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Is the blanket collection of phone data like that exposed this week legal? The government believes so. Here's the lowdown.
Amazon could face problems securing e-book content in China, according to an analyst
Data from Microsoft, Facebook, Google servers is being accessed, Washington Post claims
Google's OS is being picked up by dozens of smaller firms at the trade show
Intel executive Dadi Perlmutter responds to ARM's claims of processor superiority over Silvermont
The collection of communications does not target U.S. persons, he said.
New models from dashcam makers add GPS location, G-force detection and better video quality
Major Internet companies let US agencies probe their servers, the Washington Post and the Guardian eported
New consolidated ad tools to reduce complexity will roll out in the coming months
Privacy advocates say reports about the operation confirm long-held fears
UC Berkeley’s Tessellation operating system can simultaneously support real-time, high-throughput parallel applications
Government Accountability Office agrees with IBM, which protested Amazon winning the contract
A bunch of bogus little hints and everyone freaks right out. Also -- the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 are starting families (though not with each other), a gaming tablet that's actually designed for games, and more.
The goal is for 100Mbps to 1Gbps to 99 percent of students within five years
Dubbed Sentinel, the HANA-powered product is aimed at helping investors make better trades, according to a job posting
Apple iPad rumors: The politics of postponement, fake photos reveal truth, don''t listen to Tim
The exploit targets a vulnerability that only affects unsupported Plesk versions, the software's creator said
The new legislation would deny US visas to cyberattackers sponsored by foreign governments
Incentive program aims to build up partners using Box platform
The site will offer 5GB of free capacity
New breed of modular data centers are built quickly with flexibility in mind
SAP holds onto the top spot in terms of market share
DAC speakers look back, forward at system design trends, including flight of talent to social network firms
Cloud-based security, storage and management services are popular favorites among the IT pros who contributed to Network World's annual Fave Raves feature
Software Collections are designed for developers seeking access to cutting edge tools with support
The service-level agreement comes with 99.95 percent availability promise
The order gives the National Security Agency access to phone records and related data.
Bitcoin sales all recorded to a public ledger, meaning payments made to a company could lead to tracking of later payments made to that address
Japan's largest online retailer said it will acquire Webgistix, an online third-party shipping service for retailers
The conspirators based in Vietnam allegedly had data on over 1.1 million cards
More than 1,400 Citadel botnets, responsible for over half a billion U.S. dollars in losses, were disrupted
A new local-currency API is designed to give game developers more flexibility in how they price items
The company's Compellent division will offer both SLC and MLC drives, with software to move data between them
Automated tiering, deduplication and a self-service cloud portal are among the new features in this Windows Server OS update
An FTC commissioner calls the Digital Advertising Alliance a success story in self-regulation
University of Washington researchers have developed a new gestural recognition technology based on Wi-Fi signals
Boosting smartphone ownership for low income earners and the elderly could be tough, analyst says
Well-known financial analyst Peter Misek estimates U.S. ITC decision will result in between $1 billion and $2 billion in lost revenue.
The deal will give SAP an 'omni-channel' e-commerce offering
Silicon Valley start-up CirroScope targets SaaS security
Microsoft's chief hybrid-cloud exec opens up about what it can mean for businesses
At TechEd Brad Anderson, Microsoft vice president of Windows Server and System Center details hybrid cloud vision
The number of P-to-P malware samples surged during the past year, researchers from Damballa said
The use of small cells by enterprises will open the door for services such as dedicated voice capacity and local switching of voice traffic
Microsoft is addressing one of the criticisms of Windows 8 RT by adding its popular email client
AMD adds OS flexibility as it expands its custom-chip business and tries to expend into tablet market
Pacemakers, MRI machines and the like at risk; manufacturers reluctant to patch
Microsoft's next relational database management system will come with built-in in-memory technologies
