now Global Hack Nets $45 Million In ATM Crime Spree A brazen global ATM heist nets $45 million in ATM cash in less than a day. Infrastructure ReadWrite Editors View comments
Microsoft Microsoft Is Trying To Build - And Sell - A Kinder, Gentler Windows 8 Microsoft says it is working to both make Windows 8 easier to use and to better explain to shoppers the new operating system's benefits. Will the changes come in time? Infrastructure Mark Hachman View comments
PayPal Expands To More Retail Stores PayPal just announced that through a partnership with Discover, the online-payment service is now available in 250,000 stores. Infrastructure ReadWrite Editors View comments
Hewlett-Packard HP: Leap Motion Technology Makes Us Awesome! (Now Buy Our PCs, Please) HP says its partnership with Leap Motion will enable "new user experiences." More importantly, the deal offers new reasons to buy HP PCs - reasons the company desperately needs. Infrastructure Mark Hachman View comments
SDN The Coming Of Virtualized Storage While software-defined networking gets the news, the next wave of virtualization in the data center may actually be storage. A Q&A virtualization pioneer, Dr. Kieran Harty. Infrastructure Matt Asay View comments
Crowdsource This: Walmart's Weird Idea To Let Customers Deliver Packages Walmart deserves some props for even considering something as wacky as letting its own customers deliver packages, but there are too many problems with their package delivery idea to be taken seriously. Infrastructure Fruzsina Eördögh View comments
cybersecurity The Surprising Holes The IT Security "Kill Chain" Is Neglecting Security exploits don't have expiration dates - why you can't count on a multi-vendor, multi-layer "kill chain" to protect your company. Infrastructure Brian Proffitt View comments
Future Tech Everything Changes: Mister Postman Gets Saturdays Off Think some things will never change? Then the United States Postal Service's proposed plan to halt mail delivery on Saturdays should knock you back a bit. Infrastructure Brian Proffitt View comments
Obama Why Obama Should Open Source His Campaign Code Now, Not Later While software didn't win Obama reelection, it certainly helped. To ensure this software continues to get better, the Democrats should open source the code instead of mothballing it, which seems to be the current plan. Infrastructure Matt Asay View comments
Google Ray Kurzweil, Father Of The Singularity, Is Going To Work At Google What an amazing, slightly terrifying combination. Infrastructure Jon Mitchell View comments