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Attackers can use the accounts to gain root access on the devices from certain IP address ranges, researchers say
All of the world's information, about 1.8 zettabytes, could be stored in about four grams of DNA
Big cloud companies like Salesforce.com and Amazon are expanding offerings, growing geographic footprint
The original SSH binary files get replaced with credential-stealing versions, researchers warn
Cox takes a sabbatical from Linux for personal reasons, rather than political ones
Facebook and Google tangle for users and time spent on their apps
The leaked version of the cybersecurity strategy is incoherent says MEP
Expect plenty of uptake for natural language and vocal command capabilities in BI applications as well
The company now has to create some more excitement around Windows Phone at Mobile World Congress, an analyst said
Symantec president and CEO Steve Bennett outlines broad re-organization strategy
Horning left imprint at DEC, Xerox PARC, other significant technology organizations
Expanded alliance for Cisco is deeper, broader than that with EMC, VMware
70 million iOS devices sold in Q1
Analysts expect the programs to be a big hit
'Distributed Spam Distraction' designed to cover the tracks of online thieves
Apple reported strong growth in the Chinese market, with revenue up from iPhone sales
A Commission judge had earlier ruled that Samsung infringed four Apple patents
The home and small-business broadband service has been out for days in some areas
Requests of all kinds have increased by more than 70 percent since 2009, the company says
Symantec will focus on developing new integrated products
With reports of a smartphone and tablet launching this spring, analysts praise Google's competitive drive
Google's spending on lobbying was up 70 percent in 2012, Facebook's up nearly 200 percent
Server apps, with common UI, create multivendor reach.
Former Microsoft senior VP says Windows 8 on ARM tablets is a "scale 9 earthquake"
Where VMware leaves a hole, other vendors step in
Social media users loved the buzzword and trend last year, but are darker times on the way?
One defendant pleads guilty to several charges and agrees to cooperate with an investigation
VMware has found widespread use of Puppet among its user base
Malware was used to steal millions of dollars from U.S., offshore bank accounts, since 2006
SSDs to represent 40% of the hard drive market by 2016
Surface for Windows 8 Pro support all legacy laptop applications, Windows Store apps, touch
New Net-T capability for sensor/information pods helps aircraft share invaluable battlefield information.
Security company is working on a product that can allegedly mitigate entire classes of vulnerabilities in SCADA systems
The company has forecast software and software-related service revenue will grow by 11 to 13 percent this year
Joyent and SkyTap join Amazon Web Services in offering cloud-based Hadoop clusters
Jobs made threat shortly before former Apple executives officially joined Palm, documents reveal
Trend Micro annual threat report says Android malware follows in footsteps of Windows threats but at faster rate
Intucell's software can decrease the number of dropped calls and lessen congestion, it said
Enterprises can distribute video content to any device without building their own infrastructure for encoding and streaming
And why Aerohive's Matthew Gast has an engineer's crush on the FCC chairman
It's not a tablet, PC, or cloud-only device - Dell's upcoming computer has everything
Warrantless search of file violated defendant's Fourth Amendment right, federal judge says in child porn case
RIM hopes upgraded BES 10 tool can help boost BlackBerry sales; analysts are skeptical on eve of new RIM smartphone launch
Shylock home-banking malware updated to take advantage of Skype, which will feature in Microsoft SharePoint and Office
Information Governance experts say that while storage coast are down, there's risk -- and cost -- associated with the growing 'data lake'
Microsoft could take legal action against the resellers if a settlement isn't reached
AMD hopes to be profitable by the end of fiscal 2013 with the help of new products and a boost from its custom chip business