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Senator seeks student visa program investigation

Grassley alleges abuses of OPT program Times Square bomber was on, and a federal lawsuit may have illustrated his point

Google now highlights censored search terms for users in China

Google has updated its service, to warn users in mainland China on what search queries will create page errors

BYOD’s Phone Number Problem

NASA: Our galaxy is headed for a star-scattering head-on collision

NASA Hubble telescope study indicates milky Way will one day 4 billion years from now run into the Andromeda galaxy

Browser feature can be abused to misrepresent download origin, researcher says

A researcher shows how users can be tricked into thinking that rogue downloads have been initiated by legitimate websites

Windows 8 Update: Rumored Office for iPad will challenge Windows 8 tablets

Also: Microsoft bans class action suits, Apple's Tim Cook still scoffs Windows 8, Brit schools pause to ponder Windows 8

Microsoft delivers Windows 8 Release Preview early

The Windows 8 Release Preview, which was promised for June, has already hit the web—just a bit earlier than originally planned.

US tech leaders fear proposed Internet regulations, taxes at ITU meeting

Delegates to the treaty-writing meeting in December could discuss per-click taxes and other fees, witnesses tell Congress

Oracle ERP project woes force construction firm to delay financial filing

The company's annual report couldn't be finished without 'unreasonable effort or expense'

Open Source BlackBerry: RIM’s Last Resort

Open source offers last best hope to once-proud RIM.