jQuery 2.0 JavaScript framework to drop support for IE 6, 7, and 8
1.9 will be released in parallel for developers who want legacy browser support.
Technology Lab / Information Technology
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Windows 8 Mail leaves users pining for the desktop—or even their phones
Metro Mail has the skeleton of a good client, but hasn't been fleshed out.
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Feature Story
Tech disasters: The worst $#!% that ever happened to our electronics
On Friday the 13th, we recall the scariest tech disasters we somehow survived.
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Literate Robot
LibreOffice for Android advances, document viewer is on the way
The port is still at an early stage, but it's progressing nicely.
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GOT YOU BY THE GADGETS
Microsoft fix kills Windows Gadgets, warns it could lead to PC hijacks
The company said the feature could lead to remote code-execution attacks.
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Solve 20-year-old mystery in William Gibson's "Agrippa," win prizes
Contest calls on cryptographers to unravel the self-destructing Gibson e-poem.
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A step back in time with Windows 8's File History
Microsoft reinvents Time Machine for the second time.
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Microsoft kills more code-signing certs to stop Flame-like attacks
5 weeks after Microsoft revoked certificates abused by Flame, 28 more are nixed.
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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EXPLOITER
Web exploit figures out what OS victim is using, customizes payload
Different versions of trojan infect machines running OS X, Windows, or Linux.
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The candy man can
Jelly Bean for all: Google publishes Android 4.1 code
Developers who build custom ROMs can now start incorporating Jelly Bean code.
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AirPlay for all? Miracast promises video streaming without the router
WiFi Alliance takes a stab at vendor-neutral interoperability.
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Feature Story
The future of flash memory: tiny (and extremely tough to build)
As solid state memory nears theoretical limits, engineers look beyond flash.
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The power of two: use your iPad or iPhone as a mobile file server
Getting access to the filesystem on an iOS device is just an app download away.
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A date for Windows 8
Windows 8 to RTM in August, go on sale in October, Microsoft confirms
Intel- and ARM-based devices shown off at Microsoft partner conference.
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How to move from Windows to Linux?
Stack Exchange users offer tips on the transition between operating systems.
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Windows Home Server is dead, but we shouldn't mourn it
With Storage Spaces and HomeGroups, WHS just isn't as important as it once was.
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OMG! Internet Apocalypse!
Still infected, 300,000 PCs to lose Internet access July 9
Eight months after FBI broke up hacker ring, court pulling plug on DNS servers.
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Server Error
HP says Itanium, HP-UX not dead yet
While exec says x86, Linux are future, company insists Itanium is part of plan.
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Here comes Skynet: Army drones almost ready to share sky with airlines
UAS industry promises to not be evil as domestic drone deadline looms.
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New Windows Server 2012 puts virtualization front and center
Simpler pricing and fewer SKUs, but no more Small Business Server.
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Wikileaks: Italian firm sold Syria secure radios as crackdown raged
Companies worked around US and EU sanctions, built a secure "emergency" network.
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How to get the word out with digital signage
A free app, flat-screen TV, and a couple of old PCs is all it takes.
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Freeing your router from Cisco’s anti-porn, pro-copyright cloud service
Automatic update forced router admins into bizarre Cisco cloud program.
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Feature Story
How US software ended up powering Chinese assault helicopters
Why spy or steal when Western companies will sell you the tech you need?
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Bad Robot
Researchers create "clickjack rootkit" for Android that hijacks apps
Code exploits Android's framework to swap real apps for evil ones.