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Foreign VPNs raise the bar against US government spying

Wall Street Beat: Software a bright spot as tech results bring gloom

Tech titans including IBM, SAP, Microsoft, Nokia, Google and Yahoo weighed in with quarterly earnings

SAS Institute, National Instruments top list of companies with good work-life balance

More name-brand companies like Yahoo and AOL are also included

Samsung’s potential government deal signals new era for mobile security

Samsung may be ready to sign deals with the FBI and the U.S. Navy. Analysts say the news is proof that mobile in the enterprise has arrived.

Cyber drills like Quantum Dawn 2 vital to security in financial sector

Mock exercises can help banks identify weaknesses in their incident response capabilities, analysts say

AMD continues move toward profitability

But analysts warn AMD's road to profitability faces a challenge from the volatile PC market

Microsoft, Google not doing enough on phone thefts, says San Francisco district attorney

George GascA3n said he thinks Apple and Samsung are progressing on anti-theft features, but not so Google and Microsoft.

SAP reveals road map details for its HANA in-memory platform

Future planned improvements focus on Hadoop integration, virtualization and security

FCC looks to update school connectivity fund

The commission plans to focus on broadband capacity in its update of the E-Rate program

Microsoft’s reorg does accomplish one thing

It may not fix any problems or set Microsoft up for the future, but the reorg does one thing well: mask its failures.