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  20 popular Ubuntu Linux apps you may want to try

  As Ubuntu Linux continues to grow in popularity, most discussions of it tend to focus on the basics of the operating system itself, including especially details about its desktop environment and user interface.

  Written by Katherine Noyes • 10 Feb. 12 07:01

• Smartphone data shake-up: The end of 'unlimited'

  Americans like living large. We have all-you-can-eat buffets and all-you-can-stream entertainment. And, until recently, we had a virtually unlimited trough of mobile data to digest on our always-available smartphones.

  Written by JR Raphael • 09 Feb. 12 02:04

• Hot Authentication Tools

  The trusty telephone is emerging as one of the key elements in new multifactor authentication schemes designed to protect online banking and other web-based financial transactions from rapidly evolving security threats.

  Written by Julie Sartain • 07 Feb. 12 11:27

• In depth: Online backup services keep your data safe

  It's a fact of modern life that archiving data is essential to prevent a data disaster. Still, something like one-third of computers are never backed up, according to 2257 respondents in a recent Backblaze poll carried out by Harris Interactive. The survey came to the dismal conclusion that a scant 7 per cent of users practice safe computing by archiving their systems on a daily (or nightly) basis.

  Written by Brian Nadel • 07 Feb. 12 02:08

• In depth: The new help desk - agile, educational, efficient

  A help desk can be a real lifesaver for employees, not to mention a productivity boost. A keyboard stops working, or Outlook crashes repeatedly, and a technician is just a phone call away. Even complex issues can usually be resolved internally, and relatively quickly, without needing an outside vendor.

  Written by John Brandon • 02 Feb. 12 03:41

• Analysis: Will this be the year of Apple in the enterprise?

  Apple has never been considered an enterprise technology company, but it owns a significant share of the mobile enterprise market, largely due to the success of the iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air.

  Written by Ryan Faas • 01 Feb. 12 02:49

• 2012: The year storage becomes a celebrity

  While data storage has always been a necessary building block for technology, it's rarely garnered as much attention as it has in the past two years. The reason: Corporate and retail consumers are being forced to store greater amounts of data and they need to make that data more useful - and accessible.

  Written by Lucas Mearian • 31 Jan. 12 06:58

• Dig deep into Lion: The best overlooked, underrated features

  Apple billed this summer's release of Mac OS X Lion as having more than 200 new features, but most coverage of Lion in the intervening months has focused on only a handful of them. While iOS-like navigation and app-launching interfaces, autosave/restore capabilities, AirDrop file sharing and an emergency restore partition are by all means important, there are a lot of helpful tweaks and enhancements that can easily be missed.

  Written by Ryan Faas • 28 Jan. 12 10:52

• HTC Velocity 4G speedtest

  The HTC Velocity 4G promises data speeds of up to five times faster than its competitors, but is it really that fast? We put it to the test.

  Written by Ross Catanzariti • 24 Jan. 12 15:40

• Guide: The new rules for enterprise apps

  An insurance company decided to roll out an application for its sales reps. The new app would give them a wider selection of products to offer customers when out in the field. Information on those products was stored in a legacy mainframe system, so the company created a Web interface that let reps query the database to get details on offerings.

  Written by Minda Zetlin • 24 Jan. 12 03:26

• In depth: Apple's new vision of education

  Apple has made it clear that one of the next industries it hopes to disrupt and reinvent is education. It's an arena the company has a long history of working with: schools have been one of Apple's biggest market since the days of the Apple II.

  Written by Ryan Faas • 24 Jan. 12 02:35

• A first look at the Nokia Lumia 800

  Nokia's Lumia 800 represents somewhat of a new dawn for the struggling giant. It's the first phone to use the Windows Phone platform, following Nokia's decision early last year to partner with Microsoft for many of its future smartphones.

  Written by Ross Catanzariti • 20 Jan. 12 11:39

• Expert to IT pros: Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later

  A dozen of the world's largest Internet companies - including Facebook, Google and Comcast - have committed to June 6, as the start date for their production deployments of IPv6, an upgrade to the Internet's main communications protocol.

  Written by Carolyn Duffy Marsan • 18 Jan. 12 08:36

• 9 hot technology startups to watch in 2012

  While there are sure to be a lot of new networking and IT companies that emerge in 2012, these nine stood out for their potential to deliver game-changing innovations in a wide array of fields, including Cloud computing, enterprise search, and mobile application development. (These are in addition to seven hot Cloud companies and seven storage companies to watch that we highlighted last year.)

  Written by Brad Reed • 11 Jan. 12 07:32

• 10 must-have tools for Cloud power users

  For many of us, the Cloud has changed the way we work and play. Thanks to well-known services like Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook and Instapaper, practically our whole lives - photos, documents, contacts and more - are online. So isn't it time to take control?

  Written by JR Raphael • 08 Dec. 11 03:06

• Review: Samsung Galaxy Nexus

  Google and Samsung have finally released the Galaxy Nexus - the first smartphone to run the latest 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" version of Android.

  Written by Ross Catanzariti • 06 Dec. 11 13:34

• Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime: The Rolls-Royce of Android tablets

  Watch out, Android tablets: There's a new king in town.

  Written by JR Raphael • 03 Dec. 11 10:56
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  Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs. Apple iPhone 4S

  The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is the first smartphone to run the latest version of Google's Android platform, 4.0 or "Ice Cream Sandwich". It boasts a strikingly large 4.65in Super AMOLED HD screen and has a distinctive teardrop design. Naturally, its going to be compared to the popular Apple iPhone 4S. So, how does it stack up?

  Written by Ross Catanzariti • 02 Dec. 11 09:21

• 2011's biggest security snafus

  Perhaps it was an omen of what was to come when the city of San Francisco on New Year's Eve 2010 couldn't get a backup system running in its Emergency Operations Center because no one knew the password.

  Written by Ellen Messmer • 02 Dec. 11 06:27

• A word on the Galaxy Nexus: Battery life

  I have been lucky enough to have had my hands-on the Galaxy Nexus for nearly five days now and I'm pleased to report that I'm very impressed.

  Written by Ross Catanzariti • 30 Nov. 11 11:13