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Java’s key to success is simplicity

The path to enterprise IoT may not be as steep as you think

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, May 12

US proposes tighter export rules for computer security tools

RadioShack, US states reach agreement on sale of customer data

New protocol from Guardtime hopes to unseat RSA for authentication, digital signatures

BLT protocol promises tighter security, easier management

Health insurer CareFirst reveals cyberattack affecting 1.1 million

Fierce smartphone rivalry driving faster chip development, ARM CEO says

Senators stall vote to extend NSA phone records dragnet

Status check on OpenStack: The open source cloud has arrived

Backed by IBM, HP, Rackspace and 500 other companies, OpenStack has emerged as the open source alternative to Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud

Alcatel-Lucent uses SDN to meld IP, optical services

Network Services Platform designed for automated service provisioning

Gartner shows two-horse race in IaaS cloud: AWS and Microsoft Azure

A “year of reckoning” leaves all other vendors behind

Pew Research finds more Americans value their privacy in the abstract than in reality

FBI: Social media, virtual currency hit big time scam, fraud club

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) averaged 22,000 overall complaints a month during 2014

‘Attack of the Data Silos 2’: Coming soon to an enterprise near you

LTE smartphones are becoming faster and cheaper

How the cloud helps fight cancer

Doctors and researchers use the cloud to personalize treatments, develop cures

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, May 20

Verizon (probably) dominates U.S. wireless service providers

Tech companies ask Senate to pass NSA reform bill

New encryption flaw, LogJam, puts Web surfers at risk

Critical vulnerability in NetUSB driver exposes millions of routers to hacking

Energy Dept. wants big wind energy technology in all 50 states

DOE: Bigger turbines, blades and towers will bolster wind energy use

Energy servers bring eco fuel cells to Comcast, IKEA buildings

Machines that convert the chemical energy from fuels into electrical power through a chemical reaction are gaining favor over the grid.

The coolest smartphone not made by Apple is coming to America

The YotaPhone 2 has two screens, one on each side, something no other phone has.

Microsoft does something else right with Windows 10

By wresting control of Windows 10 mobile updates away the carriers, Microsoft continues to show that it's learned from decades of mistakes surrounding OS updates.

Egnyte takes a ‘mobile-first’ approach to cloud storage with new enterprise suite

12 lesser-known Apple Watch tips and tricks you should know

From using Siri to muting notifications to saving battery life, here are some of the most useful Apple Watch tips and tricks you should learn.

Utah researchers make light-speed computing breakthrough

Claim light-speed advances could make their way to supercomputers super soon

Six China residents charged with stealing US mobile phone technology

Ubuntu’s Shuttleworth’s call to arms in open source stirs up controversy

Some seemingly harmless comments on the state of the open source community were met with debate.

Cisco, Chambers looking for one last shot at VMware?

AWS upgrades highlight growing focus on cloud management

US Secretary of State Lays Out Five Principles for International Cyber Security

DDoS reflection attacks are back – and this time, it’s personal

Attackers targeting personal computers on misconfigured home networks

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, May 19

Global digital rights groups say Facebook’s Internet.org increases inequality

Gartner: Cloud IaaS is a $16.5 billion market

Led by Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, the market will grow 29% per year until 2019

Login system supplies fake passwords to hackers

This well-funded startup could turn bitcoin mining – and the chip industry – on its head

iPhone 6s release may come as early as August

A new report claims that Apple's iPhone 6s may be released earlier than expected.

Survey finds most US residents want changes to Patriot Act surveillance

Amazon’s apps face uphill battle in the cloud vs. Microsoft and Google

AWS's chief IaaS competitors have a distinct advantage in collaboration apps

It’s Google and Facebook’s web, we just surf in it

Google's 'buy' button and Facebook's Instant Stories underscore the incredible dominance of a few a big online companies.

Apple’s Tim Cook tells GW grads: Ignore the cynics, change the world like Steve Jobs did

Transcript of Apple CEO Tim Cook's commencement address at George Washington University

In desperation, many ransomware victims plead with attackers

The LG G4: Three things right, three things wrong

Solar power road surface actually works

A Dutch solar power-generating road is making more electricity than expected.

Microsoft not to give deal to pirates

Company now says its free offer does not apply to non-genuine copies, but plans to make upgrades 'very attractive' to some counterfeits

Microsoft bars more enterprise devices from seeing Windows 10 upgrade ‘nag’ campaign

Blocks on-screen notifications and ads from appearing on managed mobile devices