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Is Microsoft's Windows 8 laptop/tablet right for your organization?
The necessary files can be downloaded from the company's developer website
Tragedy shouldn't undermine protection of private and public property, experts say
Cylance notified the U.S. ICS-CERT of the vulnerabilities in Xper, which integrates with hospital systems and databases
The Japanese electronics giant has been in the iconic Madison Avenue building for 20 years
The malware, ironically, does not actually exploit the Java vulnerabilities, according to Trend Micro
Microsoft says its search engine will incorporate five-times as much Facebook content in results
HP tapped to install large tracking system
All quiet on the Galaxy S IV front, but plenty going on elsewhere.
Cryptography Research expected to show how to grab NSA-approved encryption keys off chips—and how to prevent it
A new component allows the Shylock Trojan program to send messages and files through Skype
The planned Internet security strategy is attacked by industry, privacy groups
Congress should also pass Aaron's Law to decriminalize terms of service violations, Lessig and Demand Progress say
Cloud consultant David Linthicum says Oracle's latest offering - the ability to rent Oracle hardware for your own premises - is "faux cloud pricing."
Firefox and Sailfish to debut on separate smartphones
The vulnerability had been publicly known for a over a week
The company wants to reduce operating costs as its struggles continue
Apple was also allowed to withdraw infringement claims against Samsung's Galaxy S III Mini
The U.S. Attorney said the prosecution recognized that there was no evidence against Swartz to warrant severe punishment
AV-Test.org failed the company again in another round of security software testing
The company says its Open Compute Project will give customers more choice and flexibility in choosing servers
A judge in California has ordered the two companies to try to work out their differences over Amazon's use of the name 'Appstore'
Outside of reaching a diplomatic solution, options available to the government would not stop the attacks quickly, say security experts
With exploit sold for $5,000 via cybercrime forum, experts double down on calls for consumers to uninstall the software
Intel is readying silicon photonics for use at the motherboard level
AT&T exempts from data caps the traffic going over its own femtocell, but not those of other carriers, the group says
New operating systems face an uphill battle as they challenge Android and iOS
Manger of Surface line says tablet arriving 'in the coming weeks'
Dell supports the Open Compute Project's systems management framework, which works on ARM and x86 servers
Is this Russian vs. Russian espionage? Is cyber-war a good marketing tool?
Whitehouse.gov petition gets 40,000 signatures in four-plus days; needs 100,000 in 30 days for White House response
System will work with the security offered by various carriers and smartphones
Post-season veterans gather at Gillette Stadium as AFC Championship game nears
Those who use fake vouchers can face a lifetime ban on certification exams
Facebook's new Graph Search is a search engine built specifically for social networks. But how did engineers build it?
The Galaxy Tabs are not covered by the scope of Apple's design right, the court ruled
It's justified, say security experts, who cite known but unpatched bugs
Service pack for System Center and upgraded Intune service create a single platform for
Pre-configured templates should allow enterprises to get up and running quicker
Fusion ioScale is a standard product based on storage cards the company makes for huge hyper-scale data centers
If self-checkout is a mature technology, why are some stores ditching it?
Verizon report recommends 'least privilege management,' a decades old concept. Problem is, it's still not mainstream.
Inefficient storage methods also seen as raising costs in cloud, survey finds
Three employees are alleged to have taken secret dcouments and information before joining Nvidia
Blue Coat, which makes software and appliances that monitor and restrict web traffic, has been criticized before
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren has proposed to call it "Aaron's Law"
The expansion should bring tighter Microsoft Lync integration, the carrier says
DefenseCode said it discovered the firmware flaw and reported it to Cisco 'months ago'