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It's tuned the upcoming OS to run faster on SSD drives
Tech investors weigh question of Big Brother
Wireless medical apps are ready for broad usage and could transform patient care. That's what proponents say, at least.
Analysts suggest that managers update IT call lists and telecommuting plans.
Tides and signal reflections made deployment a challenge
Everyone gets a shot at Windows 7 this week
The networking visionary on introducing your toaster to your smoke alarm, bonding with plants and bringing the outside in.
The sensitive information collected by the Torpig/Sinowal botnet over just 10 days could be worth as much as $8.3 million
arrier lost 1.25 million postpaid subscribers in Q1 2009
Voltaire unveils Ethernet architecture, promises Ethernet switches, too
Routers start at $700; new switch costs about $100 per port
Sales of Vista on new computers may stop completely once Windows 7 is released
HP will demonstrate CloudPrint for BlackBerry smartphones and more this week
New software will let IT administrators pinpoint lost devices on a map
The apps for Chinese iPhone users have appeared even though the smartphone remains illegal
Pigeons, Elvis and nukes to make your stay brighter
In Africa, there's a general move for countries to take control of their TLDs
Entry level price for Beehive is cut by more than half
$764M offer "significantly undervalues" company, Emulex board says
Cloud computing and data center architectures emerge as key themes for the show
Some pirated builds on file-sharing sites harbor attack code
Intel will host the first conference on standards in June
Payment processor had been delisted in March following investigation of major data breach
The company has scheduled an event for Wednesday amid speculation of a new type of Kindle
Researchers say IT shops aren't doing enough to protect their machines from botnet herders
Converged networks will be Emulex's earnings potential
SpringSource acquires Hyperic to offer Java application life-cycle suite
The companies have integrated their software so they can be used interchangeably
A bigger-screen version of the e-book reader can offer opportunity for struggling newspaper publishers, but also more risk
Obama's tech-savvy staff puts out information in Tweets and MySpace, Facebook posts
But it will stop patching consumer editions in April 2012
Police raid the homes of four people suspected of contributing to the Hunt the Cop site
Software add-on lets network managers pinpoint a BlackBerry's location via GPS
Responds to customers, similar steps by competitors
A new feature in Google Apps will deliver Google messages to the BlackBerry's e-mail client
A large tech group raises concerns about cybersecurity legislation
Beta software promises to make it easy to run Google Apps on the popular smartphone
College-focused spammers indicted on 51 counts under federal CAN-SPAM Act
Features boost OS's performance, lower energy use for Intel Nehalem-based servers
Via chips could complement main server chips to run multimedia applications, reducing energy costs