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Analysts generally positive, but Cisco mum on huge product overlap with Sourcefire in IPS/next-gen firewalls
Apple releases second-quarter numbers later today, but experts expect third-consecutive contraction of company's computer sales
One of the largest webhosting companies says hackers have compromised its European customer database and gained access to a server in Canada
Focus of Samsung Developers Conference could be on Tizen OS, not Android, and on building apps for unique Samsung utilities
Smartphones include flagship Droid Ultra, and will become available starting Aug 20.
Is the chief security officer title destined to evolve into one that is about more than just security?
New 625 is at low-end -- just under $300 -- of smartphone family headed by Lumia 1020
Not the old telcos and maybe not even customers
Sourcefire will give Cisco 'deep security DNA,' according to the announcement
More than 50,000 people have backed the proposal
Windows sales to OEMs will be down 'mid-teens,' says CFO, which means at least that large a decline in personal computer shipments
The new Media drive can stream up to five different HD movies at once to multiple devices
25% of Internet traffic goes to Google and its services. Deepfield says
Facebook For Every Phone grabs 1 million users using dumb phones
'2-in-1' could be in the cards, say analysts, envisioning a Surface-like iOS productivity device
Strategy of withholding Office from iPad and Android tablets 'isn't working,' says analyst
NASA says photo shows our 'coming of age' as planetary explorers
Carrier says copper replacement isn't feasible for some Fire Island, N.Y., and Mantoloking, N.J., customers; critics complain to FCC.
Overlap exists in Cisco, Sourcefire next-gen firewalls
The researcher says he was able to obtain names and email addresses of users and claims he reported the flaw to Apple
Alibaba's set-top box will launch in China in two to three months
A creepy – and completely fictitious – spying app took would-be snoops for a ride.
OpenOffice 4.0 beats the feature overload issue by devoting room on the side of documents for feature controls
Some companies like Texas Instruments and Oracle earlier settled with Eolas
A browser extension from Abine gives users greater control over their personal information
A majority of LTE users in 2018 will be using either TD-LTE or LTE-Advanced, the research company says
The executive's exit immediately follows the resignation of three Yahoo board members
The chip will be the first SOC from Intel based on the same microarchitecture as its Xeon processors
OpenStack turns three this month and some say the project needs to mature
Some 60 percent of all Internet-connected devices exchange traffic with Google servers in an average day, research firm Deepfield says
Cisco boss talks about how SDN fits into its architecture, what Insieme is all about and why the Internet of Everything matters to IT pros
The company hopes to raise $32 million to produce 40,000 Ubuntu Edge phones, which will double as PCs when docked
Sole CEO-to-be Bill McDermott shoots down rumors he wants to enter politics
ARM hopes to encourage the use of Java for both embedded systems and enterprise software
Following a complaint from a consumer association, the French regulator investigated whether ISP Free had broken net neutrality rules
If companies don't comply, the government will consider legislation, David Cameron said
Explains mysterious days-long outage, says names and email addresses may have been stolen
The firms said they will expand their long partnership to speed the introduction of x86 to HP's Itanium-based server lineup
Millions of phones could be at risk due to the use of a 1970s-era encryption standard
A disclosure that the government was collecting phone data from customers of Verizon has already generated controversy
Analyst: SAP tech chief Sikka could eventually ascend to the co-CEO slot
MIT researchers have built a system to write better algorithms for tackling congestion
Tech titans including IBM, SAP, Microsoft, Nokia, Google and Yahoo weighed in with quarterly earnings
