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IBM purchases Xtify to target new marketing channels

Xtify will allow IBM customers to stay on top of new mobile and Web marketing channels

Microsoft to patch zero-day IE bug now under attack

Eight updates will plug holes in IE, Windows, Office, SharePoint and Silverlight

Google may use Flutter’s gesture control to boost Android and Glass

Acquisition may also be a push to win over Apple users

Researchers beef up flash memory with protein

Protein molecules, or peptides, automatically arrange themselves, making it easier to create memory at the molecular level

Amazon working on a ‘Smith’ phone with 3D eye tracking

A second, low-cost phone running Fire OS is still in the works

Verizon Recreates the Public Cloud for the Enterprise IT

When 10 seconds don’t do — Snapchat now lets photos stay for a day

The new Stories feature extends the lifetime of a Snapchat post to 24 hours

Facebook and Cisco partner to offer free Wi-Fi at stores

Users "check in" to store's Facebook page to gain free wireless access

CIOs in the Public Sector Face Roadblocks to Data Center Consolidation

Google adds pix search to Chrome, squashes 50 bugs

Pays $27,000 in bug bounties to a baker's dozen of outside researchers

Mozilla unmasks security flaw in Persona, warns other OpenID implementers

OpenID-related vulnerability could have allowed attackers to impersonate users on websites using Mozilla Persona authentication

CSC: The cloud’s quiet whiz kid  

Gartner says CSC is ahead of Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google, Rackspace and other competitors

Verizon’s next cloud services emphasize performance, granular billing

Verizon will launch a new IaaS offering and object storage service by the end of the year

EU government telco provider was subjected to major attack

Malware was so sophisticated it could only have come from a nation state

Lawmaker: Snowden may have had help with leaks

Snowden's access to NSA data raises questions, the chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee says

McAfee research shows sharp rise in malware signed with legitimate digital certificates

This 'certificate abuse' represents a growing threat, says McAfee researcher

Nokia to rely on you for next-generation maps

The company hopes users will add missing streets, bridges and points of interest

ZTE Grand S and Nubia 5 ready for pre-order on Saturday

Both smartphones are unlocked and cost less than others in their class, run on GSM networks

Smartphone vendors target BYOD enterprises

LG is hoping to get a larger piece of the enterprise market with new security features

Online drug dealer: Selling on Silk Road is like any other retail site

In a Q&A with Mashable, an online drug dealer gives an interesting glimpse into the day-to-day life of an online drug dealer.

Yahoo abandons T-shirt rewards for vulnerability information

Starting Oct. 31, Yahoo will pay between US$150 to $15,000 for flaws, in line with bounties paid by Facebook and Google

Start-up Netskope keeps watch on enterprise cloud usage

Monitoring service company's founders hail from Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, VMware

Scientists say Mars crater may be ‘game-changing’ supervolcano

Once believed to be an impact crater, volcano may have altered Mars' evolution

Intel outfits open-source Galileo computer with Quark chip, targets DIY crowd

To reach enthusiasts, Intel is partnering with Arduino

Patent firm Lodsys backs out of dispute with Kaspersky Lab

A court in Texas passed an order dismissing the claims and counterclaims

How Japan’s Olympics will revolutionize tech

Japanese companies are going all out to impress visitors to the 2020 games

US demanded access to encryption keys of email provider Lavabit

Lavabit said in August it was shutting down its service rather than be complicit in crimes against Americans

Mocana unwraps protection for iOS 7 apps

Support for Apple's latest OS will be available from Oct. 11

Faded satellite star LightSquared headed for auction block in November

Dish Network is likely to buy the bankrupt would-be LTE carrier

Bluetooth Smart going into wireless device chargers

The low-power wireless technology will help to manage wireless charging

Facebook offers ‘free’ Wi-Fi in exchange for check-ins

Hotels and other businesses will require users to check in at their Facebook Pages to get free Wi-Fi

Blizzident’s 3D-printed toothbrush cleans teeth in 6 seconds

Creating the toothbrush using a scan or impression ensures perfect coverage

Cisco/Insieme ushering in hardware-defined networks

Why they claim Application Centric Infrastructure, integrating physical with virtual, is not SDN

Samsung invests $4M in wireless charging firm

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Division also signs agreement with PowerbyProxi to jointly develop new charging devices

Apple faces repeat of iMac sales fiasco if Retina iPad Mini supplies are tight

But the company may see no way around not introducing it this month

iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Oct. 1

Smaller Apple iPad, bigger iPad, mini 2 delays, and date debate

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

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