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Windows XP infection rate may jump 66% after patches end in April

Microsoft again puts the scare into XP laggards, this time using stats

Tablet App Lets Subway Find the Best Sandwich Artists

This C-Suite Recognizes That Failure is Part of Innovation

Apple iPhone 5s battery issue could result in reduced battery life

Affected users will get a replacement phone

Samsung’s takes baby steps in touting Tizen OS to developers

Open source OS is viewed as a cross-platform opportunity, and an example that Samsung isn't fully dependent on Android

Mozilla releases 10 patches, five critical, for Firefox

The issues also affect the Thunderbird email client and Seamonkey software suite

Tom Wheeler confirmed as new chief of US FCC

Wheeler was chosen for the post by President Barack Obama in May

Lenovo claims battery life crown with new Yoga tablets

Lenovo introduces new Yoga tablets with 8-inch and 10.1-inch screens

Baidu’s profit flat on growing investments in mobile

The company's research and marketing costs continue to soar

Stay Alert: Personal and Work Clouds Are Merging

Good Governance Is a Make-or-Break Factor for IT

Self-Service IT Catches On

Some users grumble about Twitter’s photo previews

Some are bemoaning a change that puts images in their streams

Cloud-based SMB network startup adds app store for services

Pertino's AppScape online store is designed to offer free and paid apps from Pertino and third parties

Cloud start-up Cumulus supports Broadcom Trident II

Cumulus Linux 2.0 features denser 10G/40G and VXLAN capabilities for multitenant data centers

Does Google’s floating data center plan hold water?

Speculation swirls around two mysterious barges as officials remain tight-lipped

Why BBM for Android, iOS Success will be Short-Lived

Cloudera positions Hadoop as an enterprise data hub

Hadoop can now serve as the single source of data for an enterprise, Cloudera says

U.S. CIO Sees Healthcare.gov Glitches as a ‘Teachable Moment’

Smartwatches and other wearables offer big development potential

The Galaxy Gear smartwatch is just a starting point, Samsung developers are told

Healthcare.gov blame game goes on at House hearing

Feds blame 'subset' of contracts or contractors at Healthcare.gov, but then they don't

Mavericks rushes onto Macs as uptake easily beats predecessor to 10% mark

But Apple is uncharacteristically mum on downloads

US intelligence officials defend spying on foreign leaders

Other countries' intelligence agencies do the same thing, U.S. intelligence leaders tell lawmakers

Microsoft’s Windows Launches Through the Years

Stolen Adobe account data goes public, Photoshop source code breached

Google+ popularity jumps with 540M monthly users

Google updates Google+ Hangouts, photos and video

Jaspersoft wants to attract new users with kinder, gentler BI features

The company has provided new types of charts and a templating tool for its Jaspersoft 5.5 business intelligence suite

Apple’s $900 million moment

Will defer almost a billion dollars more in the fourth quarter to cover free OS X upgrades and iWork give-away

Google shoots for simplifying photography

The company just announced new photo features for the Google+ social network

Twitter kicks off pre-IPO investor roadshow

Executives pitch social network's power to instantly share information

Security concerns prompt supoena for Healthcare.gov data

U.S. House committee chairman orders QSSI to turn over contract and data on Healthcare.gov-related communications

Windows 8 Update: Microsoft urges Windows 8 upgrade for security’s sake

Microsoft: Windows XP machines are six times more likely to become infected than machines running Windows 8

Infosys says its use of B-1 visas was for legitimate purposes

The company was responding to reports of an impending fine of about US$35 million by the U.S. government.

Lawmakers introduce bill to rein in NSA telephone records program

The legislation would end the bulk collection of U.S. telephone records, sponsors say

Start-up Threat Stack aims to protect Linux-based clouds from hackers

Cloud Sight software for Linux servers intended to let enterprises watch for hackers going after their data in the cloud

Dell’s deal to go private complete, no change in product plans

Dell and Silver Lake buy out the company for $24.9 billion

Record bitcoin payment of $1 million spent on new mining hardware

The order was a downpayment on new hardware for 'mining' new bitcoins

Citrix’s XenMobile 8.6 to offer one-touch entry into mobile GoToMeeting

Users can sign into Worx apps with a simple PIN

Long shot? Apple’s could grow Mac share to 20%

Lower prices, free OS upgrades give Apple opportunity to steal share from Windows as buyers see personal computer as investment, analyst contends

ARM delivers first 16-core Mali GPU design

The new Mali GPU is ARM's most powerful graphics design yet

Data privacy concerns could derail EU-US trade talks

EU citizens' data protection is non-negotiable, saysthe EU Justice Commissioner

What’s holding back the cloud industry?

Cloud enthusiasts blame processes, not technology

Hadoop is not enough for ‘big data’, says Facebook analytics chief

Don't discount the value of relational database technology, Ken Rudin told a big data conference

Smartphone growth still racing ahead at record pace

Back-to-back quarters of record growth mean 1 billion smartphones expected to ship in 2013

Nokia sold 8.8 million Lumia smartphones in Q3

Nokia reported a net loss of a!91 million, down from a!959 million a year earlier

Scramble to fix Healthcare.gov site heightens security risks

Haste is the enemy of good security, analysts warn

Motorola’s Project Ara aims to create a customizable mobile platform

Like Android, Ara aims to lower barriers to entry for mobile makers

Juniper unveils new fabric switch, architecture

QFX5100 ushers in QFabric alternative; MetaFabric combines Juniper switches, routers, SDN into fabric WAN

Privacy group doubles down on Supreme Court NSA phone spying case

The Supreme Court should review the case, EPIC said

China’s Baidu works on bringing software to smartwatches, wearable devices

Baidu has been working to expand its presence in mobile products