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‘Right to be forgotten’ ruling is unworkable and misguided, UK Lords say

Mobile management: Making sense of your options

Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8.1 update takes Cortana to China, UK, and three other countries

Samsung, Apple still dominate smartphones, but their shares slip

Twitter acquires image search firm Madbits

Amazon investing $2 billion more in India as online retail booms

Amazon says $9.99 e-books will boost revenue, including for Hachette

iPhone gets first free app for encrypting voice calls

Zero-day flaws found in Symantec’s Endpoint Protection

Twitter more than doubles its sales, stock soars

BlackBerry focuses on security for the enterprise

Oracle hits back at ex-employee’s claims over in-memory database option

Uber, Airbnb go after businesses

BlackBerry buying German firm for voice encryption

The secure mobile vendor wants to be more secure.

Guns, vandals and thieves: Data shows US networks under attack

Flexibility, asking questions key for recent college graduates looking to advance in IT

NASA breakthrough improves 3D printing in space

New technique allows 3D printers to create one object composed of multiple types of materials.

As IoT changes how carriers make money, Ericsson is buying new smarts

Google, Linaro develop custom Android edition for Project Ara

Senator pushes new version of bill to limit NSA phone records collection

Amazon Fire teardown pegs parts cost just below 32GB iPhone 5S

Majority of large ISPs now using monthly data caps, GAO says

Microsoft, IBM make cloud gains against Amazon

Android vulnerability allows malware to compromise most devices and apps

Cisco ready to ship ACI controller

APIC slated to ship later this week; new switches, bundles here too.

Microsoft faces anti-monopoly probe in China over Windows, Office

Privacy groups call for action to stop Facebook’s off site user tracking plans

Georgia Tech launches early warning system for cyberthreats

Called BlackForest, the system can provide early warnings for distributed denial-of-service attacks or the latest malware variations under development

Huawei’s smartphones shipments rise on international sales

Using Instagram on public Wi-Fi poses risk of an account hijack, researcher says

Testbed will help clouds and networks shake hands

Facebook to require Messenger app for mobile chat

Qualcomm planting seeds for 4K video, silicon brains in mobile devices

Mobile devices to get faster LP-DDR4 memory next year

Hortonworks, Pivotal team to better manage Hadoop

Defending Facebook, OkCupid says it also runs user-behavior tests

Stanford researchers show off blueprint for self-healing lithium battery

Carbon nanospheres protect lithium anodes.

Rimini Street keeps growing despite specter of Oracle lawsuit

Mobile security: A mother lode of new tools

Attackers install DDoS bots on Amazon cloud, exploiting Elasticsearch weakness

Samsung delays launch of Tizen smartphone

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending July 25

iWallet, separate dates, sapphire hopes, September uncertainty.

Layoffs cool Microsoft employees’ opinion of CEO Satya Nadella

Until the Tails privacy tool is patched, here’s how to stay safe

LTE network for US public safety taking it one step at a time

Phone unlocking bill clears US House, next step is president’s signature

Oracle’s new in-memory database option could spark unanticipated costs, expert warns

SEC drops probe into Facebook’s pre-IPO sales disclosures

13 pieces of advice for Yosemite beta testers

Microsoft wants you to forget Windows 8