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Microsoft says it does not give the NSA blanket access to its users' communications
Announced by Nokia alongside its Lumia 1020 smartphone, Vine will also eventually be joined by Path and Flipboard
Analysts: The Dynamics business application family has emerged as a conduit to push Microsoft's other technologies into enterprises
Google Chrome OS-based Chromebook laptops take significant share of retail sales in the sub-$300 market, says researcher NPD
Blue planet may look like Earth from a distance but has 4,500-mph winds
Kurt DelBene, who pushed Office 365, will retire, says CEO Steve Ballmer
The vulnerability allows attackers to modify legitimate Android apps without breaking their digital signatures
Microsoft business reshuffling puts the spotlight on four execs
Microsoft high priority: enterprise information assurance
The Alcatel One Touch will hit Poland two weeks after Telefonia launched the ZTE Open
Consumers want good smartphone cameras, which could help Nokia's sales, analysts say
The CEO of a major 3D-printing company explains what the controversial 3D-printed gun project says about the industry at large.
NetSocket software helps sort out underlying physical cause of virtual network problems
The Microsoft CEO wants the company to operate in a more efficient, unified manner, pursuing common goals
Some hackers don't like the idea of socializing with government agents at Defcon following recent US surveillance revelations
Google pays researcher record $21,500 for reporting bugs in sync service
NTT DoCoMo has expanded its LTE network to cover Japan's favorite mountain, including the peak
Using the Bitcoin system will allow for cheaper international remittances in Kenya
Yahoo has asked the FISA court to release its order and other documents related to a 2008 decision
The new test should be a better measure of performance but could lead to disagreement over who has the world's fastest system
Warnings are better designed now, which has led to users paying more attention
The third-largest US mobile carrier will be called Sprint Corporation
The weak demand for PCs continues and a return to growth may be two years away, says research firm IDC
Apple may not approach other markets as aggressively as it did with book publishers in 2010
Kicks BlackBerry when the Canadian company's down, says one analyst
Phone would support wearable RFID health monitoring devices, Samsung says
CEO describes new upgrade plan as part of ongoing revolution as 'un-carrier'
The study's numbers are outdated and fail to account for 2011 reforms, the FCC says
Carnegie Mellon scientists build snake that can creep where no human can go
The tool comes several months after rival Vine released an identical feature
The $10-per-month Jump plan will also provide device protection
AWS cuts prices for its dedicated instances, the basis for its virtual private cloud offering
Google Latitude and check-ins are also killed off as part of the update
Whether it’s mobile, cloud, virtualization or SDN, these start-ups are taking up the security challenges
Google services restored after 40-minute outage; angry users vent on Twitter
Apple violated antitrust law when it worked with publishers to establish its e-book store in 2010, judge says
Asigra offers performance-based pricing model for disaster recovery services
Another $3 million worth of equipment at the Economic Development Administration would have met same fate but for lack of funds
The Heml.is application will use end-to-end encryption and will be funded by the community
The new solid-state module and software are designed to boost the HUS VM's performance
But fails to come close to record $671K paid in May for a different working circuit board
India's size and youth are seen as the driving forces behind the expansion
Nearly a third of U.S. workers distrust company software on their mobile devices
One analyst said he believes giving developers six months to fix an app, so as to not scare away developers, is excessive
