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10 reasons the browser is becoming the universal OS

HP: 90% of Apple iOS mobile apps show security vulnerabilities

Testing of more than 2,000 mobile apps developed by corporations reveals serious flaws

Skype, Microsoft cleared in Luxembourg NSA investigation

The Safe Harbor agreement was not breached, the Luxembourg DPA said

Google to warn users of 13,000 search terms associated with child pornography

But online rights groups say blocking results for searches for child abuse terms is not very effective

Why the cloud requires a totally different data center

AWS VP who builds data centers for the biggest cloud provider says scale matters, a lot

Nvidia boosts supercomputing speed with Tesla K40 graphics chip

Nvidia's latest Tesla K40 GPU is on an average 20 percent faster than its predecessor

IBM looks past Watson, taps graphics chips to speed Power servers

IBM to support Nvidia GPUs in its Power servers, mainframes and supercomputers starting next year

CIOs and CMOs: Feuding in the C-Suite

British spies reportedly monitor hotel bookings of diplomats around the world

Knowing in advance which hotel a diplomat will stay at can be used to launch on-site intelligence gathering operations

Meet the fastest supercomputers in the world

Latest twice-yearly Top500 report is out – see which supercomputers are the world's fastest.

Microsoft CEO search enters endgame

Board's need for speed resulted in Ballmer's departure, and will prompt successor choice this year

Hackers claim they used zero-day vulnerability to breach vBulletin support forum

The hackers say they hacked the forum of vBulletin user MacRumors.com using the same exploit, which is now up for sale

ICANN sets up ‘coalition’ to address new Internet governance challenges

The move by ICANN may be linked to increasing demands for restoring trust in the Internet after reports of surveillance by the U.S.

Salesforce.com unveils Salesforce1 platform

Companies should create their own "Internet of customers," according to Salesforce.com

China to tighten hold on Internet, citing worries about nation’s stability

In recent months, China has been cracking down on Internet users for spreading rumors

Sidecar and Lyft switch from donations to minimum fares in California

The transport services made the switch Friday

Chomsky, Gellman talk Big Data at MIT Conference

Famed philosopher and journalist discuss Big Data, who's to blame for its weaknesses, and what it means for our future

Rise seen in use of Google service for mobile botnets

Google Cloud Messaging serving as conduit for sending data from C&C servers

Stratfor hacker Jeremy Hammond given 10 year sentence

Professors warn that grads could face competition from H-1B workers

H-1B workers, many under 30 and getting entry-level work, compete directly with new grads

Chomsky: Fight back against NSA spying or be ‘complicit’

US citizens' freedoms were 'won by popular struggle' and should be defended the same way, the MIT professor and linguist says

Wall Street Beat: Smartphone reports brighten up mixed results for tech

Vendor quarterly results are a mixed bag, as Cisco forecasts weak quarter

After Healthcare.gov debacle, group pushes for tests of NIST cybersecurity framework

More needs to be done to identify what adoption of framework really means, ISA says

Facebook says yes, your posts can be used for ads

The company amended its privacy policies Friday, reworking some language related to advertising with children

HealthCare.gov error rates going down, consultant says

The website's tech team has fixed more than 200 bugs in the past month, officials say

Judge sentences Anonymous hacker to 10 years in prison

Judge rejects arguments that Hammond acted for public good

‘Stack ranking’ employee eval practice falls out of favor

It's no surprise that Microsoft ditched its oft-criticized evaluation method, says HR expert

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Nov. 15

iPhone big screen or big screens, curvaceous, and pressured

Apple’s Schiller testifies in case against Samsung

Apple's global marketing chief says the company had a harder time selling iPhones after Samsung copied its designs

Google will build another six solar power plants in the U.S.

Google, Microsoft and Apple are all looking to tap solar, wind and hydroelectric power sources

New AWS service AppStream offloads graphics work to the cloud

AppStream could bring advanced graphics rendering to even the smallest of portable tablets

As promised, Apple adds real-time collaboration to iWork for iCloud

Move follows Microsoft's by a week, but both are years behind Google Docs

European operators take baby steps toward LTE-Advanced rollouts

Vodafone, TelefA3nica and EE are testing carrier aggregation to speed up their networks

Alcatel-Lucent says focus on fast broadband, IP is key to comeback

Admitting to past company mistakes, CEO Michel Combes says the company is poised to take advantage of the rush to the cloud

U.S. quest for 5X battery boost seeks game-changing tech

EU net neutrality proposal threatens privacy, says data protection supervisor

The proposed law leaves the door open for traffic management, Peter Hustinx says

People’s ignorance of online privacy puts employers at risk

IBM Will Beat Amazon Web Services Because Process Beats Product

Retina iPad Mini inventory tracker returns from dead

And a second product finder pops up on Seaturtles.org

Sony PlayStation 4 gaming console finally hits stores

The $399.99 PS4 started shipping Friday in the U.S. and Canada

CIA collecting in bulk data on international money transfers, say reports

Social Security numbers and other data are also reportedly collected by the agency

FCC chief pressures carriers on cellphone unlocking

The agency wants the CTIA to approve new voluntary rules soon

Amazon’s new I2 instance aims for consistent high performance

SSDs offer more consistent I/O speeds than disk drives, making them the core of Amazon's new high-performance I2 instances

Apple experts seek to justify $380 million damages claim against Samsung

As the high-profile damages retrial enters its second day of testimony, Apple experts explain how the damages were calculated

U.S. military may have 10 robots per soldier by 2013

Military expects to soon be using autonomous robots to carry soldiers' gear and scan for enemy combatants

Cybercriminals target Silverlight users with new exploit kit

An exploit for a known Silverlight vulnerability was added to the Angler Exploit Kit, researchers said

Windows 8 and Windows Phone developers get access to Facebook Login

The Facebook single sign-on service will make it easier for people to register and log into those Windows apps, according to Microsoft

Tech Leaders Warn IT Talent Shortage Could Curb Hiring Plans

Carriers’ ISIS mobile wallet opens up across US

The system comes from a joint venture of Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile

Amazon offers PostgreSQL from the cloud

At its re:Invent user conference, Amazon Web Services also unveils new instances types and multizone backups for its data warehouse