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Cloud computing, BYOD and the consequent changes to the network will have huge effects.
Obama, Romney's first debate most tweeted event in U.S. politics
Privacy advocates hit back, call demands 'bizarre'
Utility lets scammers cull, distribute credit card data in real time
Experts say innovation, standardization would have suffered; IBM might be King of Networking
Then Windows 7 gets a longer life, Microsoft presses on
Privacy debate starting; "Do good with biometrics and avoid evil."
Though the platform has had issues lately, developers don't see them as deal breakers in Java deployments
A university lab is showing its concept of networks formed by laying gadgets on shared surfaces
Prolexic, which says it protects the top financial institutions, says the attackers have done their homework
SHA-3 features a fundamentally different architecture from SHA-2
But HP will need one within five years to avoid missing out on a big segment of the market, its CEO said
Enterprise group head offers glimpse into 2013 roadmap; 100G Ethernet, new programmable ASICs, and fabric and virtualization extensions on tap
HTTP 2.0 will be based on Google's SPDY protocol
Industry experts at Interop NY look beyond the coming advent of 802.11ac.
Centralizing access control, security, management
Harvard, Stanford, Penn among those hit; breached data mostly innocuous, analyst says.
HP CEO outlines a turnaround strategy promises another tough year as it heads toward full rebound by 2016
IT and developers can run into problems when they utilize public cloud offerings, experts warn
HP said it will focus on better design to help turn around its business
New company would still be 4th largest carrier, but a tougher rival
Industry veteran Roese assumes duties long held by longtime EMC CTO Jeff Nick
Latest-ever new product launch could put Apple in a bind during the holidays if the usual shortages occur
New Microsoft Lync features, services mean the unified communications platform will draw more customers; parity with Cisco, Avaya targeted
Bogus tech support operations in India and elsewhere told PC owners their computers were infected with malware
Senate report says DHS Fusion Centers failing in mission to identify possible terrorism, cyberattacks
The main target of the police was a Swedish torrent tracking site, said the hosting service's owner
Citrix looks to optimize applications that would run on virtualized networks
The head juror was 'untruthful' and 'biased', according to a Samsung court filing
T-Mobile USA will pay MetroPCS shareholders $1.5 billion in cash, and a 26 percent stake in the combined company
Futurist and computer pioneer Ray Kurzweil says it will be possible to 'repurpose' human brains to learn new things
Startups Ube and AppEnsure wow the judges with big data apps
iPad 2 found to load Web pages 22% faster than Samsung Galaxy tablet over 3G, Strangeloop says
Riverbed rolls out new Steelhead appliances, adds deeper VMware integration; offers Juniper WAN optimization users a path to future
Fifth Circuit appellate court hears arguments on warrantless tracking of cellular location data
The Power7+ is coming first to IBM's Power 770 and 780 systems, and runs at a maximum of 4.4GHz
Murata's sensor was demonstrated for the first time at Ceatec Japan
Oracle offers customers an integrated, more modern architecture than the competition, Ellison says
MetroPCS confirmed it's talking with T-Mobile parent company Deutsche Telekom but said a deal isn't assured
The defendant sold $13 million worth of investments in companies he claimed had investments in Facebook and Groupon
However, general-availability dates for the new offerings were scarce
Will sell Surface RT tablets at the temporary holiday outlets
The Ukrainian operation told computer users their PCs were infected and sold them software to fix the bogus problem
Intel may respond by lowering its desktop chip prices, analysts say
Called Microsoft Surface, it's due out next year, stories say
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