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Microsoft, Salesforce.com join $5.3 billion Informatica buyout

Carly Fiorina calls on Apple, Google to provide greater access for FBI

Android vulnerabilities are scary, but could be a blessing in disguise

Microsoft offers Windows developers a bridge to Apple iOS

Tesla patches Model S after researchers hack car’s software

FCC requires consumer protections in telephone transition to IP

Microsoft doubles down on watch apps with Translator, Outlook and more

FCC rejects proposal favoring small carriers in spectrum auction

Prominent healthcare CIO: FDA medical device security warning “will be the first of many”

Crooks exploit public bug to plant adware on Yosemite Macs

Apple has patched the vulnerability in El Capitan and the latest Yosemite update, both now in beta testing

Consumers still don’t get two-factor authentication

Telesign’s online guide to securing your accounts with two-factor authentication continues to educate consumers about online security.

Food delivery startup Sprig to turn driver contractors into employees

Attackers could take over Android devices by exploiting built-in remote support apps

Has Epson killed the printer ink cartridge?

Android Stagefright: The heart attack that never happened

The extremely exaggerated risk of the Stagefright vulnerability may have precipitated an improvement in the Android security model.

How one startup hopes to solve server underutilization

Server waste, where resources sit idle, is costing enterprises. One company reckons it can fix the problem on-the-fly with a combination of containers, monitoring, and analytics.

U.S. Internet connection speeds still lag behind other developed nations

Microsoft issues first hefty Windows 10 update

Pushes 325MB update to all Windows 10 devices; will be first test of WUDO

GE cloud could make sense of massive IoT data storm

GE's specialized cloud offering may boost industrial IoT efforts, analysts say

Obama pushes tech startup community for more diversity

President Obama hosts White House Demo Day as the administration teams with the industry to bolster diversity in a tech-heavy startup landscape.

Struggling HTC sees promise in virtual reality, fitness devices

Tech industry objects to terrorist activity reporting section in US legislation

Attackers could use Internet route hijacking to get fraudulent HTTPS certificates

Android device makers to release monthly security fixes

Red Hat readies OpenStack for the enterprise

UK government reportedly working to end its reliance on Oracle

Judge rules Apple iMessage lawsuit can’t be tried as class-action case

Apple computers vulnerable to ‘Thunderstrike 2’ firmware worm

GE launches industrial Internet PaaS

GE's Predix Cloud is a purpose-built platform-as-a-service designed specifically for industrial data and analytics.

Hardware issue blamed for wireless and Internet outage in Southeast

Outage lasted for several hours on Tuesday

Did Android get a case of Stagefright?

Recent – and mostly incorrect – reports of an Android phone system hack have finally been put to rest by the only source that matters.

See Video: Sysadmins take wild ride in contraption made of iMac boxes

George Fox University IT guys make the most of their Apple purchase

FBI warns businesses of spike in email/DDOS extortion schemes

FBI says ransomeware emails demand payment in Bitcoin or face DDOS campaign

Huge stakes involved in FCC’s spectrum auction rules

Amazon isn’t eating all of its own cloud dog food

Wall Street Journal exposes cloud providers not using their own clouds for everything

Fueling the need for speed, Fastly raises $75 million

Speed. We all desire it, and none more so than those whose lifeblood depends on the Internet. Fastly raises big money to make page load times small.

This driver should give up coffee — and driving — before someone gets hurt

Cisco pal SimpliVity accelerating IPO?

Veteran CFO hire could quicken pace

F5’s Synthesis gets cloudy with Big-IP 12.0

With a new release of Big-IP, F5 provides a foundation for a cloud strategy.

So long (Vista), it’s been good to know yah

Windows 8's predecessor in Microsoft's every-other-OS-flops series now has a user share of just 2%

Alert Logic launches cloud-native vulnerability and configuration management tool

As applications become increasingly complex, application owners yearn for tools that give them deep and continuous perspectives on the security of their applications.

SDN switches aren’t hard to compromise, researcher says

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, August 5

File sync services provide covert way to control hacked computers

China to plant Internet police in top online firms

Sounds can knock drones out of the sky

Software mogul Tom Siebel funds AI, drone research to tackle energy crisis

NetSol’s new con; renewing unwanted .xyz domains

Network Solutions continues their dubiously ethical practices by trying to con customers into renewing domains they never registered

Microsoft levels up web version of Outlook for business customers

Will your network be ready for the Internet of Things?

Preparing the network to transition seamlessly to the connected environment.