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Barrett Brown threatens to 'shoot and kill' government agents, but former attorney says threat not serious
RIM apologizes, says it's working on a fix
White-hat hackers broke into the developer version of iOS 6, meaning Apple's new iPhone 5 could be vulnerable
Letter to execs includes eight questions about whether their companies have adopted a set of best practices on cybersecurity
Apple has also lost lawsuits about the same patent in the Netherlands and the U.K.
The solid-state drives help Instagram deliver on its customers' demands for speed, a co-founder said
Sen. Schumer urges new negotiations over visas for advanced-degree graduates in science, technology, engineering and math
Levin questions whether the two companies are complying with U.S. tax law
'Might be a Windows XP-like effect,' notes one security expert of Apple's patching of OS X 10.6
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The results come on the eve of Oracle's OpenWorld show
Administration's National Strategies for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace picks 5 winners
The software giant is stepping into a patent-infringement action brought against 20 Oracle partners
GlobalFoundries is making manufacturing technology advances that could help it catch up with Intel's manufacturing process by 2014
What you need to know to score Apple's hot smartphone before you go crazy
The large number of applications from the two companies would make the Internet 'privatized,' Consumer Watchdog says
Annals of Improbable Research satirizes the Nobel Prize
The actress in the controversial film trailer had asked for a temporary restraining order
The researchers who developed the application said transit systems in other US cities could be vulnerable
Goal of $600 million project is to give 172 million residents a national identity card by 2014
Apple will retaliate by extending its case to encompass the Galaxy Note 10.1 and the Android Jelly Bean operating system
Business confidence on the rise, and 9% of CIOs expect to expand IT departments in Q4
Fear, anger, loathing sweep through Apple users
Security experts say fighting financial breaches will take both training and technology
The actress Cindy Lee Garcia said she was deceived as to the true nature of the film project
HP's Pavilion Sleekbooks start at $499.99 and are as thin and light as ultrabooks
Downplays report by developer that accounts are easily hackable
The defendant downloaded a derivatives trading firm's source code and transferred it to USB drives, the DOJ says
Reviewers heap praise on iPhone 5; only eral knocks are against Maps app
Company announces storage option for social platform, Chatter
Is Google Maps' dominance threatened by sudden appearance of new rivals?
The phone is equipped to use multiple LTE spectrum bands, though U.S. carriers don't offer foreign LTE roaming yet
A variant of the recently discovered Internet Explorer exploit was identified by researchers from AlienVault
New mobile OS adds Siri to iPad 3, Apple's mapping tech to all
Critcis point to two high-profile contributors who have outside consulting businesses related to Wikipedia content
FBI official acknowledges change to DNA Identification Act of 1994 needed to support new technology
Analyst says new 8S and 8X devices by HTC make it hard to figure who is Microsoft's favorite child
As of this month more than 180 companies and 400 active developers contribute.
New leaders discuss OpenStack's progress to date and where is it going?
Dell's new C8000 series servers start at $35,000
Using this exploit attackers can take full control of a Galaxy S3 smartphone, researchers demonstrated
GAO report to Congress takes a close look at mobile security issues
Chatterbox will give companies a secure, easy way to share files, Salesforce.com says
Amazon and other retailers offered concessions by Apple to resolve EU cartel case
Researcher reveals trivial authentication bypass vulnerability that could allow attackers to make purchases from mobile subscriber accounts
New switch for market trading brings latency under 200 nanoseconds
Apple and Samsung itself are likely candidates to release phones using the 128GB storage module next year, according to analysts
Tipping point for Office 365 subscription plans: Use four or more of the five allowed installs
Bromium's VSentry software protects PCs by isolating each task on a microVM then discarding it
7150S series also features SDN hooks for financial trading environments