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Verizon Wireless raises privacy ire over data collection

SDN and virtual networking seen as a key to growing hybrid clouds

Virtual networking grabs spotlight at OpenStack events

U.S. rattles preemptive cyberattack saber

Defense Secretary warns the government would tap new forensics abilities, and experts say the time is right to use new tech to strike first

Adobe bolsters security in Reader, Acrobat XI with added features

Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI have a better sandbox and new security features that can block more attacks, Adobe says

Nokia sales take a big hit as buyers pass on its smartphones

The company's net loss balloons from a!68 million to a!969 million

Fast 11ac adoption seen for smartphones

7 of 10 will have Super Wi-Fi in 2015, research firm says

Sprint takes control of Clearwire

The operator now owns 50.8 percent of Clearwire and may buy it outright, according to an analyst

iPad Mini expected to cut into full-size iPad sales

But smaller Apple tablet will add millions of new users, analysts say

A tour of DreamWorks Studios’ data center

One computer-generated film is made up of as many as 120,000 frames and requires 200TB of disk storage

‘No free lunch’ with Office on Windows RT for business, says analyst

Bundled apps on Surface RT cannot be used for work without tying them to another Office license, Microsoft confirms

Ubuntu Linux search fix leaves prime critic unsatisfied

AOL launches Alto cloud-based mail, aggregates Gmail and others

The service automatically pulls out and organizes important content in folders

Nintendo investigating Foxconn over underage employment at a factory in China

Foxconn found underage interns, some as young as 14, working at one of its factories in China

Canonical Ubuntu 12.10 brings the Internet closer to the desktop

Canonical's latest Linux distribution provides easier access to Internet services

IBM makes security push with cloud services, products aimed at mobile and Big Data

Analysts say IBM basing much of its advances on acquisitions Worklight, BigFix, Guardium, Q1 Labs,

Twitter uses facility to block account by country in Germany

Twitter was asked by police in Germany to block the account of a banned organization

Amazon’s Whispercast to help schools, businesses centrally manage Kindle devices

The free service will help schools and businesses control and distribute content to the devices

Apple financial data may be unsealed in Samsung case

Information on specific products would be made public in its suit against Samsung, but only pending an appeal

FCC means business when it comes to illegal cellphone jammers

In a sting operation, the agency is warning would-be sellers on Craigslist -- by name

Juniper trimming up for a sale?

Reports on investment banker retention, EMC interest say Cisco rival may be in play

VMware extends support for ESX hypervisor in OpenStack

VMware says it wants OpenStack customers to use vSphere

Communities get social during emergencies

Ventura County uses mobile app, text, smartphones, Twitter to communicate with residents

FCC clears the way for AT&T to use untapped spectrum

The agency approves a deal between AT&T and Sirius XM that helps mobile broadband service avoid interference

Windows 8 Tablets in the Enterprise: The Pros and Cons

Microsoft runs out of $499 Surface RT for pre-orders

Cheapest tablet delivery time slips to three weeks

OpenStack: We can tell Amazon what to do, instead of the other way around

OpenStack opening keynote lauds potential of open source cloud computing project

How it works: The technology of touch screens

We unfeeling, overly serious men use far fewer emoticons than women, study finds

Though men actually use wider variety of emoticons when they do use them

Citrix offers common management console with first step of Project Avalon

Exacalibur and Merlin lead the way as Citrix moves to the cloud

Canonical aims to make cloud orchestration a breeze with Juju

Ubuntu maker's open source orchestration tool allows users to drag-and-drop their way to new cloud resources

Calxeda joins the 64-bit ARM server chip race

Company will start production of 64-bit chips for ARM servers by 2014

Over 20Gbps DDoS attacks have become common occurrences, Prolexic says

The number of DDoS attacks has decreased, but their average bandwidth has increased during the third quarter of 2012, Prolexic says

With breaches inevitable, ‘behavioral whitelisting’ bolsters fight

LogRhythm boosts behavioral analytics into the 'multi-dimensional' zone

Kaspersky is developing a secure OS for industrial control

The security firm plans to develop the operating system from scratch

Cisco, Citrix forge ADC alliance

Cisco will recommend NetScaler after discontinuing ACE development

Who is tweeting from the NSA’s parking lot?

The open source intelligence platform Maltego shows the power of collating publicly available information

Pacemaker hack can deliver deadly 830-volt jolt

Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators could be manipulated for an anonymous assassination

Facebook expands blacklist of malicious URLs

Bolstering 'the link shim' tool is expected to help businesses, as well as consumers

PCs with Intel’s Haswell chips coming in first half of next year

Haswell will double battery life and performance on ultrabooks compared to Intel's current Ivy Bridge processors

Qualcomm to open 2013 CES in place of Microsoft

The maker of ARM-based processors for smartphones and tablets will give the opening-night speech at CES

IBM reports sluggish quarter

IBM generated less revenue in its third quarter than analysts expected

Intel revenue drops on weak economy, poor sales

Intel blames challenging economy for sluggish sales

LinkedIn revamps Profile, seeks higher engagement

LinkedIn has made the Profile page more visually appealing and easier to edit

iPad Mini rumor throw-down

A best-guess at what the iPad Mini might look like, according to the Internet

Full-duplex radios could reuse channels, saving mobile spectrum

Researchers are developing technology that would let 3G and 4G networks use the same frequency in both directions

Mobile patent wars hurting innovation, experts say

One patent expert calls on Congress to put an end to software and business method patents

Using security metrics to measure human awareness

Free tools offer security practitioners a way to measure the effectiveness of awareness programs

Infographic: Where Employees at Top Tech Firms Put Their Political Donations

Microsoft to acquire cloud-integrated storage provider StorSimple

The deal will help Microsoft pursue its Cloud OS strategy

Haverhill, Mass., water treatment plant uses iPads to monitor systems

GE software connects workers to plant controls and alarms