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VMware announces extensions that will let vSphere control Hadoop deployments, giving enterprises an easier way to play with the big data platform
Consumers should be able to retake control of data collected by websites and data brokers, Brill says
The HTC 8XT and Samsung ATIV S Neo will run over fast LTE
Unidentified users are more likely to express themselves freely, say operators of Duvamis site
But Mozilla and other backers of the OS still have along way to go before it catches up to developer interest in iOS and Android
Visual Studio 2013 will allow developers to store settings in the cloud, where they can be accessed by multiple computers
Merchants can set up their own Square shop to reach a broader audience
Over 1,000 computers were recently infected with a piece of malware used by Chinese-speaking hackers, researchers from Seculert said
Foxconn also looking at the U.S. and Indonesia for expansion
The two tech CEOs, once bitter public rivals, will set aside their differences and discuss their pact
Android 4.2 contains protection against premium rate SMS apps, but has a very low distribution rate, Juniper researchers say
Today's keynote will show whether the software maker can rebound from sluggish start to Windows 8
More than half of IT pros and top brass believe cybercriminals have invaded their systems in the past or are still inside them
After a brief rest, the hackers have regrouped and started fresh campaigns
Korean mobile operator SK Telecom said it launched the world's first LTE-A network, with a variant of Samsung's Galaxy S4
O3b's medium-earth orbit satellites aim to provide low-latency and low-cost Internet connectivity
An R&D project hopes to determine whether a driver is concentrating on the road or thinking of other things
The so-called Display as a Service technology turns a wall of displays into a single giant screen
The consumer group has laid out a set of recommendations in a letter sent to the companies
Facebook reveals how its home-built distributed data store serves a billion users worldwide within milliseconds
The mass collection of data overwhelms investigators with information, critics at privacy conference say
The data come from the company's Safe Browsing technology, whicht flags up to 10,000 sites daily
Nasuni eases management of globally distributed data
If reports of new Facebook news aggregator are correct, new app could keep mobile users busy
Database 12c focuses on cloud computing with its 'pluggable databases' feature
Email interoperability, improved document collaboration and search are future areas of focus
Researchers find record-breaking 3 possibly habitable planets around a star
Boosts speeds of specially-optimized JavaScript for faster in-browser games and apps
Joyent rolls Manta package that offers object storage with baked in compute features.
Market testing of Google remedies ends Thursday
The company's .NET Mobility Scanner analyzes C# code to see if it will run on Android and iOS
Open standards could save the EU more than a!1 billion
The initiative aims to provide water experts with a real-time intelligent dashboard
$100 million program aiming to bring products to home and car automation and M2M products to market faster
Salesforce.com will deeply embrace Oracle's products even as the companies battle for cloud market share
Retina recanting, wait for 2014, don’t wait, iOS 7 will be MIA
Publishers want a share of Google's revenue, they said
SDN start-up founded by Cisco Nexus and Catalyst engineers launches product, ecosystem
Carberp-based Trojan programs will likely be created in the future, researchers say
The company's new BlackBerry Enterprise Service add-on creates a secure container on Android and iOS devices
Sony continues to scoop the competition with the SmartWatch 2
