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Five security questions you should be asking about the Apple Watch

Many security professionals are already thinking about the security implications of the Apple Watch

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for April 14

Nokia wants to buy Alcatel-Lucent, seeking growth and integration of fixed and mobile

Microsoft’s Spartan browser vs. the rest: How will it stack up?

Browser battle: Microsoft Spartan vs. Google Chrome vs. Mozilla Firefox vs. Microsoft IE

Deterrence will keep a lid on cyberwar, former spy chief says

Indian net neutrality backers get boost from Flipkart retreat on free app access

RadioShack presses ahead plan for sale of customer data

IBM’s Watson Health division will incorporate patient data from Apple

New bill would invalidate FCC’s net neutrality rules

Turing manuscript sells for $1 million

New cyberthreat information sharing bill may be more friendly to privacy

The International Space Station (finally!) gets an espresso machine

SpaceX set to deliver NASA experiments along with coffee machine

Hortonworks to speed Hadoop cloud deployments

Hortonworks has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Budapest-based SequenceIQ, a specialist in deployment automation technology for launching on-demand Hadoop clusters in the cloud or any environment that supports Docker containers.

5 things I learned living with just a smartphone for two weeks

I was worried that traveling lightly with a single device would be too limiting, but it turns out that getting by is surprisingly easy.

elementary OS team releases ‘Freya,’ a Linux distro you’ll want to see

With Freya, elementary introduces a seriously impressive consumer-focused Linux distribution.

The shocking truth (and lies) about ESD

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, April 13

FCC net neutrality rules published to Federal Register

Chinese hacker group among first to target networks isolated from Internet

iPhone 7 rumor rollup: May the Force Touch be with you

Debate swirls about whether the next iPhone will be the 6C, 6S, 7...or even 8?

The mobile-enabled enterprise: Are we there yet?

Catching up to other African nations, Zambia plans mobile infrastructure initiative

Digital rights groups protest US ruling to block digital transmissions

The Apple Watch’s cure for notification overload? More notifications

Smartwatches targeted at fixing people's compulsive reactions to smartphone notifications only make the problem worse.

Skype can now translate English to Chinese, Italian in real time

Skype Translator recognizes voice input and does both audio and text translations.

Apple Watch already sold out of all models

After just a few hours, pre-order supply of the Apple Watch already sold out.

China’s ‘Great Cannon’ DDoS tool enforces Internet censorship

Google’s Eric Schmidt double dips: To make second Virginia Tech commencement address

Schmidt has strong family ties to Blacksburg, Va., school

What I learned attending my first Salesforce event

It's like no other tech conference

Florida teen charged with felony hacking for using password his teacher showed him

Never let it be said that Florida is light on cybercrime.

Microsoft: Docker for Windows Server is right around the corner

Microsoft will demo Docker Engine on Windows Server, one of several upcoming container-centric initiatives by both Microsoft and Docker, at the BUILD conference

150 years after Lincoln assassination, massive online archive goes live

The documents range from official to personal, even a letter about that famous beard to an 11-year-old girl

Surveys: Employees at fault in majority of breaches

Human error is a significant factor in the majority of data breaches

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, April 10

Transforming robot probes Fukushima reactor vessel

ICANN seeks opinion on legality of ‘.sucks’ registration process

US blocks Intel from selling Xeon chips to Chinese supercomputer projects

White Lodging Services confirms second payment card breach

IBM, Fujifilm show tape storage still has a long future

5 Things you need to know about Amazon’s cloud announcements

A new cloud-based File System, new container features and a virtual desktops get a boost

Salesforce revs up Pardot with two new B2B marketing-automation tools

Amazon offers network file storage in the cloud

Amazon’s argument for running your containers in its cloud

Google’s Kubernetes has some company in the container world now

Cisco invests in mobile wallet

Takes minority stake in MobiKwik, a company aiming to be India's first digital bank

What’s behind Microsoft’s not-so-crazy startup spending spree

CEO Nadella’s influence, platform-agnostic approach cited

Workday targets professional services with new suite

DARPA wants software that adapts, lasts over 100 years

DARPA: Ensuring apps run in the face of a fluctuating operational environment is a formidable challenge

The FTC is worried about algorithmic transparency, and you should be too

Spotty indoor cell coverage is on its way out

Small-cell mobile network deployments are ramping up.

Use of Windows XP makes European ATMs vulnerable to malware attacks