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Optical fiber soon to see performance gains

Add black phosphorus to the growing list of super-materials. It promises to speed up data sent over optical fiber, amongst other things.

7 Hot Career-related Companies to Watch

Career-focused startups exploit cloud, mobile technologies to get people hired, connected

Qualcomm’s Raspberry Pi-like computer has wireless capabilities

New ransomware program targets gamers

FCC releases 400-page net neutrality order

Joint effort guts Superfish

Microsoft's malware detection data shows that Lenovo's crapware has been scrubbed from about 250K Windows PCs

VCE expands its converged infrastructure portfolio

Targeting the complexity of SDN deployments, VCE recently announced upgrades to its VxBlock systems.

Why is Apple avoiding wireless charging?

Imagine walking into a room where your Apple Watch immediately begins charging

Verizon report: Security testing compliance down from last year

Compliance rates between audits increased substantially across all PCI DSS requirements except for security testing

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

Juniper rewires the data center

Introduction of QFX10000, new fabric make QFabric an island unto itself.

Venafi: First three months of Clinton private email was unencrypted and unauthenticated

Security firm Venafi says of Hillary’s email: Indications are ‘it’s not a system that’s fortified’.

Google researchers hack computers using DRAM electrical leaks

Uber and Lyft fail to convince judges their drivers are merely ‘contractors’

Facebook to face class action lawsuit over kids’ purchases

Android app developers should update to Dropbox’s latest SDK

Hillary Clinton’s email system was insecure for two months

Internal DNS error cripples iTunes, other Apple services

Code name found in Equation group malware suggests link to NSA

Why Aruba’s promise not to change after HP buyout may be true

Both Aruba Networks CEO Dominick Orr and HP CEO Meg Whitman insist that nothing is going to change for Aruba's partners and customers.

Facebook’s Open Compute Project starts to crack networking

New Chrome app puts Act-On’s marketing automation tools front and center for SMBs

Tech groups renew push for cloud, email privacy protections

Big data and battle tanks: Inside World of Tanks’ powerful infrastructure

First medical apps built with Apple’s ResearchKit won’t share data for commercial gain

Outage hits Apple services, including iCloud and App Store

Users unable to sign into services since before 3 a.m. PT.

Google vs. AWS cloud storage just got a whole lot more interesting

Google's release of Nearline storage services keeps the pressure on AWS.

Smartphone video traffic will explode, report says

A new report says video and social networks will be the future leading mobile traffic drivers.

Google offers low-cost, cloud-based backup service

Conventional IT security is failing: Continuous monitoring and mitigation can help

Windows PCs remained vulnerable to Stuxnet-like LNK attacks after 2010 patch

Consumer Identity Management systems step up where traditional ID systems fall down

Apple stores redefining mall economics

Baidu ends support for Android platform

Second generation Moto G with LTE goes on sale in Europe

Survey finds faith in Internet trust system fading fast

A Ponemon survey of more than 2,000 IT pros finds increased reliance on and fading faith in Public Key encryption.

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, March 11

Opening up at OCP Summit

Dell, Cumulus and Big Switch look to unlock switches and software

Facebook’s ‘Wedge’ network switch will soon be on sale to all

Senators again push for online sales tax

DARPA accelerates ultimate automated pilot software

DARPA awards three contracts to begin building plug-in automated system for existing aircraft that can help take care of all phases of flight

Six things to know about the USB 3.1 port in the new MacBook

Snowden docs show CIA’s attempts to defeat Apple device security

Lawsuit seeks damages against automakers and their hackable cars

A Senate report backs up claims that automakers haven't addressed electronic security

Some cybercriminals are improving customer service for their victims

For those behind ransomware scams, customer service is becoming increasingly important.

Blue Coat Systems gets flipped for $2.4 billion

Buyer Bain Capital says it hopes to have the company go public again

Apple Watch: The cloud gets scarier

Lost in the craze over the pretty new Apple Watch is the risk of putting even more personal information into the cloud.

uTorrent, Oracle called out for unwanted software installs

In the wake of Lenovo's Superfish controversy, it seems the computing public is getting tired of software vendors' sneaky practices.

Apple secures Safari against FREAK attacks

Updates iOS and OS X to fix serious SSL/TLS encryption flaw

3 big surprises from the Apple Watch event

The highly anticipated Apple Watch event brought some unexpected announcements involving new products and partnerships for Apple.