Industry

Group: Spectrum plan could shut down TV stations

More than 200 U.S. TV stations would shut down under a plan to auction spectrum to mobile carriers, the NAB says

Astronomers spot huge space reservoir holding 140 trillion times water in Earth’s oceans

Gigantic water system surrounds giant black hole 12 billion light years away

Social engineering: 3 mobile malware techniques

Cyber criminals are taking over mobile devices by using many of the psychological tricks used to con people online.

Law Firm Taps Cisco Quad to Unify Global Workforce

Chinese officials shutter some fake Apple stores

Two closed in Kunming, but three that use Apple logo remain open

Complaints mount over Google+ account deletions

Google is closing Google+ accounts if it believes people aren't using their real names

Oracle gives sneak peek at MySQL 5.6 features

The focus is on scalability, flexibility and performance

RIM COO retires as company lays off one-tenth of staff

The BlackBerry maker will lay off 2,000 of its 19,000 staff as part of a cost-reduction program

Drug maker goes social to end supply chain crisis

Pharmaceutical company uses social collaboration to get everyone communicating

House Republicans consider high-skills immigration bill

Senate to take its own look next week at skills-based immigration