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Toshiba’s OCZ cranks up speed on new 3.2TB solid state drives

The Toshiba subsidiary's Z-Drive 4500 SSDs have software tools for caching

Apple CFO to retire in September after he cashes in $53M stock award

Peter Oppenheimer, 18-year veteran of the company, will be replaced by Luca Maestri, 2013 hire, as chief financial officer

How to Build Trust as a New IT Executive

5 Things Cloud Providers Need to Know About Selling to the Government

Red Hat polishes business process management suite

Red Hat BPM Suite 6 features a new user interface from the company's 2012 Polymita acquisition

Attack campaign compromises 300,000 home routers, alters DNS settings

Attackers have used a variety of techniques to exploit known vulnerabilities in router models from different manufacturers

Microsoft takes Dynamics ERP upmarket with Azure support, new services

Analyst: Microsoft is also now ready to go head-to-head with Salesforce.com in the CRM market

Former Clinton political operative to be Microsoft’s Chief Strategy Officer

Mark Penn worked for both Bill and Hillary Clinton before joining Microsoft

When Tech Titans Join Forces: The Verdict on 6 Big Mergers

AMD’s Sempron lives on with new desktop chips

AMD's new Sempron chips could go into systems starting as low as $60.

Broadcom hopes to help OpenFlow take off with new chip integration

Broadcom is demonstrating the technology with Big Switch Networks

Chinese search engine with links to state press goes online

Two of China's state press groups have previously struggled in the nation's search market

Open source challenges a proprietary Internet of Things

Linux Foundation believes it has the code for unlocking Internet of Things and bringing success

Sprint accused of overcharging US for spying assistance

Sprint is accused of overcharging law enforcement agencies more than US$21 million

Microsoft’s OneDrive for Business now an option with Office Online

The cloud storage service for personal work files, previously known as SkyDrive Pro, has been available with Office 365

Gartner: Microsoft sells more tablets in 2013, still lags far behind Android, iOS

2014 offers some hope to Microsoft as ultramobile sales are expected to rise

A CIO who masters disasters

Protecting institutional reputation means communicating problems, says John Halamka

No special treatment for China on XP, patches end April 8 in the PRC, too

After users wonder if they'd fallen into Bizarro World, Microsoft clarifies security announcement from its China operation

Apple’s CarPlay to spark mobile apps war in your car

Apples new UI is competitive, not complementary, to what automakers already offer

Russia blocks web pages linked to Ukrainian protest

Analyst says blocking 13 web sites will do little to slow unrest while hurting Russia's image

Obama adviser Podesta promises full vetting of big data’s impact on privacy

The senior White House counselor is leading a study group whose findings could influence policy changes

More top-tier Microsoft execs head to the exit

Tami Reller, Tony Bates expected to depart as CEO Satya Nadella shuffles his lieutenants

Linux group could hasten 64-bit Android for ARM mobile devices

The Linaro consortium is making contributions to the development of the Chrome browser for 64-bit Android

The Oscars — and a selfie — rock Twitter

Hollywood gala spotlight shines on Twitter, leaving Facebook and other social networks behind

Gear Fit: Samsung strikes again with its ‘build one of any device’ plan

Stylish, real-time OS-based Fit smart wristband was unveiled at MWC along with two Tizen-based Gear smartwatches and the Galaxy S5 smartphone

Second federal ‘kill-switch’ bill introduced targeting smartphone theft

The bill in the House of Representatives follows similar proposals in the Senate and the California State Assembly

Even Apple and Google can’t protect users from inherent mobile app risks

Microsoft aims to make Office 365 ‘smarter’ via social, APIs, machine learning

Office 365 is getting a new app called Oslo to automate interactions between colleagues, and offering new tools for developers

Another executive shakeup at Microsoft

Rumor: Biz development head Bates, marketing chief Reller call it quits

4 Ways Businesses Use Free Wi-Fi to Better Serve Customers

Mozilla gives plug-in developers until March 31 to apply to whitelist

Developers will need to present compelling arguments for getting their plug-ins on the whitelist, Mozilla said

Microsoft reacts to XP upgrade critics with free file transfer tool

Will begin nagging customers of April 8 end-of-support with on-screen messages

US appeals court permits YouTube to display anti-Muslim video with changes

The Google unit was earlier asked to take down the controversial movie trailer

New car technologies will protect and entertain you

Apple's CarPlay highlights tech industry's growing interest in cars

Ellen DeGeneres pulls Oscars selfie flip-flop: Samsung on stage, iPhone backstage

Record-setting tweet blows by Obama's; Microsoft researcher on the money with predictions

Brocade seeks SDN edge with early OpenFlow 1.3 support

Extends SDN support into enterprise campus, data center switches

Android takes 62 percent share of tablet market in 2013

Apple can't keep up with overall growth, but is still the biggest vendor by a large margin

Users refuse to chuck XP as Windows 8 uptake flattens

With just a month before retirement, XP's user share again goes up; Windows 8 goes nowhere

Apple teams with car makers to roll out hands-free iPhone controls

CarPlay aims to make driving while operating iOS controls safer, Apple said

Canonical CEO: Ubuntu wants to power everything from smartphones to the cloud

CEO Interview: Canonical's Jane Silber dishes on going your own way, the perils of crowdsourcing and her bold vision for the future of Ubuntu

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Feb. 28

Quantum dot mania, sapphire obsessions, 192-core rejoicings

Fujitsu may bring ID-checking palm scanners to smartphones

Already in laptops and tablets, palm scanners are billed as more secure than fingerprint authentication.

The next wave of cars may use Ethernet

AT&T wants trials in Florida, Alabama for shift away from traditional phone service

The carrier is seeking FCC approval to run tests in an Alabama town and a Florida suburb

HP breaks Autonomy IDOL into discrete services

IDOL functions such as sentiment detection and entity extraction will be available as discrete services

Shrinking microcontrollers, means smaller wearable computers

Freescale reduces size of microcontrollers, a key component of Internet of Things technologies

Intel expects Bay Trail successor in tablets by year end

Intel's next Atom chip, code-named Cherry Trail, will be in devices by the year-end holiday shopping season

Dating App Tinder Tops 10M Matches a Day, Users Swiping Like Crazy

Class-action suit charges Mt. Gox with fraud, seeking the return of users’ bitcoins

The exchange committed fraud by not properly handling a hacking attack, the suit alleges

Amsterdam architects start printing a 3D canal house

The house should be finished within 3 years