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One bill would require HHS to notify consumers if their personal data is exposed on the site
AT&T plans to acquire more licenses in 14 states
PS4 sold 4.2 million units last year, beating Microsoft's Xbox One. Sony also announced a cloud-based TV service
PCs may be stuck in a slump, but phones and tablets will drive Windows growth by 29% between now and the end of 2015, research firm forecasts
Proposal to prohibit sale of water, electricity by state owned facilities to the NSA will likely be copied by legislators in other states
The mobile app answers people's questions using the knowledge of friends
The company has now posted troubleshooting steps on its official support discussion forum for affected users
10 years of robotic rovers exploring Mars will help astronauts make the big journey -- eventually
Old Microsoft agreements likely include all the licenses businesses will use in the near future
Attorneys send a cease and desist letter, alleging copyright infringement
At CES, Wolfram is pitching its numerical analysis middleware as the lingua franca for the so-called Internet of Things
Who's snooping on my data and how do I control costs?
And it paid developers more last year than it handed over in the App Store's first 4+ years
ZTE is bringing the device to China in March or April
LTE in cars promises faster integrated Wi-Fi hotspots
Cisco enhances Videoscape with cloud, OpenStack extensions; signs deal with NBC for cloud-based Olympic coverage
AMD will bring integrated graphics processors in chips to gaming rigs
The malware is bundled with a fake Curse Client, the game developer said
Oracle will be able to offer customers network virtualization for both LANs and WANs
But percentage-wise, the number of devices based on Apple OSes is increasing faster, according to the market research company
Why the end of Moore's Law may be a good thing for innovation
But they dispute the possible impact on Microsoft's notebook dominance
The company has developed a tiny PC platform called Edison that can be embedded in wearable gadgets
Intel doesn't want its wearable devices to be "ubergeeky"
Intel's new Edison computer for wearable devices is the size of an SD card
Induct's Navia vehicle can be reprogrammed again and again for any route
Dell's Alienware Steam Machine is a small PC-based gaming console priced similar to the Xbox One and PS4
Ball bots could land on another planet fast and hard and move by rolling
The combined company will provide enhanced automation technology to prevent attacks
Its event was overshadowed when film director Michael Bay abruptly walked off the stage
More details of Microsoft's plans for Parature will come at March's Convergence conference
The automaker promises a reasonably priced hydrogen car with a 300-mile range and quick refueling
Intel's 3D webcams will reach laptops in the second half of this year
The 602A will support services like HD video and gesture recognition
Soon, your car could be talking to businesses and letting them know where you are
Morta Security’s technology said to be developed by executives and engineers formerly with National Security Agency
The Taiwanese PC maker is bringing its Padfone device to the US late this year
Facebook found that the Chef configuration management system was best suited to controlling the company's massive infrastructure
Announces PadFone X and LG G Flex
'I don't see any benefit to consumers,' says analyst of systems that run Android and Windows
The Sponsored Data service will let partners free some content from a user's monthly data cap
The technology could help Pinterest learn more about how people use its site
Huawei's Ascend Mate 2 can also charge up other mobile devices
FireEye needs to quickly meld malware mitigation with threat detection and forensic technology then gain customer acceptance
The new threat might be even more difficult to remove than CryptoLocker, which plagued users in recent months
Orbital Sciences' Cygnus cargo craft launch postponed until Wednesday -- at the earliest
Apple has head start in forging alliances with automakers, but Google is trying to close the gap
Oracle's tools can now analyze social content in more languages