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MIT experimental 36-core chip spurs speed experiments

Will perimeter firewalls give way to ‘RASP’?

Gartner analysts debate value of perimeter firewalls vs. “Runtime Application Self-Protection”.

Microsoft Lync service out for some North America customers

Cause and extent of the outage not released.

New software targets hard-to-understand privacy policies

Oracle says Oregon governor spiked Obamacare site for political reasons

Yahoo launches Aviate app for a ‘smarter’ Android home screen

Tibco deepens Tibbr integration with SharePoint

Gartner: Top trends in IT security technology

To get the most out of WebRTC, integrate it into existing collaboration tools

ISC: Cray makes Lustre palatable for storage administrators

Government control emerges as central issue at ICANN meeting

Google opens Glass sales in the UK, for £1,000 a pop

Intel’s most powerful chip ever packs emerging technologies

Computer memory overhaul due with Micron’s HMC in early 2015

Breaking down the wall between VMware vSphere and cloud

Catalog engines enable simplified backup migrations

Heartbleed patching effort stalls at around 300,000 vulnerable servers

SDN system controls hundreds of Cisco routers; saves contractor time, money

Microsoft cuts OneDrive prices, increases capacity

How to use a Global File System to transform cloud storage into a real-time collaboration platform

The current perception of cloud storage begins and ends as a cheap repository for bits, but cloud storage is much more than that.

The Internet of Things figures into this IT leader’s five-year plan

OS X Snow Leopard desertion rate accelerates after patches stop

Exposing hidden domain registrations could hurt innocent users more than criminals

Panasonic’s 5-inch ‘handheld tablet’ redefines tough

Oracle buying Micros for $5.3 billion

Chinese users forgo SMS texting for messaging apps

Ad network compromise led to rogue page redirects on Reuters site

Nvidia abandons 64-bit Denver chip for servers

US NSA granted extension to collect bulk phone data

Google develops own ‘boring’ version of OpenSSL

Twitter keeps sending texts to recycled phone numbers, lawsuit says

AMD tackles thorny problem of laptop battery life

USENIX researchers get a grip on Hadoop performance

Prisoners freed after cops struggle with new records software

FCC proposes $1B per year for Wi-Fi in schools

BMC and the Anatomy of a Successful Turnaround

Surface Pro 3 ‘notebook’ reaches retail today

Millennials Dispel 5 Myths About Their Generation

US senators introduce bill to expand Wi-Fi spectrum

Tool aims to help enterprise IT manage ‘honeypot’ hacker decoys

Republicans call on FCC to leave net neutrality to antitrust agencies

Wall Street Beat: Despite Oracle earnings miss, software appears healthy

ICANN CEO wants to make progress on US split at London meeting

Oracle buys LiveLOOK for co-browsing technology

Companies warned of major security flaw in Google Play apps

Many Android apps on Google Play contain authentication keys that can be easily taken to steal corporate and personal data

Microsoft reveals Office 365 roadmap, offers opt-in previews

Hacker puts ‘full redundancy’ code-hosting firm out of business

Florida college applies corporate-style security to ‘BYOD’ campus network

7 tips for protecting your AWS cloud

How to Clean Up Your IT Resume