Bing is fine, insecure as ever, but fine
No, Bing isn't malfunctioning. Google isn't playing games with it. Bing's working just fine, the same way it always has ... without security support.
All things network from Web browsers to wireless networking to IPv6 with your host, and long-time networking hand, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols.
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about technology and the business of technology since CP/M-80 was the cutting edge PC operating system. SJVN covers networking, Linux, open source, and operating systems.
No, Bing isn't malfunctioning. Google isn't playing games with it. Bing's working just fine, the same way it always has ... without security support.
Aereo is the new internet service company that has CBS and Fox threatening to shut down their broadcast stations and move their TV networks to cable. But what is Aereo exactly — and why does it have TV networks in such a state?
What could bring Red Hat, Cisco, VMware, and Microsoft together in one cause? Would you believe The Linux Foundation and Software-Defined Networking? Believe it.
Intuit is making Mint, its popular online personal finance service, available to your bank or credit union. Just how much longer will Quicken stick around as a standalone PC application?
In a move that's long been expected in Web developer circles, Google finally forked the open-source Webkit Web browser engine.
On desktops, it's a three-way fight with Internet Explorer or Chrome in the lead, depending on whose numbers you believe; but on mobile devices, it's either Safari or the native Android browser in first place.
The average US household now has 5.7 internet-connected devices, and more and more of these are smartphones and tablets. Will there be enough internet to go-around?
Google is now supporting Domain Name System Security Extensions in its Internet Public DNS service.
As far as Dave Winer, one of RSS's creators, is concerned, Google turning off Google Reader isn't a big deal. The potential for Google to control the news flow is what he finds worrisome.
While many people are upset that Google is killing off Google Reader, many of them are missing that Google is strangling support for a far more important Internet service: CalDAV.