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The researchers have proposed a fix to Bitcoin's algorithm
More service interruptions are likely, officials say
EHarmony and Ancestry.com use Hadoop to extend the range of people they connect
STAP technologies work alongside signature-based anti-malware and intrusion-detection and prevention systems
Bettors see Google Glass showroom, space elevator and self-driving barges are long-shots
The new supercomputer, called Catalyst, has 281TB of SSD storage
System hit was not protected by traditional best practices, used 3DES instead
Factors like participant compensation may taint results, says Ben Rothke
As threats have evolved, more enterprises are struggling with quickly finding malware that has infected their systems
India space agency set to launch Mars-bound spacecraft on Tuesday; NASA says its helping with deep space communications
The Moto G is thought to be low-cost version of the Moto X
A recent bill to stop the NSA's bulk collection of telephone records would hurt its ability to catch terrorists, officials say
Air's share was double that of 2012's iPad Mini + fourth-gen iPad, when Apple sold 3M tablets
Increased executive involvement and higher spending not enough, says study
Users who removed the original malware infection, intentionally or not, are asked to pay five times more to recover their files
The compnay also reveals that IBM has said that Twitter infringes several patents
The company will offer both Itanium- and x86-based Nonstop servers
Okta's cloud identity management platform is way ahead of Salesforce.com, according to CEO Todd McKinnon
They're Internet-facing, unpatched machines with no malware protection. How could that ever happen?
Fairfax and partners will purchase $1 billion in BlackBerry debt; former Sybase chief Chen named interim CEO
It's crunch time for anyone who wants a piece of BlackBerry, as a six-week due-diligence period ends for bidder Fairfax
Innovation in information and communication technologies drives global economic development
Unveils new data center, cloud switches just ahead of Nexus 9000 launch
Finding ways to use helium gas lets Western Digital to decrease power use by 23%
Ventev's TerraWave products complement Cisco gear to focus radio signals in a narrower range
Linux creator Linus Torvalds wants comments on a proposal for an entirely bug-fixes and stability release in about a year
Combined Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 user share passes 10%
Google expands on work since 2011 to keep attack code off personal computers
A review with commentary for security C-Levels
Microsoft has acknowledged the issues, but it hasn't come up with a fix yet
The monitor will work with devices that have an HDMI port
Another day, another theory as curiosity mounts over barges in Maine and California
U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee's proposed legislation would legalize dragnet surveillance of Americans, privacy advocates warn
Apple cedes coveted award to Asian rival for the first time
Female users in the US will see the ad regardless of whether they follow the designer
Page response times at the troubled site improve from eight seconds to less than one second, officials say
Marin County will favor 'tier two' ERP vendors in the second go-round
Even prompts users of 2011's Lion and 2009's Snow Leopard to upgrade
The market for plasma TVs has slipped dramatically in recent years
The computer, targeted at the do-it-yourself crowd, will ship by the end of November
New Google device runs KitKat and boasts a low $349 unlocked price; to be sold only on aggressive service plans of U.S. carriers Sprint and T-Mobile
It is likely that other European countries haven been breached too, the Finnish foreign ministry said
Google aims to make the latest version of Android a better fit for cheap smartphones
Users of free cloud storage provider say they haven't had access to their data in days