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Who knew? Privacy is a concern for teenagers, study shows

Half of teenagers have avoided a mobile app due to concerns about personal information, a new survey found

SAP user group lobbying leads to more flexible on-premises licensing policy

SAP customers can now swap on-premises licenses for other on-premises products, with some catches

Popular download management program has hidden DDoS component, researchers say

Orbit Downloader's DDoS component is used to attack websites and can cause Internet connection problems for users

Sinofsky captivated by Andreessen Horowitz, becomes board partner

The former Windows chief will represent the VC firm on the boards of companies it's backing

Vicious cycle boosts use of browser-based ad blockers

23% of browsers run ad-blocking add-ons that threaten some sites' survival

FISA Judge: NSA misrepresented themselves, violated the Constitution

Software AG acquires JackBe for mashup tooling, real-time analytics

A new Intelligent Business Operations Platform is also in the works

Downloading increases in the Netherlands despite Pirate Bay block, study finds

Increased use of legal channels is unlikely to be caused by the blockades, researchers said

How Analytics Tools Measure a Corporate Turnaround

Latest NSA revelations could help pending lawsuits

Poison Ivy RAT gnawing on systems again

Desktop Virtualization Cures Paper Problem for Healthcare Provider

Speech recognition: Gimmick or good enough?

While some consider speech recognition a gimmick, the smartphone industry continues to develop it.

Cisco patches serious vulnerabilities in Unified Communications Manager

The vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands or disrupt telephony-related services, Cisco said

NASA revives mothballed spacecraft to be asteroid hunter

WISE spacecraft will search for near-Earth asteroids

5 big things to watch for at VMworld

The cloud, virtual networking and storage, OpenStack and mobile computing are all expected to be hot topics at VMworld this year

Canonical misses smartphone crowdfunding goal by $19 million

The company still intends to ship Ubuntu-based smartphones next year

China’s Baidu calls app stores flawed, focuses on Web apps

The Chinese search giant unveiled a new app distribution model on Thursday

Nginx Web server goes commercial with new release

Nginx hopes to offer a high-speed all-software alternative to application delivery controllers

The NSA collected data on tens of thousands of Americans

The collection may have been inadvertent, declassified docs show

Poison Ivy, used in RSA SecurID attack, still popular

Security vendor FireEye has released a set of tools to analyze Poison Ivy infections

NSA collected thousands of domestic communications in 2011, court document shows

The numbers represent a misuse of NSA's authority, the EFF said

HP replaces enterprise chief, posts Q3 sales drop

HP's revenue fell 8 percent, with declines in all but one business unit

Lost in space (nearly)! Astronaut describes almost drowning on spacewalk

Leak in spacesuit fills helmet with water, astronaut writes in blog post

Microsoft turns Scroogled into ‘Schoolgled’ in new anti-Google attack ad

Picks up the pace, with today's offensive less than two weeks after the last

BDTI aims to stabilize mobile performance and battery measures

Berkeley Design Technology is developing a new benchmark to measure smartphone and tablet battery life

Does Bitcoin Promote Illicit Ecommerce?

Manning attorney vows to fight on, urges Obama to issue pardon

Lawyer: Manning cheered me up after sentencing, not the other way around

Zuckerberg mocked, doubted, and praised for Internet.org plan

Tech media reacts to Zuckerberg's ambitious new plan.

iPlastic: Purloined cases show in-color plastic iPhone 5C

But the most interesting debate among iPhone trackers remains price, not plastic

All eyes on HP amidst report its Enterprise Group chief has been reassigned

Donatelli out as head of HP Enterprise, according to AllThingsD report

How the Snowden Effect Is Paralyzing CIOs

Can the U.S. Postal Service find a future running a gov’t cloud-based authentication service?

Under the 3-year $15 million contract awarded to SecureKey Technologies today, USPS gambles on a future in the cloud

VMware’s Cloud Strategy Equal Parts Foggy, Stormy

Box swivels to SMBs with new subscription plan

The company isn't happy it's losing some smaller-size customers to Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft SkyDrive

iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending August 20

Latest Apple iPad 5 scuttlebutt: Rear shells, svelteness, and Retina clues from the supply chain

Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years for classified document leaks

U.S. Army Pfc. Manning had faced up to 90 years in prison

‘League of Legends’ account information and transaction records compromised

Hashed account passwords and credit card numbers were accessed, among other information, the game's developer said

Groklaw shutdown shows ‘chilling effect’ of NSA surveillance

Games developers get translation plug-in for Unity

Transfluent charges 6 to 18 cents per word for translations farmed out to its 20,000-strong network

NASA’s Voyager 2 marks 36 years on its space odyssey

After studying outer planets, Voyager 2 heading toward edge of solar system

NASA warns of solar storm racing toward Earth this week

Particles from coronal mass ejection could affect satellites and ground electrical systems

Google gives Chrome mulligan button

Adds 'reset' option to restore to factory settings, patches 25 security vulnerabilities

Facebook’s Zuckerberg wants to connect the rest of the world

Initiative aims to bring Internet access to the two-thirds of the world that's still unconnected

iPhone 5 case quick review: Kubxlab Ultra Thin Cases

The skinny on these slender iPhone 5 cases

LG Display ups smartphone resolution to 2560 x 1440 on 5.5-inch screen

The new panel is also thinner than its predecessor

China arrests two for using the Internet to defame cultural icon

The two users have admitted to fabricating the rumors, according to police

Facebook, six other tech companies partner to bridge the digital divide

The partnership aims to connect the two-thirds of the world that are not connected to the Internet

Bitcoin wallet service to issue refunds after users’ funds stolen

Blockchain.info has patched extensions used for its My Wallet application

Google seeks experts for its soon-to-launch Helpouts video service

The information-based video service is expected to launch soon following internal testing