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Amazon strikes deal in China to offer more imported goods

Retired US airport body scanners fail to spot guns, knives

Analysis of tweets around Ferguson shows Twitter’s quick grip on the news

The UPS Store says malware found on systems of 51 stores

Tablets priced under $35 on the horizon

VMware acquires CloudVolumes for faster virtual app delivery

HP reports surprise growth as PC sales climb

Plug-and-play Android security layer outlined by NC State researchers

Handy ASM technology to be detailed at USENIX Security Symposium Friday

How can the Internet have too many routes and not enough addresses?

OnBeep developing walkie-talkie type wearable for mobile devices

Samsung builds custom Galaxy Tab 4 Nook tablet with Barnes & Noble

Tablets with voice calling functions take off in Asia

Linux Foundation to offer new certification for IT workers

Online test grants LFCS and LFCE certifications.

IT outages are an ongoing problem for the U.S government

How Michael Gregoire plans to put CA back on track

Review: VMware VSAN turns storage inside-out

Sprint’s cut in data prices won’t help its network woes

Apple preps final non-security Mavericks update

Cloud BI: Going where the data lives

Start-up offers up endpoint detection and response for behavior-based malware detection

SentinelOne wants to compete with full endpoint defense suites.

China paving the way for big Xbox One sales

‘Reveton’ ransomware upgraded with powerful password stealer

YouTube music might be a win for other Google services

Many Chrome browser extensions do sneaky things

In his own words: Best quotes of Steve Ballmer

Citing super-busy schedule, Ballmer resigns from Microsoft board

Says he’s got too much going on stay on, but he’ll hang on to his Microsoft stock.

Top 5 things to watch for at VMWorld 2014

A year ago VMware laid out an ambitious plan, now it’s time to hear the details.

FCC allowed to question AT&T, Verizon on business broadband pricing

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