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Steve Ballmer steps down from Microsoft’s board

Facebook says most outbound email is encrypted now

VC investors hot for the cloud, mobile and robots

SAP plans big investment to boost its business in Africa

The 5 most anticipated smartphone launches coming in September

Hands on with Sprint’s skinny bezel Aquos Crystal phone

As sharks circle, IBM prepares its x86 exit

Sprint slashes shared data plan prices

Why it is time to intensify employee education on phishing

Phishers are getting craftier at creating convincing email to dupe recipients

Verizon is tops in network performance, reliability, speed in 2014 tests

3 Mistaken Assumptions About What Big Data Can Do For You

Many executives and organizations see big data as a panacea, but data and analytics can't address every problem you face. These three scenarios in particular illustrate common misconceptions about what big data can do.

Symantec folds nine Norton products into one service

Why would Chinese hackers want hospital patient data?

Microsoft tweaks SharePoint Online to free up site storage

Vehicle-to-vehicle networks could save over 1,000 lives a year, US says

Munich reverses course, may ditch Linux for Microsoft

Decade of movement on open-source in jeopardy from new city government

Azure services down again

MongoDB adds support option for community edition of its NoSQL database

Google brings robust cluster scheduling to its cloud

Senator questions airlines’ data privacy practices

About 4.5M face risk of ID theft after hack of hospital network

iPhone 5C’s China bust raises questions about Apple’s pricing for ’14 models

Start-up fights ambush attacks on SDN, virtual machine networks

GuardiCore developing “honeypot” approach to detecting and blocking stealthy attacks.

Hackers steal data on 4.5 million US hospital patients

Microsoft preps Office 365 document management tool for lawyers

Baidu partners with U.N. to tackle e-waste in China

Google acquires Jetpac to boost image recognition know-how

New Microsoft same as the old Microsoft

Brocade Pitches Open Networking to Cash-Strapped Feds

Brocade is taking aim at the federal government, promising a more efficient, cost-effective networking environment that nurtures innovation with open protocols to support multiple service providers.

Chinese man indicted over theft of Boeing C-17 secrets

Startup builds intrusion prevention system for home networks

FCC extends net neutrality comment period to Sept. 15

Compliance, BYOD help drive small-business storage

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Aug. 15

Apple iPhone 6 scuttlebutt: The Thai connection, iWatching, connector conjecture, sapphire uncertainty

British spy agency scanned for vulnerable systems in 32 countries, German paper reveals

Bill Gates blows away other techies with his ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video

Facebook's Zuckerberg gets his wish, as Gates douses self for ALS awareness

Sprint plans price cuts and eventual layoffs, new CEO tells workers

Grocery stores in multiple states hit by data breach

Microsoft: Give IE another chance

Azure cloud services have a rough week

Rimini Street downplays impact of adverse ruling in Oracle lawsuit

Heartbleed exposes weaknesses in hardware design

Official at digital currency service pleads guilty to money laundering

Week in Tech: New phones, high-tech helmets and wet CEOs

Catch up on the week in technology news

Adtran lays groundwork for superfast broadband over copper

AT&T beats other carriers on customer purchase satisfaction

How risky will it be to run old IE after Microsoft’s 2016 patch stoppage?

How new CEO Vishal Sikka can reinvent Infosys

IT outsourcing industry observers have advice for new CEO Vishal Sikka. They suggest Infosys' first outsider CEO make some bold changes to reposition the Indian company in the IT services market.

Rimini Street did steal Oracle’s intellectual property, judge says

Philadelphia uses Salesforce.com for upgraded 311 system