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Dell is also rebranding its Inspiron laptops to make models easier to identify
Also: new managed security services tackle supply-chain safety and DDoS protection
Analyst: Oracle will attempt to out-cool Salesforce.com at its upcoming conference
Orbital Sciences set to launch Cygnus cargo spacecraft to space station
'Misalignment of expectations' caused by Windows 8 disconnect with traditional computing devices, says pollster
Box Notes is the first content-creation product from the company
While discount started in late August, analysts believe it will help iPhone 5c sales
Google scoops up popular Bump and Flock apps
Sales expected to reach $30.2B in 2017, IDC says
The Linux kernel has more active contributors now than ever before
Susan Bradley calls string of flawed patches 'unacceptable;' Microsoft manager argues Office updates are 'very high' quality
An NSA database, Tracfin, contained 180 million records in 2011, most of which were credit card transactions
The flaw could have been used to elicit personal details from the website's users
The EU should look at country policies as it moves toward net neutrality regulations, a think tank says
Offers its own OpenContrail controller as open source network virtualization alternative
AT&T, Google, Microsoft & United Airlines all star this month
Carrier says its LTE network has now reached 185 cities
From classic clamshell notebooks to next-gen touch hybrids, see how HP, Dell, Samsung, Lenovo, and Acer stack up in InfoWorld's reviews
Tencent is spending $448 million to buy a stake in Chinese search engine Sogou
Slower development pace leads to new launch forecast for touch-ready Windows 8 browser
Repairs to the fabrication plant could take three to six months
A strong market is fueling initial public offerings, especially among software and Internet companies
Scientist who spearheaded Voyager from its inception talks about his own life's mission
CRM and ERP fall further down the list
The company rolled out IMAP support for the webmail service on Thursday
The court tells government agencies to review its own orders related to the legality of telephone records collection
One criminal impersonated a maintenance engineer and tried to attach a KVM switch to a bank computer for remote control purposes
Ministers have been reminded to use only smartphones with an approved security device to discuss sensitive information
Axcient says it can restore data faster and in a smaller footprint; is the cloud now ready for your DR?
Wants customers to give up their iPads and switch to Surface; will offer minimum of $200 per tablet
Plus – a full-throated defense of our friend the bezel, purple haze on the HTC One, ROMantic developments and what may be the funniest smartphone ads to date.
Widespread use of cloud data centers helps tech firms keep running, letting workers worry first about floods, not about business
Patches 30 vulnerabilities, also ships updates for Lion and aged Snow Leopard
Tech think-tank argues Google did not violate Wiretap Act
The behavior was noticed after a file-tracking service was used to watch several files uploaded to Dropbox
The capital gained from an IPO could expand the Twitter ecosystem, some said
WiGig allows for highly directional connectivity at rates up to 7Gbps
Support for the email retrieval protocol is also being used by developers to link their apps with Outlook.com
Circuitry turns the alcohol into electricity that powers a low-power microprocessor in a demonstration
Java 7 Update 40 allows system administrators to define which specific Java applets should be trusted and executed
NASA makes history as spacecraft leaves the solar system
