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Google’s Schmidt admits talking to Glass is ‘weird,’ ‘inappropriate’

Google executive chairman says new tech should prompt conversation about digital privacy, etiquette

Senate delays vote on Internet sales tax until May

The new schedule for the bill comes after a week of the Senate in standstill

Just How Close Is Apple’s Tim Cook to Being Fired?

Salesforce, the pillow maker and the $125,000 AmEx bill

An employee is left with a huge credit card bill after a software implementation allegedly goes wrong

Locked and loaded, online gamers draw phishing attackers

Cyber thieves attracted to the richness of in-game commerce, report finds

3 Tips to Get a Payoff From Collaboration Tools

Wolfram Alpha study of Facebook users details relationship cycles

Men talk more about music, movies, television than women, the research also found

How big is cloud’s impact? Depends on who’s asking

Not surprisingly, vendor surveys point to higher adoption than independent researchers

Hackers increasingly target shared Web hosting servers for use in mass phishing attacks

Nearly half of phishing attacks seen during the second half of 2012 involved the use of hacked shared hosting servers, APWG report says

LG stages comeback as smartphones outsell feature phones for first time

The company more than doubled smartphone sales to become the third-largest smartphone vendor

Alcatel-Lucent makes loss on static first-quarter revenue

The company will present a plan to turn it around in early summer, it said

Google adds in-browser Office doc viewing to Chrome

Quickoffice technology comes to the Chrome browser

Vulnerable terminal servers reflect bigger security problem

Unsecured ports on industrial control equipment, which could let hackers gain admin access, highlights risk of older equipment on modern tech

Microsoft prevails in Xbox patent rift with Motorola Mobility

A judge found that Microsoft should pay far less than Motorola demanded for use of standard-essential patents

Samsung profits soar on phones, tablets; high hopes for Galaxy S4

The Korean electronics behemoth said profits increased 42 percent in the first quarter from a year ago

China’s Baidu reports weaker profit growth in Q1

Promotion and research expenses go up as the company focuses on tapping China's mobile Internet market

T-Mobile USA agrees to come clean about ‘uncarrier’ service plans

A deceptive-advertising settlement with Washington State requires the carrier to offer refunds nationwide

Facebook buys Parse, gets into development tools business

Facebook has bought a company that provides a cloud-based app development platform

Could Privacy Protection Bills Hinder Law Enforcement?

Extreme Networks replaces its CEO again

Rodriguez out, Berger in as beleaguered company sees fifth leader in 7 years

NASA launches new nanosatellites: Android smartphones

Googles HTC Nexus One phones are sending pics, messages from Earth orbit

Judge rejects FBI’s bid to hack computer of suspect in attempted cyberheist

Warrant request too broad, fails to meet 4th amendment standards

ODCA: Virtual machines inching to portability

Moving virtual machines across different hypervisors is possible, still requires much manual intervention, a study found

Senators stall vote on Internet sales tax for now

Supporters of the legislation still hope to vote in the Senate Friday or Saturday

Windows Blue won’t solve all Microsoft’s problems, analysts say

Drumbeat of leaks leads to high expectations for upgrade, but pricing, form factor and apps need attention, too

Will we see Key Lime Pie at Google I/O, after all?

Dueling rumors on the release of the latest and greatest Android version, plus the Nexus 5, brand-new display technology for the Galaxy Note 3 and Swype

Google’s data removal requests spike to over 2,000

More governments worldwide are asking the site to take down political content

Apple is growing; why not WWDC?

Tickets to annual conference sell out in 2 minutes

Windows tablets no more than ‘niche’ player in Q1, research firm says

Microsoft's puny 7.4% share is the result of user confusion, shortage of apps, pricing issues and limited distribution, says Strategy Analytics

Smart glass market could hit 9.4M shipments by 2016

Shipments of smart glasses will start to soar in 2014, when Google Glass is due for release, research firm says

Apple WWDC sells out in 2 minutes, first ticket on eBay less than 1 hour later

Wildly popular iPhone, iPad, Mac developers show sells out faster than you can say 'iPhone 6'

HP could bury TouchPad fiasco with $169 Slate 7 tablet

Analysts say the $169 price of Slate 7 is a lesson from HP's TouchPad fire sale in 2011

VirnetX targets Skype, Lync in new patent attack on Microsoft

Claims 2010's $200M settlement and licensing deal doesn't cover multi-platform Skype

Security of hosted services is top priority for Adobe’s first CSO

Strengthening the security of Adobe's internal infrastructure is another goal for new CSO Brad Arkin

Senate committee limits government electronic surveillance

The committee votes to require search warrants for electronic records stored for more than 180 days

Apple’s Cook resets 3 popular, and wrong, Apple rumors

On the earnings call, Cook talks about timing, innovation, screen size

LinkedIn revamps contacts feature to boost relationship management

The new LinkedIn Contacts will also be released as a standalone iOS application

EU publishes Google antitrust remedy proposals

Google rivals to have their say on remedial measures

3D-printed gun may be unveiled soon

Cody Wilson, the founder of Defense Distributed, may soon disrupt the nationwide gun control debate with a 3D-printed gun.

Pivotal puts PaaS in the spotlight

Venture from EMC, VMware and GE could help enterprises exploit big data for new apps

Motorola’s Android phones infringe Microsoft SMS patent, German court rules

Microsoft's aim is a licensing deal with Motorola

Islamic group expands targets in bank DDoS attacks

The hacktivist group, which has been hammering U.S. banks since late last year, has now expanded attacks to other financial services companies

Big data can be a big headache for data defenders

Technology is outrunning the security needed to keep it safe

Nintendo President: Lack of games hurting Wii U, but more titles coming

The company promised more titles in the second half of 2013, a day after saying the console had not met sales targets

Report: Facebook and Twitter don’t change the American political status quo

Pew researchers find political participation still more common among the wealthy, even online.

Wireless networks may learn to live together by using energy pulses

The university-developed GapSense system could help prevent interference between Wi-Fi and other networks

US lawmakers plan sweeping review of copyright

The House Judiciary Committee will launch a broad review in the coming months

WikiLeaks donations by Visa ruled OK in Iceland

The verdict marks 'a victory for free speech,' the whistle-blowing site says

Scientists find clues to why everything exists

CERN physicists get first hints on what happened to anti-matter

Senator rips self-regulatory do-not-track efforts

Online businesses have no reason to push forward with do-not-track promises, Rockefeller says