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Mozilla will automatically switch Firefox search to Yahoo for most U.S. users

Declines to say whether it will ask for user permission

BYOD brings corporate contradictions

CIOs naturally want a BYOD policy in place to give them some level of control, but the reality is that employees will do whatever they want regardless of the policy.

BlackBerry’s deal to buy voice crypto company Secusmart blessed by German government

France, Germany want EU to take a tougher stance on tech firms

Virtual reality draws the crowds at Korea’s G-Star game show

Weather.com fixes web application vulnerabilities

Fastest LTE speed will be out of reach for most users

Over 23,000 Web servers infected with CryptoPHP backdoor

Panasonic opens smart town targeting zero-emission houses

Siemens patches critical SCADA flaws likely exploited in recent attacks

China to open up Internet broadband market with upcoming trials

Kenya telecom market in turmoil as Viettel withdraws bid for Telkom Kenya

Pressure mounts in Europe for strict net neutrality

Windows tablets available for under $100

Use Uber? Snapchat? Google Maps? Now Twitter knows

DARPA cuts $15.5M check for edgy semiconductor development

Investment part of DARPA-SRC STARnet advanced electronics research effort

PoS malware also targeting ticket vending machines and electronic kiosks

Watch out for these 3 holiday shopping scams

The holiday shopping season is also the holiday scamming season. Whether you shop online or at the mall, be mindful of these three types of scams.

EU wants Google to apply ‘right to be forgotten’ delistings to global .com domain

US lawmakers to Europe: Don’t break up Google

For HP, splitting up maybe isn’t so bad for its cloud

One analyst says HP splitting up could be good for its cloud

Hacking Team surveillance malware masquerades as legitimate bookmark manager

EarthLink Launches Hosted Contact Center

EarthLink has launched its new Hosted Contact Center solution supporting multichannel engagement with features that include chat, email, voice and social media interactions.

UK network BT mulls mobile return to fuel quad-play competition

Microsoft fingered as company forced to pay $136M in back taxes in China

Kraken to help probe missing bitcoins in MtGox liquidation

UN committee calls on countries to protect right to privacy

Home Depot spent $43 million on data breach in just one quarter

Breaking up is hard to do, but HP won’t look back

Apple announces Black Friday sale

San Francisco DA pushes for chip payment cards in tech’s backyard

Ebola speeds up educators’ embrace of tech in Sierra Leone, Liberia

Convert your car into a 2-ton video game console: What could go wrong?

Peter Thiel’s 3 critical decisions for startups

At DEMO Fall 2014, legendary investor Peter Thiel told entrepreneurs to resist convention in founding a business.

Google delays demise of old-style Chrome plug-ins

Browser will now drop NPAPI plug-in support in September 2015

Tablet craze calms down as iPad shipments decline

DT and Informatica service links cloud, on-premises apps, data

NASA sets huge $5M cubesat competition

$5 million purse is NASA’s largest Centennial Challenge offering to date

Monster snow: How Buffalo-area businesses kept things going in the storm

The recent massive storm in Buffalo meant just another day at the office - or actually at home - for many area employees. That's because storm-hearty Northerners say their systems are ready for whatever Mother Nature throws at them

Internet of Things helps asthma patients breathe easily

Medical device company Aerocrine, which specializes in devices that help physicians diagnose and monitor asthma, is using new IoT-focused services from Microsoft Azure Cloud Services to reduce device downtime and help its sales and customer support t

Bitdefender security appliance for home networks seeks to replace end-point antivirus

Pew poll: Limited knowledge on privacy policies, more on net neutrality

UK faults tech firm for not alerting authorities before soldier’s murder

60 things European legislators don’t want Canada to learn about air passengers

Next-gen car maps will be nowhere near the center stack

Look for a change in the automobile speedometer cluster, because maps will be appearing there soon.

5 PCI Compliance gaps

Here are five areas were merchants need to pay attention

Microsoft cold-shoulders Server 2003 and XP users hit with Microsoft Update error 0x80248015

Microsoft has yet to provide a solution for customers who can't connect to Microsoft Update to install last week's out-of-band patch KB 3011780

New IBM service shines a light on mobile device and app performance

Regin malware linked to attacks on Belgacom, well-known cryptographer

Jolla’s open-source tablet might actually stay the course

Finnish firm’s Linux-based tablet looks like a tenable alternative to Apple iPads and Android devices.