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OS X Yosemite preview gleans user data, too

That's how betas work

Almost half of Android devices still have a vulnerable browser installed

Microsoft looks to poach Salesforce.com customers with aggressive pricing

IBM Watson HQ Opens for Business in New York’s Silicon Alley

The 12-story IBM Watson Global Headquarters will open its doors in the heart of New York City's Silicon Alley tomorrow morning in an effort to attract talented students and entrepreneurs.

Google pays $75K in bug bounties to fix 159 Chrome flaws

Releases Chrome 38, but expected 64-bit for OS X won't show until next month

With Windows 10, Will Microsoft Truly Listen to Customers?

Microsoft has launched what it calls its 'largest-ever open collaborative development' effort to try to ensure its next operating system is what customers want. But has Microsoft really learned from the mistakes of Windows 8?

Samsung’s Galaxy Note Edge to debut in Japan at the end of October

Cloud giants do battle backed by distinctly different partner networks

Comparing the apps marketplaces of Amazon, Google and Microsoft

TDK shows its first MRAM prototype, a competitor for flash memory

Symantec reportedly in talks to split into storage and security units

Russian cybercrime group compromised half a million computers

Facebook’s location-based ads can pitch you on the store you just walked by

IBM expands Watson’s presence across multiple industries

Microsoft follows Google to education sector with Office 365 app for teachers

Twitter sues for right to reveal more about national security requests

AllSeen Alliance’s IoT crusade takes aim at smart lighting

SAP, Versata settle $391 million patent litigation

NSA internal watchdog defends agency’s privacy practices

Startup Outlier grabs endpoint forensic data without agent software

By automating intrusion analysis, its system can help cut costs or incident response.

Should Cisco make like HP, and split?

Wall Street analyst says it would kick company into gear

Data leak lets out account information from bond insurer MBIA

Nadella wins over Gartner crowd

Gigabit copper? Sckipio says yes

Middle-ground between fiber-to-the-home and traditional copper could be reached via new G.fast gigabit standard

Nokia to stop India handset production after Microsoft cuts off orders

Micron provides a software view into new co-processor

Criminals used a malware program to steal millions from ATMs

EU’s likely next digital chief takes a swipe at US over data protection

‘Unlawful’ WiFi hotspot blocking ruling highlights academic IT headaches

College IT pros react in wake of FCC on Marriott hotel that says it’s illegal to interfere with public airwaves

Cisco, EMC consortium debuts new cloud gear

VCE unveils first all-flash-based integrated IT infrastructure system

HP’s cloud unit needs to make faster progress as the company splits

Facebook, armed with data, helps others show mobile ads

Nobel Prize in Physics a Blue LED Special

Two Japanese researchers, one American share prize for lighting breakthrough

Infographic: IPv4 vs IPv6

Salesforce launches ‘reimagined’ customer-service, sales software

Nvidia improves laptop gaming, battery life with new flagship GPUs

Critical Bugzilla vulnerability could give hackers access to undisclosed software flaws

One in three jobs will be taken by software or robots by 2025

Gartner’s crystal ball foresees an emerging ‘super class’ of technologies

Apple sapphire supplier files for Chapter 11

The move by GT Advanced Technologies has nothing to do with sapphire-less iPhone 6 Plus, argues analyst

Will Windows 10 TP’s spooky data collection carry over to final version?

European Commission suspects Amazon has received illegal state aid

Elliptic Labs smartphone is controlled by waving at it

Microsoft and other firms take pledge to protect student privacy

Samsung forecasts bleak Q3 as smartphone sales suffer

AT&T fired employee who improperly accessed customer accounts

Yahoo says attackers looking for Shellshock found a different bug

ITC to investigate Nvidia complaint over Samsung phones, tablets

VCE rolls out an all-in-one system with EMC’s all-flash XtremIO array

The future of artificial intelligence: Will computers take your job?

HP Enterprise: What to watch

Dell expands stable of ARM server prototypes, but is not shipping products yet