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State fining Deloitte $15,000 per day over glitchy computer system

The state of Florida is also withholding $3 million in payments to the systems integrator

Security industry tainted in latest RSA revelations

Many consumers in the dark about Jan.1 start of light bulb phase out

Most plan to switch to compact fluorescent lamps, some plan to stockpile incandescent 60- and 40-watt bulbs

Bosch says the future is the Internet of Things

German appliance maker creates separate firm to design sensors for its own products and for the market as a whole

Looming disasters, and other tech predictions, for 2014 and beyond

Web server malware for Nginx, Apache advertised on underground market

Effusion malware infects Web servers and injects rogue content into websites

How to track Santa’s big trip with NORAD, Google

Keep track of Chris Kringle's journey with Google Earth, apps and NORAD Santa Tracker

Belgian card payment network crashes two days after record usage

On Sunday Belgian payment network operator Worldline boasted of a record; on Monday it was a wreck

Security researcher cancels talk at RSA conference in protest

Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer of F-Secure, said he was protesting reports of a secret RSA-NSA deal

Venture capitalist proposes California 2.0, a plan for six new states

Tim Draper says Silicon Valley needs a government that is more tech savvy

Acer names semiconductor veteran as new CEO

Chen previously held sales and marketing positions at Taiwan Semiconductor and Intel

Cloud-based security services poised for rapid growth

Target hackers try new ways to use stolen card data

For the first time, hackers market stolen data with info on the location of store where card was used; experts say new strategy will slow detection

SaaS predictions for 2014

News of hybrid SaaS, PaaS and happier customers is all on tap

Senators call on FTC to investigate Target breach

The FTC should have more authority to sanction victoms of data breaches, Senator Richard Blumenthal says

Bundling of Chinese app store in new iOS 7 untethered jailbreak sparks controversy

Evasi0n7, the first untethered jailbreak for iOS 7, contains an installer for a Chinese alternative app store called Taig

Your next job, next year, may be self-employment

Tech industry sees a shift to independent workers -- and different kinds of opportunities for IT pros

Some argue Microsoft should sell off Xbox

How would jettisoning the popular game console affect Microsoft's road map?

What’s Microsoft going to look like after Ballmer?

He's locked his successor into a plan with little wiggle room

Report on NSA ‘secret’ payments to RSA fuels encryption controversy

RSA denies report; key issue is whether RSA overlooked crypto algorirthm's weaknesses to generate revenue from government contracts

Apple and China Mobile sign deal to sell iPhones from January

China Mobile is the largest carrier in the country, with over 760 million customers

U.S. government moves to block further litigation in NSA surveillance cases

National intelligence director says continued litigation would reveal state secrets related to national security

Balky browsers tick off tablet owners

Crashes are the top complaint from iPad Air, Fire HDX owners, No. 2 annoyance on iPad Mini, says Fixya

Japanese robot crushes rivals at DARPA challenge

Researchers advance state of the art in humanoid robot competition

Could Bitcoin’s frothy venture funding dry up?

Recent regulatory developments could slow the pace of investments in 2014, one expert said

Alcatel sells federal technology unit for US$200 million

As a partner company under private owners, the former Bell Labs team says it will be able to go after more markets

Wall Street Beat: Economic growth, software news and BlackBerry deal boost tech stocks

Oracle results offered some bright spots, and BlackBerry's step away from hardware cheers investors

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Dec. 20

Dueling dates, big-screen yawn, the Walmart Clue

In 2014, more retailers might know how you shop

Technologies like video analyzers and Wi-Fi trackers could find increased usage in stores

DOJ releases Megaupload discussions about mass infringement

Megaupload's lawyer says the conversations show the company's struggle with infringing materials stored there

Google seeks to commercialize humanoid robots

Google rolls in to give star treatment to Boston Dynamics at DARPA Robotics Challenge

IBM adds a fancy scheduler to its OpenStack stack

IBM modifies its Platform Computing Scheduler to work with OpenStack

BitTorrent develops secure, decentralized chat program using public-key crypto

The program will use the BitTorrent DHT peer finding protocol to locate contacts without a central server

NASA’s robot competitor is cousin to Mars Curiosity rover

RoboSimian competing in DARPA robot challenge is related to rover working on Mars

‘PGP’ encryption has had stay-powering but does it meet today’s enterprise demands?

Symantec, the owner of PGP, continues to develop it but some enterprises balk at certificate management

Moving a city to Linux needs political backing, says Munich project leader

Munich city authority has migrated almost 15,000 PCs from Windows NT to its own Linux distribution

2013 IT Outsourcing Year in Review: Grading Our Predictions

Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge’s ruling, task force report

Critics of the agency's surveillance programs say momentum has shifted in the debate

Huawei sends 400Gbps over next-generation optical network

As operators are upgrading to 100Gbps, the vendor readies even higher speeds

Oracle buying marketing software vendor Responsys for $1.5 billion

The marketing software market is heating up as CMOs get IT purchasing power

BlackBerry CEO: We’d love to try iOS, Android

John Chen said he's very interested in taking the BlackBerry experience to rival platforms

Foxconn will develop some BlackBerry phones, in wake of quarterly loss

The move marks a major change in strategy for BlackBerry

Inside knowledge likely in Target breach, experts say

EU to reject Google’s latest efforts to avoid an antitrust fine

Google's proposal to settle an E.U. antitrust case is not good enough and there is little time left, says the European Commission

Tech pit crews prep for robot speedway showdown

Robots take on 8 challenges, including climbing stairs and driving a car

eBay sellers scalp Mac Pro cylinders for nearly double retail price

They price Apple's hard-to-get radical desktop as high as $5,800, a 93% markup

<i>Someone</i> made money off the Surface RT: Former Microsoft asset manager charged with insider trading

Tipped off partner before 2013's earnings reports, 2102's announcement of Barnes and Noble deal

Microsoft manager charged with insider trading

SEC says Brian Jorgenson, friend, reaped $393,000 in effort to start hedge fund

Google fined by Spanish data protection authority over privacy policy

The fine is part of action by six European countries over changes in Google's privacy policy

Huawei, ZTE, Nokia cleared in patent dispute with InterDigital

InterDigital is also facing an anti-monopoly investigation from Chinese authorities