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FAA warns drone owners: Stay away from the Super Bowl

FAA says just “Leave your drone at home”

Canadian agency reported to be monitoring millions of downloads

Good wants to manage your smartphones for $3 a month, per user

Blackphone super-secure communications app had serious flaw

Big Switch updates SDN controller options

Big Cloud Fabric 2.5 supports VMware vSphere, Dell switches

Alibaba clashes with Chinese regulator over online sales of fake goods

Wi-Fi growth set to drive sales of new Ethernet speeds

Twenty-eight percent of security spending wasted on shelfware

The average organization spent $115 per user on security-related software last year, but $33 of it was underutilized or not used at all

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, January 28

The Internet of Things requires the Internet of Everywhere

Is the cloud ready for the Internet of Things?

Androids will greet guests at Japanese smart hotel

Flying high, Apple readies Watch to ship in April

‘Ghost’ vulnerability poses high risk to Linux distributions

Microsoft previews free, updated Power BI business intelligence tool

FCC calls blocking of personal Wi-Fi hotspots “disturbing trend”

Vows that no more Marriott-like Wi-Fi blocking schemes will be tolerated

Snapchat and Twitter violate each other’s personal space

Google Fiber expanding to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham

The company is still exploring five other areas for future rollouts

New SAP Hana tool aims to put Big Data insights within closer reach

This devops company just got a big, $23.5M VC round

CloudBees was once a PaaS company but now it’s all in on devops

Enterprises can now use Dell’s Kace appliance to manage Chromebooks

Will the U.S. be ready with secure chip cards and payment terminals?

Adoption is either 'impressive' or 'so behind,' depending on whom you ask

FTC: Best Practices for businesses facing Internet of Things onslaught

FTC report finds security, privacy issues should be addressed sooner rather than later

FTC calls on IoT vendors to protect privacy

Apple iOS 8.1.3 upgrade won’t suck up your storage

Latest iPhone, iPad software update includes security, performance, stability fixes

Mobile World Congress rumor mill churns with reports of better screens, cameras

FTC’s unrealistic Internet of Things report calls for smaller data

The FTC issued a report on Internet of Things privacy and security that only highlights how unresolved the issue still is.

PCI DSS 3.0 went into effect Jan. 1. Are you in compliance?

There are many changes, and some companies may not realize they are now out of sync

Cisco brings Meraki to the enterprise

Making use of once widely questioned acquisition, Cisco is expanding the role of Meraki in its portfolio.

Mass surveillance ‘endangers fundamental human rights,’ says study

Cisco’s evolving software, cloud strategy will hinge on hardware

New licensing strategy will use installed hardware base as the “real estate” on which to build

Java is the biggest vulnerability for US computers

Oracle's Java poses the single biggest security risk to US desktops, says a new report

How Facebook stimulates the economy and creates millions of jobs

According to a Facebook-commissioned report from Deloitte, the world's largest social network stimulated $227 billion in economic impact and created 4.5 million jobs across the globe in 2014.

Are Americans really addicted to mobile banking?

The number of laptop, smartphone, tablet and phablet owners who regularly use their gadgets for mobile banking is rising rapidly, according to a recent report. But the numbers don’t add up, writes CIO.com's Al Sacco.

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, January 27

Computer simulation eases real-world Chinese traffic jams

Link between NSA and Regin cyberespionage malware becomes clearer

How not to waste your money on the second wave of 802.11ac wireless gear

Next-gen Wi-Fi might not be the right choice right now.

Quantum bringing public cloud into virtual storage fold

DEA cameras tracking hundreds of millions of car journeys across the US

Oracle and Samsung said to be teaming up for mobile cloud delivery

Get ready for the 24-hour laptop: Battery life hits new highs

States threaten lawsuit against Obama’s municipal broadband plan

Simple Google search outed alleged Silk Road founder

All signs point to the demise of Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet

Microsoft can finally put its billion-dollar mistake behind it

Can drones hunt with wolf pack-like success? DARPA thinks so

DARPA set to begin research on software that will let drones hunt in packs

FTC: IRS imposter complaints up more than 2,300% in 2014

FTC says taxpayer ID theft scams also at all-time high.

IBM Hong Kong calls Cringely report of 100,000 layoffs ‘ludicrous;’ Cringely fires back

Kim Dotcom offers up secure ‘Skype Killer’ voice chat

Service is supposed to offer end-to-end encryption but the site's track record is spotty.

Broward County rolls out its own fiber ring, shifts to VoIP

Years in the making, network upgrade enables Florida county to improve services while saving a bundle

Microsoft, Adobe beat open source developers to Android

Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop have somehow made it to Android before their Linux counterparts. What kind of world is this?