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Windows Store has enough apps to prevent Windows RT flop, say analysts

But Microsoft must boost the number of high-quality tablet apps to make its bet pay off

Moving beyond Hadoop for big data needs

Hadoop isn't enough anymore for enterprises that need new and faster ways to extract business value from massive datasets

ORNL boosts U.S. supercomputing power with 20-petaflop Titan

ORNL's 20-petaflop supercomputer called Titan could be rated the fastest supercomputer in the world

IBM moving to replace silicon with carbon nanotubes in computer chips

The company said it has greatly increased the number of carbon nanotubes that can be accurately placed on a single chip

Ernst & Young’s IT security survey shows struggle to control cloud computing, social media and mobile risks

Survey of 1,850 CIOs, CISOs around the world indicates many see need for radical transformation in security approach

Hundreds greet Apple’s new store in Palo Alto

The store marks a new home for Apple retail in the heart of Silicon Valley

South Carolina reveals massive data breach of Social Security Numbers, credit cards

The state governor said she wants the hacker "slammed to the wall"

South Carolina breach exposes 3.6M SSNs

Another 387,000 credit and debit cards also exposed in Department of Revenue intrusion, but most were encrypted

Apple to open Palo Alto store on Saturday

Architectural renderings indicate it will be an impressive retail outlet

VMware expands Redis programming options

The Redis in-memory data store update adds support for scripting and bit-wise operations

Microsoft starts $40 Windows 8 upgrade sales

Some customers run into problems trying to buy, install and activate the new OS

Microsoft Surface goes on sale to cheering crowds

The Windows RT machine won't run old software

Feds arrest Ceglia for trying to defraud Facebook, Zuckerberg

N.Y. man accused of billion-dollar scheme to cheat social network

iPhone 6 rumor rollup for week ending Oct. 26

Already with The Date, magic morphing, dire warnings

DOJ: Dotcom could face new charges if he launches new service

The agency questions Dotcom's plans to launch a service similar to Megaupload

Critical flaw found in software used by many industrial control systems

CoDeSys runtime flaw allows hackers to execute commands on critical industrial control systems without authentication, researchers say

Startup claims it saw early signs of Amazon’s cloud outage

Noticed abnormal activity among customers two hours before Amazon announced outage

Gartner: Mobile device management tech set to take off

Proliferation of smart devices and the data they will have access to could force IT's hand

Windows 8 launch offers brief mention of enterprises

Ballmer alludes to security, new features with other Microsoft platform

Amazon’s counts on Kindle after first net loss in nine years

Revenue rose 27 percent, but higher operating expenses and an investment in Livingsocial weighed on results

Google’s email security flaw embarrassing, but no catastrophe

DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) vulnerability highlights need to upgrade to stronger keys as they improve

iPhone jailbreaking still legal in US, but don’t meddle with an iPad

The U.S. Librarian of Congress has renewed its jailbreaking exemption for iPhones under the DMCA

Nokia drops off from list of top five smartphone vendors

Samsung was the largest smartphone vendor in the third quarter followed by Apple

Softbank deal validates US rejection of T-Mobile-AT&T merger, Sprint CEO says

Dan Hesse said regulators' blocking of the deal last year made Softbank's planned investment in Sprint possible

How Big Data Save Lives in New York City

Cisco network really was $100 million more

California State explains RFP that produced wide delta in Cisco, Alcatel-Lucent bids

Sprint hits delays in LTE rollout

The carrier says its Network Vision project is about three months behind because of logistics, materials and weather

Hottest Android news and rumors for the week ending Oct. 25

Everybody's gearing up for Monday's big announcement - here's the scoop on what to expect.

Open DNS resolvers increasingly abused to amplify DDoS attacks, report says

The frequency of DNS-based DDoS amplification attacks has increased, researchers say

Telecom firm tightens internal application management with HP tool

Vodafone Ireland found HP APM plays central role in keeping applications running smoothly

In search of the sub-$300 Windows RT tablet

Microsoft says they are coming -- maybe tomorrow?

Windows 8 coming out party: New Microsoft OS runs on all kinds of hardware

More than 1,000 devices certified for Windows 8 starting at less than $300.

100,000 new jobs for tech industry through midyear 2012, report says

Modest job gains shouldn't be taken for granted, TechAmerica Foundation warns

Microsoft seeks to catch up in tablet market with Windows 8

Consumers and enterprises will have the last word on whether the new OS is a success

Apple vs. Amazon: Has the iPad mini kindled new competition?

Are Apple and Amazon the new Sharks and Jets of the tablet world?

Windows XP turns 11, still not dead yet

The aged OS has 18 months until retirement, but it's not going quietly into the night, say analysts

Line blurs between insider, outsider attacks

Underground forums provide insider access to enterprises

BYOD resistance loosening but security practices lacking

SANS survey of more than 650 IT and security professionals shows access control and VPNs favored for mobile

Google, Microsoft and Yahoo fix serious email weakness

Use of weak DKIM signing keys could allow spoofed email messages to look legitimate, US-CERT warned

Samsung Galaxy Note II to be sold through US carriers starting at $299

Samsung enlisted Kanye West to plug its new device, a 'phablet' that's somewhere between a phone and a tablet

Sprint Direct Connect Now makes push-to-talk an Android app

The app lets subscribers use Direct Connect without a dedicated button

IT budgets up, but salary cuts still a concern: study

Among CIOs and IT executives surveyed, 13% expect to see salary cuts in 2013, reports the Society for Information Management (SIM)

AMD says more Windows 8 tablets with its chips coming

AMD says between six to 10 tablets with its Z-60 tablet chip will be announced between now and CES in 2013

Businesses must evaluate Windows 8 now, experts say

Enterprises can't avoid dealing with it so they'd better know what it's all about

Researcher to demonstrate feature-rich malware that works as a browser extension

The code for the proof-of-concept rogue browser extension will be released on GitHub

UN: More international cooperation needed to fight cyberterrorism

A new report offers guidance to countries dealing with cybercrime and terrorism

Meet Baxter, the huggable industrial robot

At MIT's EmTech conference, Rethink Robotics demonstrates its friendly solution to industrial manufacturing robotics problems.

Hollywood studios pushing for secure, next-generation “digital home library”

Researcher envisions crypto-based content management for local hard drives, flash drives

Sycamore Networks headed to tech industry graveyard

Optical network company Sycamore Networks exploded onto telecom scene in 2008, but petering out in 2012

HP CEO tells users what she’s going to do — and what she isn’t

Whitman makes it clear to gathering of IT execs that HP won't enter the smartphone business next year