iPad Invades Corporate America (NetworkWorld)

Despite all claims by PC purists that the iPad is a toy that has no real purpose -- especially in the corporate world -- there are large enterprises embracing the tablet device. It may be designed as a portable media consumption device for consumers, but the iPad also provides a unique mobile computing platform for business as well.

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Military Chatrooms from California to Afghanistan (NYTimes.com)

Young Air Force analysts are showing how the Facebook generation’s skills are being exploited — and paying dividends — in America’s wars.

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Cloud tradeoffs: freedom of choice vs. freedom from choice (Ars Technica)

Joseph Tobolski, a partner at Accenture Technology Labs, talks with Ars Technica about the challenges to cloud adoption in the enterprise, the use and abuse of "cloud" as a buzzword, and the fundamental tradeoffs that cloud demands of its users.

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First human 'infected with computer virus' (BBC News)

A British scientist says he is the first man in the world to become infected with a computer virus.

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8 Google Search Alternatives (PCMag.com)

Is Google just not doing it for you anymore? It's hard to avoid the search engine these days, but there are plenty of alternative services that may do a better job addressing your specific discovery needs.

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4Mbps broadband for all to cost $23 billion, won't use fiber (Ars Technica)

The FCC's national broadband target of 4Mbps isn't very ambitious, and neither is the tech that will deliver it to those who currently can't get it: DSL, with some 4G wireless and a bit of satellite. But it will still cost $23 billion.

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