The now-aging TCP/IP protocol might not be around for much longer. That’s if a bunch of researchers promoting network coding have their way. If there’s one protocol that networkers are saturated with on a daily, if not minute-by-minute basis, it’s TCP/IP. Well guess what? The now-aging TCP/IP might not be around for much longer. Data integration is often underestimated and poorly implemented, taking time and resources. Yet it Researchers at Aalborg University in Denmark, in association with MIT and Caltech, reckon that the Internet can be made faster, and more…

Governments are ill-prepared to combat the looming threat of “online murder” as cyber criminals exploit internet technology to target victims, the European policing agency warned. In its most alarming assessment of the physical danger posed by online crime, Europol said it expected a rise in “injury and possible deaths” caused by computer attacks on critical safety equipment. Police forensic techniques need to “adapt and grow” to address the dangers posed by the so-called “Internet of Everything” – a new era of technological interconnectedness in which everything from garage doors to…

Move over, Word and PowerPoint. Get ready for the first new Microsoft Office program in 10 years Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) unveiled a new application Wednesday for creating and sharing documents across devices. It’s called Sway, and it offers users the ability to instantly create slick-looking presentations viewable on any Web browser and device. A “Sway,” Microsoft says, is “an interactive, Web-based canvas that brings your ideas to life.” It’s designed so that “you’re always done” — images and text boxes are arranged and rearranged on the page automatically as they’re added, maintaining a…