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Cisco IOS updates fix 10 denial-of-service vulnerabilities

The vulnerabilities can be exploited by unauthenticated, remote attackers to cause connectivity loss, hangs or reloads

“SCADA and Me”: An unlikely picturebook for kids, industrial primer for adults

Military expert on industrial control systems dumbs down a complex topic

10 Steps to Ensure Your IT Outsourcing Deal Fails

Federal IT hiring slips with political deadlock

Data shows a downward trend in IT hiring after a jump in the size of the government's IT workforce

Weighing the IT implications of implementing  SDNs

Software-defined anything has myriad issues for data centers to consider before implementation

iOS 7 security update patches lockscreen flaw

Tricky maneuver exposed email, popular online accounts

HTC sells back stake in Beats in failed partnership

HTC originally bought its stake in Beats to help differentiate its phones

Hack of major data brokers weakens bank authentication

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Sept. 27

What the next iPhone needs, what is has, what it looks like

BlackBerry confirms abysmal second quarter results

BlackBerry executives cancelled a conference call to discuss the results following the acquisition bid from Fairfax Financial Holdings

Expect tech glitches when Obamacare launches Oct. 1

Interagency information sharing and transactional complexity are hampering launch of Obamacare health insurance marketplaces

Usage-based auto insurance found to pose privacy risks

Even the non-tracking driving habits data collected by insurers can reveal a lot, researchers say

China ends video game console ban with new Shanghai trade zone

Microsoft said earlier this week it will enter China's gaming market

NSA admits employees spied on loved ones

The NSA, however, claims this was limited to 12 instances since 2003

Google’s Gmail scanning unclear to users, judge finds

Judge Lucy H. Koh will allow a class action suit that alleges Google violated wiretapping laws to proceed

Verizon and AT&T should face a bigger mobile rival, Sprint CFO says

The US mobile business would be more competitive with three carriers, according to Sprint's Euteneuer

Govt. shutdown threat: IT leaders wrestle with security risks

Microsoft vows greater financial transparency with new reporting format

The company will report its financial results following a new structure starting next month with its 2014 first fiscal quarter

Google turns 15 and celebrates by smartening up search

The changes are part of Google's new 'Hummingbird' ranking system

NSA: Surveillance court says no upper limit on phone records collection

The agency intends to collect all US phone records and put them in a searchable database, director Keith Alexander says

Samsung set to roll curved screen —  for some reason

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.

New solar cell sets world record, focusing the power of 297 suns

Breakthrough indicates scientists are well on their way to 50% efficiency roadmap, experts say

Windows 8 Update: New Kindle takes on Microsoft Surface 2 in workplace

Also, nobody but Microsoft will touch Windows RT, Bill Gates gets his purple wish

How Tech Companies Can Succeed by Going Private

BlackBerry, BMC and Dell are three of the latest tech companies to go private after a series of stumbles as public companies

The America’s Cup: nerves, skill and a lot of computers

The teams used to test their boat designs in wind tunnels and water tanks, but they now do most of it with computers

After a week, iOS 7 runs more than half of Apple’s mobile devices

14% faster uptake than last year's iOS 6

Tizen could reach printers, cameras, smart TVs

Versions of Tizen may be developed for electronics and computing devices

Microsoft wants to scan your JavaScript libraries

A new service, BrowserSwarm, tests JavaScript frameworks against many different combinations of browsers and OSes

New Kindle Fire HDX’s tech support button could push IT to yell ‘Mayday!’

'Mayday button' poses security issues for IT; CTO, analysts suggest letting IT customize tool so it can work with corporate help desk

New information-theft malware ‘Napolar’ is gaining traction, researchers warn

Active development, cheap price and solid features might drive more cybercriminals to it in the future

After quick trip, astronauts start new mission on space station

NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins and 2 cosmonauts join space station crew

Enterprises more accepting of Android, while Windows is losing ground

Only 26 percent of enterprise staff are very interested in developing mobile apps for Microsoft's OSes, according to a new survey

Suitcase-size device may help save lifes of disaster victims

FINDER, developed by DHS and NASA, uses microwave signals to detect human heart beats and beathing patterns in rubble

Obama Administration-led data-classification overhaul to bring benefits, costs, disruption

New standard for 'controlled unclassified information' expected to have wide impact on IT and physical security

How Apple could have built a cheaper iPhone 5C

Compromises -- ones Apple decided not to make -- necessary to drive down component costs for a $400 smartphone

Image-insertion bug locks people out of Gmail

A solution to the problem has eluded Google for months

iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Sept. 25

The rainbow tablet, price expectations, MS Office, stolen goods

NSA chief seeks more data from private sector in sharing offer

Spear phishing poses threat to industrial control systems

How CIOs can catch the board’s ear

Big Data Project Cuts Prescription Costs

Espionage campaign targeting Asian supply chains uncovered

Malicious browser extensions pose a serious threat and defenses are lacking

Many security products offer inadequate protection against malicious browser extensions, a researcher has found

Patent trolls will gain from a single European system, vendors warn

The new E.U, patent rules would allow easy European wide sales bans on products, the tech companies wrote

Vendor to IT: You’re blocking the wrong services

Security vendor cites blocking of low-risk cloud services but not higher-risk applications

New US bill aims to curb NSA collection of phone and other records

The bipartisan bill aims to make bulk collection of telephone records illegal

‘Viceroi’ algorithm improves detection of click fraud

Researchers have found a better way to pick out bad clicks by looking at per-user ad revenue

Stanford researchers develop first computer using only carbon nanotube transistors

Carbon nanotube transistors are seen as a successor to silicon transistors, as silicon is expected to meet its physical limits

‘Icefog’ spying operation targeted Japan, South Korea

Kaspersky Lab says the Icefog attackers appeared to know what files they needed from victims

Sudan loses Internet access, government may be to blame

The country's two largest ISPs still lack access, Renesys said