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FBI busts operator of Silk Road, seizes $3.6M in Bitcoins

'Dread Pirate Roberts' accused of running site that generated $1.2 billion trafficking drugs, illegal substances

House Democrats push ahead on immigration, H-1B

Democrats introduce their version of Senate's immigration bill, say debate on issue is likely to produce compromise legislation

Oracle scoffs at charge that Ellison is overpaid

CEO Larry Ellison earned $76.9 million in Oracle's fiscal 2013

Senator vows fierce defense of NSA data collection, surveillance programs

The NSA's telephone records collection program is necessary to keep the U.S. safe from terrorism, some lawmakers say

Facebook’s Sandberg takes on the tech gender gap

Tech needs more women, she says, and women need to inspire each other

Dell launches four new tablets — all on Intel chips

No plans for future Windows RT tablet running on ARM

Meet the man behind Silk Road, the online drug marketplace the FBI has seized

The FBI seized Silk Road this week after its suspected leader, Ross William Ulbricht, was allegedly using the service to hire hit men.

With new Venue tablets, Dell signals its PC division is alive and kicking

Dell launched two new Android tablets and two new Windows tablets

Big-hitter investors want Gates out as Microsoft chairman

Reuters report claims three of the firm's top 20 investors fear Gates will block hiring the kind of CEO they think Microsoft needs

US DOJ opposes company requests to publish surveillance statistics

Allowing companies to report surveillance requests would drive suspects to other services, officials say

New ‘white spaces’ research from Microsoft and China makes it easier to find vacant spectrum

Microsoft, Chinese University researchers blend methods to improve accuracy, access to empty TV channels

McAfee sets sandbox appliance to explode stealthy malware

Sandboxing appliance, integrated with McAfee Real Time for remediation, seeks to trump competitor FireEye

Box pages developers, asks them to give healthcare industry a shot of innovation

Box and two partners are sponsoring a developer competition for apps that improve patient communication and education

IT purchasing: Who decides what tech to buy?

80% pay raise for Cisco CEO Chambers

Cisco CEO John Chambers’ total compensation rose to $21 million from $11.7 million a year earlier

Report: Ford CEO downplays chatter that he’s in line to replace Ballmer

Alan Mulally is reportedly a favorite among the candidates being considered to become Microsoft's next CEO

HP says open sourcing SDNs is wrong

Juniper, others making controllers free missing the point; don't know why to use OpenDaylight

Solving the customer experience riddle: A Q&A with two experts

WD rolls out secure My Cloud drive, media hub

My Cloud allows users to transfer files between their Dropbox, SkyDrive and Google Drive accounts

BlackBerry increases provision for restructuring charges

The expected charges have grown from US$100 million to $400 million, BlackBerry said in a filing with the SEC

SAP ramps up venture capital efforts

SAP's venture arm has seen 12 portfolio company exits this year

Heat it, bend it, slam it and the latest gadget glass won’t break

Nippon Electric Glass subjected glass to various forms of torture at Ceatec, with few problems for the glass

Japanese start-up plans hydrogen fuel cell for 2014

Aquafairy says its hydrogen fuel cells will succeed where earlier methanol types failed

Yahoo concerned that release of redacted FISA papers may mislead

The company had earlier asked the court to release certain documents to show it resisted NSA data collection

Sharp’s robotic cleaner will make solar panels sparkle

The system has been tested in Thailand and saves labor and water

Silent Circle moves away from NIST cryptographic standards, cites uncertainty

The company plans to replace AES and SHA-2 with Twofish and Skein in its encrypted communication services

Move over, Curiosity! NASA plans new Mars rover

NASA's next robotic rover is expected to launch in 2020

Millions flood healthcare insurance sites as feds grapple with glitches

Web traffic was 7 times greater than Medicare site ever saw

What’s Behind the iPad Hack at Los Angeles High Schools?

Utility zaps IT workforce, hires Indian outsourcers

Northeast Utilities confirms plan to outsource IT work to India-based outsourcers; move will affect some 200 jobs

More NSA leaks to come, Guardian says

Journalists from the British paper provide new details around the process for publishing leaks

Splunk dives deeper into business analytics

Splunk now offers a way to easily build charts and graphs that reveal trends in machine-generated data

Apple’s 64-bit A7 chip a ‘marketing gimmick’, Qualcomm exec says

Qualcomm is also developing a 64-bit mobile chip, but for chip design and engineering purposes

ERP Systems Provide Visibility Into Food Safety

NSA encryption-defeating efforts will backfire, privacy advocates say

The agency's work against encryption will lead to a loss of trust in the government and US companies, some say

Silicon Graphics acquires Filetek to rein in petabytes of data

SGI buys storage company Filetek as it tries to boost storage management and provisioning offerings

Heavy traffic hampers healthcare exchanges

Expectations of a soft launch were incorrect, and many states grappling with technical issues as a result of heavy volume

Obamacare exchanges hit by early technical glitches

High traffic volumes appear to have slowed many sites down

Icahn presses Apple CEO Cook for $150B stock buyback

Wants Apple to boost buyback program 150% over current plan

Forthcoming PCI changes will bring challenges for payment card network community

Expected in Nov., PCI v.3  is expected to include changes in remote access payment handling;  card storage say SSH Communications Security CEO, Tatu Ylonen

Few use tablets to replace laptops

Workers still see value in laptops for running most critical apps, IDC survey says

Public release of IE exploit could spark widespread attacks

Exploit module for yet-to-be-patched Internet Explorer vulnerability added to Metasploit

Samsung wants to connect Galaxy Gear smartwatch to TVs

Samsung is researching how Galaxy Gear smartwatch could link to TVs and other electronics

Windows 8 brushes up against 10% user share mark

In the last two months, Microsoft's newest OS has added 3.5 points to its share of all computing devices powered by Windows

SAP seeks an edge from NSA surveillance worries

SAP's global data center network could give it an advantage over US-based vendors, says co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe

French ISP Free offers fiber customers 1Gbps upgrade for no cost

French service undercuts Google's Kansas offering by almost 60 percent

Privacy campaigners barred from releasing Facebook’s response to complaints

Europe-v-Facebook says it will fight what it calls a "gag order" from the Irish Data Protection Commissioner

BlackBerry’s MDM business still has value, despite handset woes

Interest turns to enterprise management, rather than the iconic smartphones

Dell updates private cloud to become PCI compliant

Moves mark the company's new strategy of focusing on private, not public, clouds

India puts Nokia assets on ice in tax tussle

A court released only some of the assets frozen such as bank accounts