What Will Mobile Security Look Like in 2012?
In the past 12 months, we’ve seen how easily we become victims of malicious acts in the form of malware, hacktivists, cyber criminals, as well as other methods of breaching security in our mobile…
Big Data Growth: Increased Awareness for Better or Worse
Big data and Hadoop were big in 2011, and will likely be bigger in the coming year. O’Reilly’s Audrey Watters looked at the direction this trend took in the past year, and rounded up…
AreYouWatchThis?! on Android; Ties into Google TV, DirectTV and Tivo
AreYouWatchingThis?!, the website that alerts via email or text message with the score, time left, and channel you need to turn to in order to catch the game, just rolled out an app for…
In Remembrance: Pioneers and Innovators Lost in 2011
By Saroj Kar
The death of Steve Jobs, the visionary genius of Apple shocked the world, but he was not the only tech innovator we lost this year: in 2011, other big names in technology have disappeared…
Anonymous Hacks U.S. Security Think Tank Stratfor’s Christmas Stockings
By Kyt Dotson
Members of the Anonymous hactivist collective have come forward to claim that they raided U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor and stole the presents from beneath their Christmas tree—in the form of a database containing…
Sorting Data Clouds are the Next Big Thing
By Isha Suri
So far we have been hearing and discussing about Big Data only, but the next big thing is sorting it all out. Data is everywhere and always has been, but now we’re able to…
The Best Data Visualization Projects of the Year
Data visualization is emerging as the best way to understand the massive data streams and the events in our lives that shape who we are, where we live and the communities that define our…
ICS Update: Know If Your Device Is Getting Android 4.0
Google’s Android Ice Cream Sandwich is still creating a lot buzz, not because everyone is raving about how awesome it is, but because everyone is still waiting to try it out. It seems like…
5 Open Source Startups to Watch in 2012 # 1: Puppet Labs
By Klint Finley
This year we picked five startups commercializing open source projects to which they contribute that are especially strong going into 2012. The list is in no particular order. Puppet Labs is a startup founded…
Bonitasoft CEO on the State of BPM
Bonitasoft, a maker of an open-source business process management engine, is taking a unique approach with its offering by providing simplicity, among other things. It has also adopted the solution to the more significant…