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Law enforcement requests related to users of Microsoft online services are on pace to match last year's figures
A strong stock market fuels activity
ACLU, EFF, Mozilla among nearly 100 organizations planning event on 12th anniversary of U.S. Patriot Act
On Sept. 27, 1983, a young Richard Stallman set the stage for both Linux and the open source software movement
Shares in the maker of fast solid-state arrays closed down more than 17 percent on opening day
With focusing on so many areas, can Google maintain its position?
The site's news feed algorithms will start placing more emphasis on feedback from people rather than marketers
While others see 3D printing as the beginning of the end for retailers, Tesco CIO Mike McNamara sees it as an opportunity.
Congress and the Obama administration have until Tuesday to work out a compromise to keep the government open
The glitch caused Google IM apps to deliver messages to the wrong recipients
The action follows a French-led analysis of Google's new privacy policy
Ford hopes to standardize in-car connectivity to smart phones
Upcoming Gartner report will recommend that enter[rise users quickly find alternatives to BlackBerry smartphones and servers
First time that robotic explorers find that water exists on Martian surface today
New DDR4 memory will have a 30 percent price premium over DDR3 next year
Security researchers identified attacks that exploited the vulnerability to target organizations in Taiwan since at least July
Sales down, but without cheaper touch-ready laptops and Chromebooks, would have been much worse, says NPD
The vulnerabilities can be exploited by unauthenticated, remote attackers to cause connectivity loss, hangs or reloads
Military expert on industrial control systems dumbs down a complex topic
Data shows a downward trend in IT hiring after a jump in the size of the government's IT workforce
Software-defined anything has myriad issues for data centers to consider before implementation
Tricky maneuver exposed email, popular online accounts
HTC originally bought its stake in Beats to help differentiate its phones
What the next iPhone needs, what is has, what it looks like
BlackBerry executives cancelled a conference call to discuss the results following the acquisition bid from Fairfax Financial Holdings
Interagency information sharing and transactional complexity are hampering launch of Obamacare health insurance marketplaces
Even the non-tracking driving habits data collected by insurers can reveal a lot, researchers say
Microsoft said earlier this week it will enter China's gaming market
The NSA, however, claims this was limited to 12 instances since 2003
Judge Lucy H. Koh will allow a class action suit that alleges Google violated wiretapping laws to proceed
The US mobile business would be more competitive with three carriers, according to Sprint's Euteneuer
The company will report its financial results following a new structure starting next month with its 2014 first fiscal quarter
The changes are part of Google's new 'Hummingbird' ranking system
The agency intends to collect all US phone records and put them in a searchable database, director Keith Alexander says
Plus, botnets and thieves, Amazon's got new tablets but don't call them Android, a cult classic app gets a free version and there's suddenly a lot of uninvited guests in your Google Hangout.
Breakthrough indicates scientists are well on their way to 50% efficiency roadmap, experts say
Also, nobody but Microsoft will touch Windows RT, Bill Gates gets his purple wish
BlackBerry, BMC and Dell are three of the latest tech companies to go private after a series of stumbles as public companies
The teams used to test their boat designs in wind tunnels and water tanks, but they now do most of it with computers
14% faster uptake than last year's iOS 6
Versions of Tizen may be developed for electronics and computing devices
A new service, BrowserSwarm, tests JavaScript frameworks against many different combinations of browsers and OSes
'Mayday button' poses security issues for IT; CTO, analysts suggest letting IT customize tool so it can work with corporate help desk
Active development, cheap price and solid features might drive more cybercriminals to it in the future
