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Netcore, Netis routers have hardcoded password, Trend Micro says

HyTrust, Intel team to lock down VMware virtual machines

Boundary controls ensure VMware workloads only run in trusted locations.

Most websites are “One Day Wonders” – and that’s worrisome

Blue Coat study finds most short-lived sites use content delivery networks, Web optimization.

Microsoft considering development boards for Windows Phone, RT

California passes law mandating smartphone kill switch

Amazon to acquire video game streaming site Twitch for $970 million

Report: NSA built ‘Google-like’ search engine for metadata

VMware CEO: Be brave and partner

Google’s Slides presentation app now works offline on iOS

Reports: Amazon will pay $1 billion to buy video-game streaming site Twitch

Facebook moves to rid its feed of click bait

Some iPhone 5 owners eligible for free battery swap

“Very small percentage” of about 50 million phones.

China to launch home-grown OS in October as Windows replacement

27 million South Koreans affected by data breach

220 million records taken by criminals

Chief data officer may go the way of chief electricity officer

Microsoft cuts prices of Surface 2 in possible sign of new models this fall

PlayStation network back online after DDoS attack

VMware prepares OpenStack for enterprise use

Attack targets firms from the automobile industry in Europe

Two Galileo GPS satellites launched in wrong orbit

Sony says ‘high traffic’ downs PlayStation, Entertainment networks

Report: Amazon building ad system to compete with Google’s

Airbnb to reveal 124 New York hosts to attorney general

US warns ‘significant number’ of major businesses hit by Backoff malware

HP loses its leader on NFV, a key carrier network trend

Google acquires Gecko Design for next-generation products

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Aug. 22

SAP takes steps to simplify pricing and licensing

Inexpensive Windows PCs hitting the market with help from Microsoft

Study disputes predictions of coming spectrum crunch

How to survive the data explosion

IBM turns to local rival for help as China gets tougher for foreign firms

What matters in the fall smartphone lineup: brand, display size, battery life, LTE

Microsoft engineer: ‘Definitely problems’ with test process after crippling Windows patch

Security spending gets boost from mobile, social and cloud, says Gartner

Mobile apps could be abused to make expensive phone calls

Google’s search app gets friendlier to bilingual Android users

Intel highlights more of its wireless computing plans

NIST taking input for mobile security guidelines

Opera Mini becomes default browser for Microsoft’s fading feature phones

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison turns 70 with no retirement in sight

Sprint drops second shoe: $60 unlimited voice, text, data plan

US agencies to release cyberthreat information faster to the health-care industry

LTE in Wi-Fi spectrum shows great potential, says NTT DoCoMo

Citrix software aims to solve storage/virtual desktop performance problem

Citrix refreshes XenApp and XenDesktop

Researchers build security framework for Android

U.S. and German researchers develop hooks for attaching enterprise-class security modules to Android

As sales deadline approaches, OEMs continue to push Windows 7 PCs to consumers

Acer releases its own Chromebox, bringing the Google OS to desktops

Does Microsoft Really Love Open Source?

Microsoft is involved in many major open source projects, including Hadoop and Docker. What's motivating the company to abandon its 'proprietary-only' roots?

LG’s high-end smartphone features trickle down to new L series