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Windows XP falls off the Microsoft patch list after today. Here's why, and what it means to you
Adware developers have a new set of Microsoft-imposed guidelines to follow
Rules requiring telcos to retain communications metadata are disproportionate, the court said
China has given conditional approval to Microsoft's purchase of Nokia's handset business, in return for promises on fair patent licensing
Samsung projects operating profit will be down in the second straight quarter of decline
NXP had alleged that versions of BlackBerry smartphone and its PlayBook infringed its patents
A civil suit alleges that the now-defunct file-sharing site made over US$175 million illegally
Administrators are advised to patch and revoke old private keys
Technical talk marked a day focused on the specifics behind one Apple patent
The service is initially available south of 110th Street in Manhattan
The end-of-support deadline for Windows XP, heavily publicized since 2007, is upon us, and hundreds of millions of PCs still run the OS
A social network labeled people as jerks and charged them to contact customer service and change their profiles, the agency says
The Inside Bitcoins conference focuses on work that must be done for mass acceptance
The new memory module can process up to 17GB of data per second
HP's new SSDs will offer up to 512GB of storage and ship in May
Windows XP: What to do? What's the big deal? Why did Microsoft do this to us?
Activist and former US prosecutor Larry Klayman had appealed directly to the Supreme Court
Final H-1B tally may exceed last year's count
The advocacy group cites insufficient awareness among developers and lack of support across all browsers as the likely reasons
The OS upgrade also includes new integration with Microsoft's OneDrive storage service
The new Pi board with circuitry from the famous $25 PC will ship later this year and likely be priced at $30 in lots of 100 units
Qualcomm's fastest Snapdragon 810 chip supports 4K video, LPDDR4 memory, and will be in mobile devices in the first half of next year
Companies disses need for helium used by rival WD
SMBs may find the Personal mode of Wi-Fi security easier to deploy, but that may be a costly mistake
The job market has rebounded and now's the time to seek career-boosting incentives
Iconic component to reappear at some point in unnamed update to Windows 8.1
Say the name of the item and it will show up on your AmazonFresh checkout page
The trial began with Apple asking for $2 billion and executives taking the court behind the scenes of iPhone development
Greg Christie talks of the first two years of iPhone development, before the phone was announced
3D printer prices have fallen to less than $500, but basic models can print only limited objects and colors
Service expected to launch this summer
Surgeons see a day when skin, organs and bones will all be printed
The FTC's Joshua Wright has met primarily with representatives of businesses and trade groups during his first 15 months in office
Sketches, rendering, photos; and photos of photos of sketches
Reports about Enceladus come as NASA plans robotic mission to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons
Google's Internet-delivering balloon circles the Earth
Attackers exploited the vulnerability to hijack 22,000 browsers and launch a large-scale DDoS attack, researchers from Incapsula said
Cisco ACI and OpenStack/VMware's upcoming 'Congress' intended to keep customers in the fold
The latest version of Nokia's Imaging SDK has new image stabilization and editing features
The IBM System/360 revolutionized business computing with the first set of compatible, scalable systems
The company revised the policies for classifying, detecting and handling adware programs in its security software
In 1964, mainframes weren't new, but the System/360 revolutionized the computer industry
Ground-breaking FFIEC requirement spells out six anti-DDoS steps financial institutions must follow
