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IBM begins integration of its cloud portfolio with SoftLayer

Its social learning platform will now be available to a variety of industries on SoftLayer infrastructure

Samsung debuts smartphone with curved display, but only for Korea

The phone is called the Galaxy Round and includes special features using its curved display

IBM’s Power7+ remains alive with new integrated servers

IBM announces new PureFlex System servers with Power 7+ and x86 chips

CIOs rake in the big bucks

CIOs at big-name companies are getting big-time bonuses, perks, and stock awards

Network Solutions investigating DNS hijack

The same pro-Palestinian group that hit LeaseWeb earlier this week claimed responsibility

Mountain View to partially replace Google Wi-Fi

A recent test found it impossible to get a working connection on the company-sponsored network

Report indicates insider threats leading cause of data breaches in last 12 months

Blackhole Exploit Kit creator arrested in Russia

Ballmer promises Office on iPad after touch-first apps hit Windows

First time Microsoft's publicly said it will bring the lucrative franchise to Apple's tablet

Tenth Anniversary Patch Tuesday brings crucial Microsoft Explorer fix

Microsoft issued four critical security bulletins and four additional important bulletins covering IE, Windows and Microsoft Office

Group challenges regs requiring phone companies to maintain copper networks

AT&T has asked the FCC to permit trials for a move to wireless and IP-only

Hackers move to create next Blackhole after ‘Paunch’ arrest

Arrest of Blackhole developer 'Paunch' should end distribution of the top selling exploit pack

Risk Considerations: Tracking services monitor your every move

Tracking services offer no real value to business, but they exist on networks large and small, and administrators are often unaware of them

Study: Most CEOs lack vision, leadership on new computer tech

They don't guide their companies towards transformative uses of digital technology, according to a study from MIT and Capgemini

Microsoft tosses in YouTube towel, returns to Web UI for Windows Phone

Hectic back-and-forth from May to August ends with Microsoft back where it started

Fade to Black(Berry): 8 Years Covering the Rise and Fall of RIM

Intel chases Internet of things with new chips, software

Intel introduces low-power Atom and Quark chips for connected devices and data-gathering instruments

Gartner: The Top 10 IT altering predictions for 2014

Mobile devices, Software Defined Networks, 3D printing all set to disrupt IT

Four-seater solar car hits 120 kph in cross-Australia race

Cars powered only by the sun are racing in the World Solar Challenge

VM-based storage platform scales out to multiple sites

New arrays and software from Tintri can create a pool of storage for as many as 64,000 VMs

Four suspected users of Silk Road Internet drug marketplace arrested in the UK

More arrests to follow, the U.K.'s new National Crime Agency said

Qualcomm backtracks from Apple A7 marketing gimmick comments

Qualcomm now says that 64-bit chips are important for mobile devices

Blackhole exploit kit author arrested in Russia

The future of the one of the most popular attack tools is uncertain, researcher says

Wireless carriers need to make changes to combat SIM-card fraud

Samsung gets no love on import ban from Obama administration

Competitor Apple saw a similar import ban overturned by the U.S. president

Shhh… Cisco’s latest switch supports VMware NSX

SC13 supercomputing show must go on, government shutdown or not

Annual high-performance computing event airs plans for waiving fees, extending deadlines

Campaigners crowdfund bid to take UK to human rights court over Prism spying

The European Court of Human Rights should decide if the government's Internet surveillance is legal, privacy groups said

The toll of enterprise cybercrime: $11.8 million per year; 122 attacks per week

Ponemon Institute survived 60 large companies and found the toll of cybercrime is growing

Wireless networks that follow you around a room, optimize themselves and even talk to each other out loud

MIT's networking wizards teach old 802.11 impressive new tricks.

Ballmer hammers home Microsoft’s ‘high-value’ strategy in final letter to shareholders

Unlike last year, no surprises in CEO's last letter to investors

New chip said to boost thumb drive performance up to 50%

Silicon Motion says new crystal IC should drop USB flash temps by 30%

Microsoft offers Equinix customers private Azure access

Equinix users can bridge their applications directly into Azure using a fiber LAN cross connect

Release of Yahoo dispute documents by FISA court may be delayed

DOJ said staff are prohibited from working on the declassification during the US government shutdown

Three indicted in alleged source code theft from trading house

Manhattan's prosecutor says his office is focusing on intellectual property theft

Google relaxes access controls to Apps documents

People without a Google Account will be able to view documents stored in the Apps suite

NSA data center suffers ‘meltdowns,’ is delayed by a year, report says

The giant Utah facility has been dogged by electrical problems, a report says

Chinese hackers miss Google network, but the checks go on

Google exec Schmidt says U.S. government networks are in danger 'because no one is there' during the shutdown to stop hackers

Dutch lead World Solar Challenge car race at end of day two

The cars are a third of the way through a 3,000-km race across the Australian desert

Google backs project to slash Internet costs worldwide

A new coalition wants to ensure broadband access costs less than 5 percent of monthly incomes

As the digital revolution kills jobs, social unrest will rise

Gartner offers up 10 strategic predictions for the next 10 years

Backupify opens up its cloud-to-cloud backup to more SaaS vendors

With a new developer kit, SaaS providers will be able to tie their services to Backupify's cloud repository

Enterasys links up with PCM on a cloud-based Wi-Fi service

The PCM Cloud Wireless Service covers access point costs as well as management

IT shops share OpenFlow, SDN best practices

Start small, go slow and reap the benefits, users say

Nielsen measuring Twitter chatter, with an eye on advertising

The analytics company is taking a closer look at the number of people who see TV-related tweets

Attention, CISOs: Strategy is the only security

OWASP Guide project leader Marco Morana outlines ideal application security strategies

Microsoft pays out $28K to IE bug hunters in its first-ever bounty program

Security expert calls it a success -- enough bugs to fill one or two IE updates -- even though the dollar amount was about the same as Google's for the last iteration of Chrome

Gartner warns of vendor upheaval in technology shift

'Internet of everything' will change everything and help drive IT spending to $4 trillion next year

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Oct. 6

iOSphere recycling iPhone 5S rumors for iPhone 6

Add technologists to surveillance tech review panel, IT groups say

Tech groups say an Obama review board of NSA surveillance lacks technical expertise