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Forget firewalls. Set your endpoints to go dark.
The agency reportedly cracked the system's encryption to snoop on internal UN communications
The final release of Linux 3.11 is expected within a week, Torvalds said in a message echoing his 1991 post about the project
California greenhouse gas law could mean higher electric bills for inefficient data centers
SSDs may be more expensive than hard drives, but are more flexible, attendees and speakers at Hot Chips said
Intel says "depth-sensing" camera will reach ultrabooks, laptops in second half of 2014
HyTrust updates its VMware security appliance for the VMware's software defined data center
Intel supplied custom processors to 18 customers last year and it expects more customers in the future
Java virtual machines will be able to directly access GPUs by 2015
The NSA paid millions to compensate companies' surveillance costs, new documents claim
Anyone with an iCloud account can try the Web-based apps that are free for now
Social network lights up as reports on retirement plans of Microsoft CEO Ballmer blanket the Internet
One goal is to move away from paper-based vulnerability reports
Putting price(s) on the cheap Apple iPhone, the Golden Age dawns
Investment agitator ups the ante in campaign to convince Apple to boost stock price
Reaction to news of Microsoft CEO's forthcoming retirement unsurprisingly noisy, contentious.
He has been in hot water over a variety of issues, including Microsoft's position in the tablet market
Tests used Globalstar's proposed "channel 14" for new Wi-Fi capacity
Starting in early 2014 Google Chrome will block certificates issued after July 1, 2012, with a validity period of more than 60 months
Has held Microsoft’s top job since 2000
The company's board has created a committee to find a new CEO
Coca Cola cloud architect talks virtualization in advance of VMworld conference
The money is meant for organizations who must use it to help protect privacy on the Internet
Robotic NASA spacecraft will use three instruments to study the moons atmosphere
The company wants to use Nuomi to bolster its mapping products
A lecture by Lawrence Lessig was pulled down from YouTube for alleged copyright infringement
A Gartner analyst said hackers used DDoS attacks prior to attacking wire payment applications
The link, faster than most home Internet connections, could deliver 3D high-def video from space
Problem with data feed said to be resolved within 30 minutes
Embark's technology could give a needed boost to Apple's own Maps app
The Digitizer, available today, can scan an object and recreate it in digital form in 12 minutes
Tipsters blew whistle, claimed Microsoft and reseller closed deals in Pakistan and Russia with junket, payoffs, says Wall Street Journal
Also – a load of Google app updates, a massively pirated indie game, and a detailed investigation of what you can and can't have inscribed on your Moto X.
A year after Marissa Mayer takes over as CEO, Yahoo beats Google in Web traffic
Fails to deliver on first slated reopening; trading now slated to resume about 3:10 p.m.
Emphasizes the traditional Windows desktop over the Metro UI with Pokki Start button, Start menu and alternative app store
