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Intel boss Otellini’s face-palm-evoking comments violate trust with Microsoft

Not too long ago, Microsoft took a bullet for Intel and was slammed for it. In return, Intel CEO Paul Otellini threw Microsoft under the bus by declaring that Windows 8 isn't ready to ship.

Wind energy beat iPod in U.S. job creation

Google gives wind energy a boost, but tax credit expiration could deliver a major wind industry setback

Assange claims US erecting a regime of secrecy and obfuscation

Assange gave a statement via videoconference to a forum at the UN sponsored by Ecuador

USSD attack not limited to Samsung Android devices, can also kill SIM cards

The attack that can wipe data on Samsung devices remotely can also be used to disable SIM cards

FCC to vote on proposal to use old NextWave spectrum

The agency, in an October vote, could give AT&T 30MHz of spectrum to deploy LTE

Banks can only hope for the best with DDoS attacks

Islamic hacktivists’ bank hacking claims gain credibility

Experts say executive order from President on cybersecurity would not help in instances such as Tuesday's Wells Fargo hack

7 common risk management mistakes

Faulty statistical methods and other common errors that can trip up your program

Air Force sets first post in ambitious Space Fence project

The new Space Fence is expected to help detect space debris

Compromised SourceForge mirror distributes backdoored phpMyAdmin package

About 400 users downloaded a backdoored phpMyAdmin installer after a SourceForge mirror in Korea was compromised