Industry

Wall Street Beat: Tech M&A to stay strong

Though IT vendor shares are back to pre-crash levels, the acquisition trend will continue

Facebook co-founders pledge to give away most of their fortunes

Social network mavens Zuckerberg, Moskowitz follow in footsteps of Bill and Melinda Gates and other tycoons

Microsoft straightens out cloud strategy — finally

Microsoft expects to make even more progress next year with Office 365

MasterCard SecureCode service impacted in attacks over WikiLeaks

The attacks may have caused more disruptions than earlier thought

Recession hit IT wages across U.S.

The downturn's impact varied sharply by region; Silicon Valley pay fell 10%

Estonia blamed Russia for backing 2007 cyberattacks, says leaked cable

Told U.S. diplomats that it had enough circumstantial evidence to link Russia to first cyberwar campaign

India scam probe to include mobile licenses from 2001

An opposition coalition was in power for a part of this period

Crowdsourcing group targets NTP mobile e-mail patents

Article One Partners offers a bounty to researchers who find prior art for three NTP patents

Tightening up those telco Ts and Cs

31 “How To” resources you might have missed

Helpful articles on everything from fixing your iPhone to preparing for cloud computing to protecting Facebook privacy