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IBM’s new Power8 doubles performance of Watson chip

IBM has also included a CAPI port so third-party components are easier to connect

US regulators explore rules for Bitcoin

The Bitcoin Foundation meets with several US agencies Monday

Sept. 23 deadline looms for business compliance with HITECH Act on patient privacy

Organizations handling protected health data face new rules

70 percent of US residents have broadband access, study finds

But smartphones are widening the broadband gap between seniors and young adults

VMware sets sites on network virtualization

"What ESX was to server virtualization, NSX is to network virtualization," said VMware's CEO at the kickoff of this year's VMworld

Red Hat Unveils New Offerings, Cloud Certification at VMworld

Nokia Lumia 1020 Ads Blur Line Between Marketing and Editorial in Sports Illustrated

Feedly walks fine line between free and paid RSS services

Launches paid service today for $45 annually to kick off 'freemium' business model

Xbox One will have a high-performance custom chip

The chip was designed by Microsoft and AMD

Anonymous responds to FBI claims of victory with record leaks

Microsoft, Motorola trial to resume Monday

The two companies are arguing over patent royalty rates for video and wireless networking technologies

VMware adds networking, storage to its virtual data center stack

At this year's VMworld conference, VMware took the wraps off of new tools for abstracting networking and storage

Upcoming Salesforce.com release focuses on Chatter, service

Analyst: Salesforce.com needs more work on mobility, analytics

Are enterprises ready for network virtualization?

Some service providers are already jumping on board, but how far until the enterprise takes a serious look at this potentially game-changing technology?

VMware unwraps virtual networking software – promises greater network control, security

VMware announces that NSX – which combines network and security features – will be available in the fourth quarter

Big Data without good analytics can lead to bad decisions

Has Apache lost its way?

CIO Steve McManama: Why IT has to change how it recruits talent

Data+ Awards: Express Scripts helps drive down the cost of prescriptions

Data+ Awards: BI helps Quintiles speed new drugs to market

Data+ Awards: Florida youth welfare agency pinpoints aid with BI

Dell reshapes Latitude laptops, prices start at $599

Dell introduces new naming convention for Latitude laptops, scratches old models

Data+ Awards: Intel uses BI to quickly contain and remediate security threats

Data+ Awards: LiveRail delivers detailed metrics on ad spending

Data+ Awards: Procter & Gamble puts worldwide BI data in executives’ hands

Fortinet, McAfee among first to support VMware NSX net virtualization

VMworld Conference: Security vendors demo their proofs-of-concept

NSA Revelations Prompt Tech Industry to Call for Privacy Safeguards

Data+ Awards: Novation helps hospitals get better deals on supplies

Data+ Awards: Constant Contact culls trends from billions of emails

Data+ Editor’s Choice Awards 2013

Data+ Awards: Ingram Micro nets 135% increase in service renewals

Data+ Awards: Vanguard Health delivers millions in new revenue with analytics

6 Meeting Avatars and Apps That Will Simplify Your Day

Unisys going on offense in server and security markets

Forget firewalls. Set your endpoints to go dark.

Report: NSA broke into UN video teleconferencing system

The agency reportedly cracked the system's encryption to snoop on internal UN communications

Linus Torvalds celebrates 22 years of Linux with nostalgic message

The final release of Linux 3.11 is expected within a week, Torvalds said in a message echoing his 1991 post about the project

Hackers may cash in when XP is retired

Bloated project ends with suit against offshore outsourcer

IBM to license Power chip design to Google, others

A new owner may not be able to save BlackBerry

New global warming rules put the heat on data centers

California greenhouse gas law could mean higher electric bills for inefficient data centers

SSDs still maturing, new memory tech still 10 years away

SSDs may be more expensive than hard drives, but are more flexible, attendees and speakers at Hot Chips said

Intel bringing vision, 3D to laptop and tablet cameras

Intel says "depth-sensing" camera will reach ultrabooks, laptops in second half of 2014

HyTrust enforces two-person approval for VMware security

HyTrust updates its VMware security appliance for the VMware's software defined data center

Intel expands custom processor business

Intel supplied custom processors to 18 customers last year and it expects more customers in the future

HSA targets native parallel execution in Java virtual machines by 2015

Java virtual machines will be able to directly access GPUs by 2015

Next Microsoft CEO faces rocky road in easing NSA-fueled privacy worries

Tech firms’ responses to latest NSA disclosures cloud the truth, experts say

The NSA paid millions to compensate companies' surveillance costs, new documents claim

Steve Ballmer’s Departure From Microsoft Isn’t News, But Timing Is

Apple quietly launches iWork for iCloud public beta

Anyone with an iCloud account can try the Web-based apps that are free for now