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Authorities in the U.S., India, China and Romania crack down on websites offering email hacking services
But Michigan governor's plan to help troubled city will be a hard sell in Washington
The ConferenceCam CC3000e is a plug-in peripheral for meetings of 6-10 people using existing applications
Social media and email accounts of some Microsoft employees were hit by phishing attacks, the company said
Will automatically push malware cleanup tool to Windows XP until July 2015
The company has not confirmed a compromise but is notifying customers in advance
The problem was widespread, affecting most users of the affected applications
The multimillion-dollar award is equal to several days' profit for each company
Four men have been charged with copying Android apps and selling them through online markets
Microsoft shares provide a bright spot as other tech stocks decline
Microsoft will continue to match Amazon's prices
Vintage means a CRT display, a 3.5-in. floppy drive and just 128K of memory
The company sent email messages trying to trick people into signing up for insurance before the deadline, the agency says
Dual iPhone 6's, another vote for 4.8-inch screen, no sale
The ruling follows a similar takedown request from France
'Pin and chip' smartcards may be next, not NFC smartphones, but liability questions remain
Over the past year, Guccifer hacked into the email addresses of US and foreign politicians, celebrities and other public figures
Comcast, Google, AT&T and Verizon are among the top spenders on lobbying the US government
Hewlett-Packard wants to help organizations save money by helping them manage their data centers
After last year's semi-washout, will again try to draw out exploits of Chrome OS at March security conference
Remote users can access the video stream without a username and password
Privacy campaigners in the UK may get their day in court if the UK government can find no grounds to dismiss the case
'Consumerizing' the OS strengthens enterprise security of Macs
Amazon Web Services has introduced a new node type with SSD storage and faster processors
Robotic rover finds evidence of an older, milder water environment on Martian surface
Worker bonuses and a strong won weighed on overall performance.
The company claims Ryan Seacrest designed the keyboard to replace his BlackBerry
The retailer's CIO writes that the company exceeded security recommendations for handling card data
Some users criticize a new tool to surface popular content on the site
Revenue from Surface tablet sales more than doubled sequentially from the first quarter
Goes in the hole to the tune of $39M on the devices during 2013's fourth quarter
The combo of sensors and sports attracts big money
Most people who signed up for MOOCs offered by MIT and Harvard never looked over half of the course material
NSA snooping prompts a change in Microsoft cloud storage policy
Privacy board calls for an end to NSA phone records collection
New report also shows that revenue from DVD and Blu-ray sales will likely decrease by 38% over the next four years
Plus, a $50 smartphone coming from Motorola (maybe), Android takes a patent beating, and Samsung pulling the plug on third-party accessories.
Researchers from Symantec found a Windows Trojan program that uses ADBto install online banking malware on Android devices
New toolkits go further than the existing API access Salesforce.com had provided
The suspects stole $14,000 in gadgets from a startup incubator, but didn't turn them off
The product combines MariaDB with Galera Cluster and will compete with Oracle's MySQL Enterprise support subscription
The new anti-bot system can easily be bypassed using computer vision techniques, CAPTCHA experts say
VMware's public cloud will be the preferred option for EMC customers
