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Situation sheds light on proper use of volunteer computing programs like SETI@home
A new Web site will also provide a development platform for online privacy tools
Find the best HDTVs, laptops, smartphones and some surprise goodies to give this year
U.S. cybersecurity efforts need to focus on incentives and enterprise education, the report says
Slates six updates for Patch Tuesday to fix critical flaws in Windows, IE, Office
User groups need more convincing that Enterprise Support has real value
Privacy, antitrust issues to be reviewed
Deal would make Oracle industry's "most powerful open source vendor"
General beta for Skype for SIP begins today
AT&T ranks below Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon in Consumer Reports survey
IT organizations migrating to IT-lite design
Questions about cloud computing? Verizon says it's here to help
Point-of-sale computer-maker Radiant and a local reseller have been sued
The RealSSD C300 doubles Micron's flash chip density
Far EasTone plans to provide e-books to mobile readers via WiMax wireless broadband
Economic confidence may have spurred sudden demand for visas, college grads
Agrees to pay Apple $2.7M if appeal doesn't work out, but will stay in business by selling knock-offs and do-it-yourself clone software
Dirk Meyer expects more business for AMD and more choice for its customers
The changes means publishers can let Google index paid content but offer only five pages a day for free
Perfect Apology team weighs in on Apple, Amazon and others’ mea culpas
Lesson from Prevx gaffe is that corporate blogging comes with risks, argues analyst
Enterprises pay higher prices for blade servers while still shunning Unix systems
Nortel's exit played out all year, beginning with bankruptcy filings
Former assistant FBI director says good intelligence, good data & powerful analytics are key to busting up online fraud rings
Not everyone agrees on the need to do a full-boat practice run -- but it can't hurt anything except your short-term expenses
Aims for a release candidate this week
Several groups suggest conflicting revamps of the broadband grants
NASA’s role, FAA challenges combine to challenge commercial space development, GAO says
Zbot attack remains biggest e-mail threat, says researcher
Research chip said to be 10x to 20x more powerful than chips in multicore Core family
Law enforcement 'pinged' networks over 8M times in 13 months, company admits
Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft among those issuing public apologies
Data could enable more targeted phishing, corporate surveillance
The Android app, SweetDreams, earned its developers US$250,000
Sharp's Sakai plant is helping make big-screen TVs cheaper
MSN Juku lets users post 140-character messages on a scrolling timeline
Record declines in XP, Vista offset by Windows 7 growth
Mac clone maker to pay Apple unspecified damages, but may be able to keep selling systems
Microsoft licenses technology to Lockheed Martin for solider prep tools based on Microsoft simulation technology
The government contractor will fund cybersecurity research by three universities
Libraries in five states will share about $3.4 million in grants
Constellation is a 'virtual war room' set for release next year
Named after a fruit, the Suma uses a system of actuators to record pressure and movement
