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Hulking Amazon locker in San Francisco is a mystery

The locker, labeled 'Giant,' is a big, outdoor version of an Amazon delivery locker

How retailers can boost security through information sharing

Development kits make it easier for the do-it-yourself crowd

But knowing how to program in Arduino still matters

FCC moves forward on net neutrality plan: What now?

The FCC's chairman says he's looking for more public comment on his proposal

iOS 8 split-screen hints at iPad’s enterprise ambition

Chatter about multi-app display might be Apple figuring out how to boost tablet sales to businesses

Amazon, AT&T, Snapchat rated among the least trustworthy with data, EFF finds

The companies ranked poorly in a report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation

FCC votes to limit AT&T and Verizon in upcoming spectrum auction

Rules for the upcoming TV spectrum auction would reserve a portion of spectrum for smaller carriers if price targets are reached

Tufts University named best open-source school in America

A new report identifies the U.S. colleges and universities doing the most to promote the use of open-source software.

Austin Energy pens pact for Texas’ largest solar power plant

It will be able to power about 14,000 homes

Frustration, anger over new H-1B rule finds voice on U.S. site

Visa holders urge the government to allow spouses to work; plan also gets pushback from immigration foes

First Windows Phone 8.1 phone due out this week in Asia

It'll be a Nokia Lumia 630 that'll be available in single SIM and double SIM models

Coca-Cola Co.’s ‘Black Book’ application squeezes best out of OJ

Used internally guides complex decisions on juice supply-chain production

Lenovo plans new cloud offerings for mobile devices, data centers

Lenovo's Stoneware unit is planning to add off-premises, hosted application services to its cloud portfolio

Online advertising poses significant security, privacy risks to users, US Senate report says

The online ad industry should offer better protections against 'malvertising,' a US Senate investigation found

SanDisk and Toshiba team up to create 3D SSDs

A new wafer fab plant will be quake resistant and use renewable energy and low-power LED lighting

New PostgreSQL guns for NoSQL market

The PostgreSQL database now natively supports the JSON format, making it an alternative to MongoDB

PowWow customizes desktop, Web apps for tablets and smartphones

The company's platform costs $25 per month and user

FCC moves forward with controversial net neutrality proposal

The agency officially releases its chairman's proposal, while asking whether to reregulate broadband

AT&T to activate HD Voice over 4G LTE in four states on May 23

Verizon promises HD Voice capability over LTE later this year

Google hit with new anticompetition complaint in EU

Digital groups team up to file yet another complaint against the search giant

Hortonworks Buys Big Data Security Specialist, Will Donate IP to Apache

An Internet of Things prediction for 2025 — with caveats

Dropbox plays nicer with Web apps

The cloud storage company added webhooks technology for better communication with servers

Tip of the Hat: An expansive look at Apple’s big asset

John R. Moran provides a strong explanation of how Apple's design philosophy is unique in the tech business -- and likely always will be

AI system reads novels, writes music for them

Works are assigned emotional density scores and interpreted in major or minor keys

China’s Xiaomi breaks into tablet market, launches low-price 4K TV

Xiaomi has been gaining popularity for selling Android phones at just above cost

Google Apps users getting encrypted messaging that goes beyond Gmail

Google teams with ZixCorp to extend encryption service

HTC One Mini 2 gets high-resolution front camera for selfie addicts

The company's new Mini smartphone also gets a bigger screen and a 13-megapixel camera

FAQ: What does the FCC’s net neutrality proposal mean for businesses?

The IT shop is unlikely to be affected, but it never hurts to keep one eye open.

Samsung’s Galaxy S5 sales outstrip that of the S4 in first month

The Galaxy S5 smartphone has been getting strong sales despite some bad reviews, but the overall smartphone market is growing faster

Philips aims remote control patents at Nintendo’s Wii, wants to hit ‘stop’ button

Philips is seeking a ban on US imports and sales of Nintendo products such as the Wii and Wii U consoles, alleging they infringe its patents

Autodesk to offer Spark open software platform for 3-D printing

The company will also be offering its own 3-D printer

Reining in out-of-control security alerts

Cisco’s gloomy financials brightened in Q3

The company's revenue and profit were down again, but less than Cisco had forecast

Cisco may be bouncing back, but can Chambers hold on?

Continued sluggish results aren't likely to unseat him, analysts say

Russia threatens to pull out of space station partnership

Russia said it wants out of deal with NASA by 2020; space agency says it has not received any official notification

Red Hat dismisses claim of OpenStack favoritism

Contrary to a news report, Red Hat said it supports RHEL customers regardless of their OpenStack supplier

Senators want to limit companies’ use of student data

A proposal from two US lawmakers aims at personal data outsourced by public schools

Amid turmoil, questions loom for SAP at Sapphire

The event is incoming sole CEO Bill McDermott's 'time to shine,' says one analyst

Microsoft to webcast next week’s Surface event

Some observers see it as company's last chance in tablets; others pooh-pooh that idea, saying Redmond won't give up even if the new hardware bombs

License reader lawsuit can be heard, appeals court rules

SFPD sued by woman pulled over in high-risk stop after vehicle mistakenly identified as stolen

Net neutrality advocates ‘occupy’ the FCC

A small group of protestors camp out beside the FCC building and call for the agency to reregulate broadband

Apple CEO Tim Cook — now, half-off

Auctioned lunch date raises $330K for the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights, far short of 2013's $610K

For entry-level tech jobs, hiring managers care about passion for IT more than a diploma

College graduates don't need to be employed to become involved with the tech industry

Platfora update puts Hadoop’s power in business users’ hands

New features improve data access, visualizations and updated support for Hadoop distributions

BlackBerry SDK confirms upcoming smartphone with high-resolution screen

The phone has a 1440 by 1440 pixel resolution and will also come with a 13-megapixel camera

Microsoft’s .NET Framework security updates further effort to phase out RC4 encryption

The company advises customers to stop using the RC4 cipher in TLS connections because of known weaknesses in the algorithm

The computer knows you’re bowling: New algorithm identifies human activity from video

Researchers at MIT, UC-Irvine develop efficient new way for computers to tell what we're up to

Brown HIV researchers make Dropbox secure with nCrypted Cloud

IBM extends e-commerce into cloud with ExperienceOne suite

IBM also spending $100 million on Interactive Experience Labs in 10 cities