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New York report highlight's the size of the non-degreed tech workforce in the city
The foundation oversees the free and open source Gnome desktop environment
Researcher Willem Pinckaers found a hole in Akamai's OpenSSL code tweak, used for a decade, in 15 minutes
The administration said information may be withheld for national security and law enforcement needs
CloudFlare said its challenge shows how dangerous is the OpenSSL bug
An insider's account of the early days of Android follows behind-the-scenes details from Apple
Entering the smartphone business now would be a long shot, but that is Amazon's specialty these days
Allwinner will ship its A80 board, which has eight ARM CPUs and 64 PowerVR graphics cores
As Apple rests its case, Samsung's top lawyer goes on the offensive
The agency disputes a report that it used Heartbleed to conduct surveillance
Facebook received about 12,600 US law enforcement requests in the second half of 2013
Apple iPhone 6 scuttlebutt: Big-screen for September, nanometer magic, DRAM and VoLTE
TheNewIRS.com lets Americans dream of where they'd like their tax dollars to go
The court's real-time transcription system keeps failing
Backlash against online protests is likely
Tibco ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks 6.0 can expose back-end applications for mobile clients outside the firewall
Tax collector has 58,000 PCs still running the aged XP; will spend $30M to upgrade to Windows 7
The move may be a hedge against a negative outcome in Oracle's intellectual-property lawsuit against Rimini
The OpenSSL open source project created a widely used encryption package, but lacks the funds and volunteers needed to support it
Many banking, mobile payment apps connect to servers vulnerable to OpenSSL flaw, says Trend Micro
Updates browser after paying nearly $30,000 in bug bounties
Two defendants face arraignment in federal court Friday
TLS clients are also vulnerable to Heartbleed memory leaking attacks, including server-side applications that fetch user-supplied URLs
Other European countries were not so quick to suspend enforcement after an EU court ruled that data retention laws violate privacy
The company hopes to grow its China user base to as high as 50 million
Comodo's chief technology officer warns it is still very early in the remediation process
Google looks to expand pool of early users by selling wearable computer for $1,500
Changes to the site's filtering algorithm will de-emphasize posts that repeatedly ask for 'likes'
IDC doesnt expect an Apple iWatch until '15, calls the Google Watch 'still just a rumor'
Patching the vulnerable OpenSSL software is just the first step, security experts say
Cisco, Juniper say to expect security advisory updates related to Heartbleed
After some slow years during and following the 2008 recession, demand grows among outsourcers and others seeking foreign workers
Mandates Windows 8.1 Update to receive future patches; evidence of commitment to constant OS refreshes, say experts
The Heartbleed bug has affected about two-thirds of the worlds websites
The FTC opened the way for Facebook to complete its WhatsApp acquisition, but urged caution in how they deal with user data
A policy statement from the DOJ and FTC is aimed at giving companies assurance about sharing with each other
Prosecutions increase but tidal wave of scammers continues
The company has to revert back to its roots and look at the enterprise for success, says John Chen
University of Washington team automates system for envisioning how people will look over time
Agency secures major victory in legal battle with Wyndham Worldwide hotel operator
Businesses that advertise on Facebook show signs of growing frustration
