowden says he was unaware of Prism data-sharing program when he worked at software firm

09/19/2013

Where are Staler and Waldorf when you need them? http://ow.ly/p17Re

'Light-hearted poke at Cupertino was off the mark' says Redmond

09/19/2013

The progress of the Internet of things http://ow.ly/p15U3

: Devices connected to the internet — everything from coffee makers to toys — are going to become a widespread consumer phenomenon sooner than you...

09/17/2013

Just how much data is Google processing? http://ow.ly/oWnpc

Answering your hypothetical questions with physics, every Tuesday. New: , a Twitter feed of numbers I find while answering questions.

08/23/2013

How to be a leaker... by the NSA

The Guardian's editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger fears journalists – and, by extension, everyone – will be reduced to using pen and paper to avoid...

08/23/2013

Smart monitors: just bigger tablets with a stand?

Notebooks, tablets, displays: They're all collapsing into each other, and the rise of the Android-powered