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Amid uproar, Instagram says it will not sell users’ photos

Instagram admitted that its new privacy policy and terms of service were 'confusing'

NASA Inspector General doubts space agency can hit mandatory computer encryption goals

NASA on mission to encrypt all laptops by Dec. 21.

9 IT Outsourcing Trends to Watch in 2013

Samsung tips Nokia as king of cellphones

Smartphones are forecast to account for more than half of all cellphone shipments next year

Samsung drops European injunction requests against Apple

Samsung said it believed companies should compete in the marketplace and not in court

Java 7 Update 10 allows users to restrict the use of Java in browsers

Java users can now block Web-based Java content completely or enforce strict restrictions for it

Compromised Windows PCs bought in China pose risk to U.S.

Bogus copies of Microsoft's operating system oftentimes end up as zombies within botnets and spread spam and malware beyond borders

Despite the spectrum craze, Sprint’s bid for Clearwire may be right on

Shareholders say Sprint isn't paying enough, but there are limits on the value of Clearwire's frequencies, analysts say

11 predictions for enterprise software in 2013

We take a look into what the future holds for enterprise software vendors and users

Improved Carberp banking malware will target North American banks, Group-IB says

Carberp authors are developing custom scripts for U.S. and Canadian banking websites, Group-IB researchers say