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The agency proposes a new air-to-ground service using fixed satellite spectrum
The WD Black SSHD read/write performance tops out at 450MB/350MB/sec, respectively
Software defined networking could be the answer
HANA, the cloud and social software are among the issues on tap
Facebook looking to buy crowd-sourced traffic, mapping app, report says
Agencies must make government data available in open, machine-readable formats, the president says
The goal is to make it easier for service providers to launch cloud services
Smaller-scale deployments pose different challenges than cutthroat data center market.
Account passwords and credit card information were encrypted, the company claims
Microsoft knows how many Windows 8 PCs and tablets have been activated, but it's not saying
Smartphone shipments to the Chinese market reached 82 million, three times that of the U.S.
Many Tridium Niagara systems in use today are left unpatched, and the company acknowledges there's a problem with update deployments
Organizations leaning too heavily on virtualization vendors for protection, BeyondTrust finds
The phone has an upgraded user interface and platform based on the acquisition of Smarterphone
Mozilla expects its Firefox OS to become the third major mobile OS
Google's office is not the only one in Australia with vulnerable building control software
Riverbed researcher says hardware used to run networks of the future will get less and less important
The law would have required cellphone retailers to provide information about alleged dangers of cellphone radiation
The aim is to quicken the pace of networking hardware innovation
A standards organization moves the OS closer to 64 bit
Multiple models of next-generation Windows RT machines will run faster Tegra 4 processors, exec says
Retina mini rising, the stylish stylus, bettering battery via iTunes
The true value of software defined networking is how it will hasten network provisioning
Top statistician warns that an abundance of data lets statisticians 'cherry pick' data points to get the results they want
Updated mapping app appears part of Google effort to attract more users of mobile devices
Office executive swipes at Adobe's subscription-only model, but company backs off his apparent promise to keep selling perpetual licenses for 10 years
The flash storage company's co-founder and chief marketing officer has also resigned
Developers getting update that includes about a dozen tweaks and additions
Intel executive says that though Moore's Law is becoming challenging, it is by no means gone
Testing company Ixia launches high-volume DDoS tests against F5 firewalls
Possible sanctions could include immigration and trade limits with countries accused of harboring cyberattackers, lawmakers say
Syrian government blames outage on problem with an optic cable
Top Windows engineer says 'we're thinking' about restoring the iconic UI component, but stops short of promising
A judge decided to keep the suspect in custody for 14 days pending the outcome of an investigation, the Public Prosecution Service said
The order management software tackles problems caused by an increasingly complex retail industry
The object change notification keeps an eye out for new content uploaded by users
Xiaomi has begun selling phones outside of China in Hong Kong and Taiwan
The upcoming device will have an 8.7-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization
Marks first time U.S. has accused China of using cyberweapons to steal intellectual property, and gain a military and economic advantage
Survey also finds nearly half of netizens need nudge to change passwords
The deal may, however, not prevent Yahoo from trying to terminate the broader agreement with Microsoft
Eset has found a malware program targeting Apache servers also affects the Lighttpd and Nginx web servers
The bill would require the Director of National Intelligence to identify companies that benefit from stolen U.S. technologies
The company analyzes social media to give consumers better information about online service disruptions
The browser-based version of Office will get real-time co-authoring and other enhancements in the coming year
The next version of the operating system will gain object storage features
Cray's new XC30-AC system offers a supercomputing architecture for as little as $500,000
