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MediaTek wants to crash Qualcomm’s party by powering LTE, 64-bit smartphones

The company said it will help drive down costs by bringing competition to a market where Qualcomm rules

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Firefox OS gets performance boost, wider distribution

Phones running Firefox OS will soon also be available in Germany, Brazil and other countries

Apple to reveal new iPads Oct. 22

Reports by AllThingD tech blog and others peg the launch event as in sync with 2012's debut of iPad Mini

Your car is about to go open source

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones

Three lessons from Netflix on how to live in the cloud

Netflix is one of the biggest cloud users in the world, but even for this company not everything is in the cloud

Shutdown could delay government’s patching of IE, Windows and .NET flaws

Federal desktops, servers are vulnerable to new threats when they are turned back on, analysts say

IBM begins integration of its cloud portfolio with SoftLayer

Its social learning platform will now be available to a variety of industries on SoftLayer infrastructure

Tenth Anniversary Patch Tuesday brings crucial Microsoft Explorer fix

Microsoft issued four critical security bulletins and four additional important bulletins covering IE, Windows and Microsoft Office

Group challenges regs requiring phone companies to maintain copper networks

AT&T has asked the FCC to permit trials for a move to wireless and IP-only