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Testy U.S. officials demand return of NSA document leaker Snowden

National Security Council seeks Snowden's extradition from Russia after Hong Kong ignores similar request

Cisco delivers “monster” Catalyst switch in major product refresh

Programmable and optimized for 10/40/100G, Cisco Catalyst 6800 line still does not yet retire the decade-old Cat 6500

Bleaker forecast pushes Windows rebound into 2014

Platform will power 2% fewer devices shipped this year than last, but Microsoft will set the stage this fall for a better tomorrow, says Gartner

National Zoo uses Twitter to find missing panda

Missing red panda drives buzz and jokes on the social network

Google making steady progress in the enterprise

President of Google Enterprise says 58% of Fortune 500 are using some Google tools already, and new cloud products are encouraging conversion

T-Mobile: FCC can prevent spectrum hoarding without sacrificing revenue

The FCC should limit AT&T and Verizon in upcoming auctions, but also set a minimum price, T-Mobile says

Tune in: Microsoft to live stream BUILD keynote on Wednesday

Clues to rumored reorg may be dropped by which execs show, no-shows

Cosmonauts on spacewalk to add lab to space station, NASA reports

First of multiple spacewalks slated to prep orbiter for addition of multi-purpose Russian module

Software AG angles its messaging platform for Big Data conveyance

Software AG's Nirvana Messaging is now called Universal Messaging and is available from the company's Terracotta division

‘Containerization’ is no BYOD panacea: Gartner

Gartner notes it's an important IT application development question

WikiLeaks slams US for pursuing Snowden

WikiLeaks has assisted NSA leaker in his request for political asylum in Ecuador

Encryption would exempt ISPs from data breach notification to EU customers

New rules on how to implement the ePrivacy law come into force in August

HP shows off 21-inch all-in-one desktop installed with Android

The HP Slate 21 runs Android 4.2.2

Data center outage takes French state financial system offline for four days

A storage failure lasting less than an hour resulted in a four-day outage in an SAP system used to pay state suppliers

You can get a new smartphone for half off at AT&T this week

Trade-in required, as is a two-year service commitment

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 tablets go on sale July 7 for $199 to $399

Sizes range from 7 inches to 10.1 inches running Android Jelly Bean

Ecuador considering Snowden’s asylum request

Ecuador's minister of foreign affairs comments on asylum request at a press conference

Can Social Media Make ITSM Fun Again?

EU cloud computing contracts to go under the microscope

An expert group will try to define a single standard contract

Fusion-io updates ioTurbine to aid more types of on-server caching

The software can now manage caching at the hypervisor level and on non-virtualized servers

Apple ties CEO’s stock rewards to Wall Street

Tim Cook could forfeit $2.9M in shares this year, $135M over the next nine if Apple's stock performance slumps

Cybercrooks target SMBs with new types of attacks

Ransomware, mobile malware and brute-force attacks aimed at small business are on the rise

Qualcomm invests second $60 million in Sharp for next-gen displays

Sharp and Qualcomm subsidiary Pixtronix are trying to mass produce displays based on tiny mechanical shutters instead of LCDs

Microsoft investing over $670 million in Iowa data center

The West Des Moines project will create 29 new jobs

Bitcoin Foundation warned by California financial regulator

The foundation maintains that it is not a money-transmission business

NSA leaker Snowden leaves Hong Kong reportedly for Russia

Hong Kong's government said Sunday Edward Snowden had left for a third country

Reports: FTC probes Google’s Waze acquisition

The U.S. agency is reportedly reviewing the potential anti-competitive impact of Google's purchase of the Israeli mapping app developer

Southwest Airlines flying again after major computer glitch grounds flights

Systemwide computer glitch grounds more than 60 Southwest flights on Friday/Saturday

Facebook bug exposes contact information from millions of users

There is no evidence, the company says, that the bug has been exploited maliciously

Android ransomware marks profitable new era for cybercriminals

Linux Foundation sees broadening role for developers

Foundation adds new courses to reflect job changes

Rackspace supercharges MongoDB service

Rackspace is using its ObjectRocket acquisition to offer fully tuned MongoDB data stores

Here come the pricey, 12-hour laptops

But even with stellar battery life, the four-figure price tags could slow sales, says Forrester analyst

Another working Apple-1 pops up, could sell for $500K

Christie's to auction out-of-nowhere antique starting next week

Oracle to charge extra for 12c database’s ‘fundamental’ feature

Intrigue builds over an Oracle and Microsoft press conference set for Monday

Too many CSOs ignore the reality of today’s threats

George Viegas argues that recent research finds too many security managers suffer from 'ain't gonna happen to me' syndrome

British intelligence tapping fiber-optic cables for massive amounts of data

The GCHQ surveillance program is even bigger than NSAs, The Guardian says

‘Hell is Other People’ is the anti-social app

Want to avoid your friends? Have we got an app for you

Intel looks past Windows, sees Android for Haswell successor

Intel is looking to hire a program manager who will take charge of porting Android to Haswell successors

Civil liberties advocates call for more oversight of NSA surveillance

NSA surveillance programs need more transparency, critics say

Enterprises starting to trust cloud for more sensitive apps

Cloud gaining traction for everything from e-discovery to security monitoring

Founder of Citrix and much more, Ed Iacobucci dies at 59

Versatile tech pioneer oversaw OS/2 at IBM, formed a jet startup and of late targeted data sprawl at VirtualWorks

Virgin Mobile USA to carry iPhone 5 for $550

Sales kick off June 28; unlimited 3G and 4G LTE data, and unlimited messages, available for $35 a month

‘Star Trek’ stars’ remains to be launched into space

Roddenberry's and Arthur C. Clarke's ashes will blast off in 2014

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending June 21

Leaking components, Labor Day frenzy, fingerprinting bezel, liquid cooling

U.K. regulator gives Google 35 days to scrap its remaining Street View data

If the company doesn't, legal action might be taken

Tech talent wars spill into marketing

Hiring managers from outside the IT department are recruiting IT pros, particularly for cloud computing roles

CIO Takes Action to Solve BYOD’s Privacy Problem

6 highest/lowest paid IT jobs

Technology staffing firm Mondo predicts a spike in demand for HTML5 developers in 2014

First ransomware app targeting Android devices spotted in the wild, Symantec says

Fake 'Android Defender' can change the settings of the operating system, reject reset attempts, Symantec says