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Cheaper equipment to give fast copper broadband a boost

Vendors like Adtran and Alcatel-Lucent are shrinking their equipment to lower installation costs

UK police seizure poses question: 3D printed gun components, or printer parts?

The parts can be used to enhance the printer's functionality, commenters said

Data protection essential to digital economy, say EU leaders

New EU laws on data protection and cybersecurity to be agreed to next year

Lukewarm Global IT Outsourcing Market Heats Up in Third Quarter

Healthcare.gov may be a ‘black swan’

One in six IT projects face out of control costs, and bring much disruption, making them 'black swans'

Microsoft grows earnings, revenue in Q1, helped by server software

The company said SQL Server, Lync, SharePoint and Exchange sold well during the quarter

PHP.net compromised and used to attack visitors

Attackers injected malicious JavaScript code into the site, redirecting some visitors' browsers to Flash exploits

NASA uses telescopes to hunt ancient galaxies

In a galaxy far, far away, Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes pool efforts

Organizers hope for big crowd at surveillance protest

About 4,500 people have said they will attend the Saturday event in Washington, DC

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