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Adam Wray, formerly of Tier 3, will now lead the open-source Riak database vendor
Plus, Google spills its dogfood, the new HTC One gets leaked yet again, somehow, and is Google planning to build a brick-and-mortar store?
Adopting protocol called DMARC pays big dividends, says Twitter postmaster
Upcoming $70 Office 365 Personal also includes rights for one tablet
Supercomputers funded by National Science Foundation and due for deployment in 2015 will have petabytes of storage
mSpy bundles its smartphone monitoring software in four popular smartphones
15-second ads will play automatically in users' feeds.
The cost for 1TB of cloud-based storage capacity is cut from $49.99 to $9.99
Infringers shouldn't be able to repost files again and again to the same website, musicians tell lawmakers
Strips some pieces from Office and offers them separately to boost revenue, says one analyst; another counters that there's no sign of a strategic shift
It'll cost $69.99 per year and allow buyers to install the suite on two devices -- either a MacOS or Windows computer and a tablet
Upstart Augmentation Industries and Deutsche Telekom both want to take advantage of a myriad of onboard computers
Software-Defined Networking game plan: Education, education, education… including a good understanding of your current network.
A software program shipped with some Samsung mobile devices allows access to the file system through the modem, the developers said
Are high costs forcing carriers to quietly push for new rules that would scale back FCC plan to bring broadband to rural areas?
Fiberlink boss says mobile device management is still underappreciated, underused
Breach rule extends only to companies that own, operate or provide technology for critical infrastructure facilities.
Hack Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Adobe Flash and Reader
Establishing CFAA liability could be uphill task for Sen. Dianne Feinstein
As venture capital market returns to healthy levels, investors flock to cloud startups
The Judge had refused permission to the NSA to keep phone metadata beyond five years
Google for many users has changed the way it displays advertiser links
The exchange continued to operate and collect transaction fees despite its troubles
Instead, a House subcommittee deferred questions about 'damage' of leaks to a classified briefing
On World Wide Web's 25th anniversary, technology experts offer their expectations for the Internet of 2039
It will ship in the spring a set of new and improved products aimed at what it considers is a vastly underserved market
Green America launches campaign to get two toxic chemicals out of Apple's supply chain
VMware's vSAN software harvests unused storage space on servers to park virtual disks
D-Wave preparing a faster quantum computer with a 1,024-qubit processor for release this year
Such breach detection systems would need a centralized management reporting system and cloud-based analysis of gathered threat data.
Leaked documents show the agency was planning to expand its infrastructure for active attacks since at least 2009
Dynamic, expanding advertising scene opening juicy targets for Internet bandits
Wwebnet CEO Robert Kelly could face up to 40 years in prison
VMware is out with Virtual SAN today, which aims to virtualize the storage layer
SpaceX hopes Sundays mission marks the start of a new phase, that will culminate with the use of 'legs' to fall gently on land targets
Consumers should see significant savings on mobile battery life
ValueAct Capital gets a seat at the table per deal struck in August 2013
An Internet sales tax bill that passed in the Senate is flawed, says the House Judiciary Committee chairman
What the White House didn't say: Tech workers may need Affordable Care Act option because of shift to contingent workers
Second Twitter crash in 9 days came during site upgrade
The company also wants to patent the technology it uses to calibrate its technology for new environments
European Parliament gives massive support to stronger data protection rules
More moves to create app market for subverting other operating systems
Sharing a selection of signals intelligence data without permission is illegal, the committee found
Single sign-on and new dashboard help workers and IT shops alike