Network access control

Iran is expanding its huge youth militia by recruiting geeks for a renewed cyberwar effort aimed at the West.

Powerline is the simplest network option for situations WiFi can't cover; arguments over next-gen high-bandwidth spec might short its potential.

Hackers using Amazon's EC2 to crack WLANs is no threat to corporate IT, but does highlight new options for ambitious, cash-strapped crackers.

Microsoft and Intel surrender to the new generation; RIM and Sprint squeeze in behind the market leaders; no one cares much about 3D TV.

Anonymous has shown the far-reaching power of non-violent protest online; are censorship and secrecy the only injustices on which it can work?

FBI takes data from servers it says used IP addresses through which orders were relayed for DDOS attacks on PayPal, others in "Operation Payback."

As the role of Active Directory evolves and becomes a central component of your infrastructure, consider the following steps to improve your security posture and your ability to facilitate productive business.

Carriers and ISPs kept the right to filter traffic as they like; allowing owners of that traffic to pay extra to not slow it down would be discriminatory.

FCC "network management" guideline lets carriers throttle or block traffic, raise fees for service that already can't live up to its billing.

You have to expect the military to censor secret content. Shutting staff access to content everyone else has, though? Not a useful tactic.

Driver problems with USB modems cause handoff delays between 3G and 4G cells and leave Macs out of the picture completely.