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Siemens works to fix vulnerability in critical control networks

Remotely exploitable flaw could disrupt devices used by utilities, refineries others

Free clouds! Piston latest to jump on ‘freemium’ bandwagon

Move follows Red Hat, Rackspace and VMware in releasing free or low-cost options for their cloud computing platforms

Sign up for Google Apps or lose Postini access forever

Google notifies Postini users that their security and archiving features are now a part of Google Apps

ICS-CERT warns of SSL security flaw in RuggedCom industrial networking devices

Industrial Ethernet switches and other devices from RuggedCom contain a hard-coded RSA private key used for SSL communications

New BIOS security standards aimed at fighting rootkit attacks

NIST changes come in response to discovery in the wild of BIOS malware Mebromi

PayPal, Discover to partner on in-store payments

Millions of stores to accept PayPal accounts in second quarter 2013

FCC Cites Broadband Gaps: Digital Divide Persists

Rackspace boosts cloud offerings with monitoring service

Cloud Monitoring will first be used to keep track of websites and Web applications

New video compression technology will cut bandwidth use in half, says Ericsson

HEVC will lesson the burden from TV on mobile networks and also improve quality

Hulu gives its site a major makeover

The goal is to make it more attractive and simplify discovery and site navigation for users

Groups lodge FTC complaints over children’s online privacy

'Refer-a-friend' viral marketing practices by McDonald's and others cross the legal line, according to the complaints

With iPhone 5 on the way, iPhone 4 & 4S deals spring up

Best Buy slashes iPhone 4 price to $50, Apple matching many offers

After a hack: The process of restoring once-lost data

Reporter Mat Honan was the victim of a hacking incident that he thought wiped his laptop, but data recovery engineers were able to restore many of his files

Lenovo North America president: ‘It’s a dual-device world’

David Schmoock sees a bright future for PCs and mobile devices alike

Windows 8 tablet growth hinges on pricing: report

Aggressive pricing, enterprise buy-in are potential drivers

In twist, Chinese company keeps Syria on Internet

Sanctions, physical disruptions have left Syrians dependent on PCCW of Hong Kong for free flow of information, Renesys says

T-Mobile USA to offer unlimited HSPA+ data from Sept. 5

Unlimited talk and text combined with the new data plan will cost $69.99 for users that have a smartphone

Dell names new enterprise chief as profit drops 18%

Marius Haas, a former head of HP's networking division, will run Dell's enterprise business

Want security, privacy? Turn off that smartphone, tablet GPS

Privacy and security issues abound, from GPS in photos to presidential campaign apps collecting GPS info

Inside Facebook’s Hackathons: 5 Tips For Hosting Your Own

Sprint expands LTE to Baltimore; downloads measured at 15Mbps

Sprint official warns data hogs with unlimited plans not to abuse the service

4 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Big Data Initiative

Microsoft warns of ‘man-in-the-middle’ VPN password hack

'Not a security vulnerability that requires a security update,' says company

Crisis malware infects VMware virtual machines, researchers say

The Windows version of Crisis also infects Windows Mobile devices and USB drives

Workday adds time-tracking module to cloud HCM software

The functionality is part of Workday's 17th release

Cloud provider: The best security for your passwords is to never give them to us

SpiderOak updates its 'zero-knowledge' cloud storage policy

Google Analytics breaks Norwegian privacy laws, local agency said

Google defends Analytics and said it fully complies with Norwegian and European data protection laws

McAfee antivirus update causes problems for home and enterprise customers

McAfee's DAT 6807 and 6808 updates crippled antivirus programs and left some computers without an Internet connection

Amazon Web Services launches low-cost storage service

Storing data using Glacier costs from US$0.01 per gigabyte per month

Indian government, social networks lock horns again

India wants information on people who posted communally charged content last week

ICANN expects gTLD applications processing to start December

A new batching process for gTLD applications is scheduled to be implemented in December, the ICANN said

In America’s Cup, Oracle Team USA looks for high tech advantage

The America's Cup teams employ sensors, on-board computers and wireless networks to help maximize performance

HTC signals focus on business market with investment in enterprise app provider

The investment signals HTC is trying to fill a gap left by RIM's decline, according to analysts

NASA unveils mission to probe Mars’ core

InSight, to launch in 2016, aims to help figure out how Mars formed

Apple v Samsung jury to face 700+ questions on verdict form

The structured verdict form points to the complex set of questions in front of the jury in the coming days

Quest extends access control to unstructured data

Quest extends its Quest One line of access control software for locking down unstructured data

Apple not most valuable firm ever, says press watchdog

When adjusted for inflation, Microsoft's 1999 record still stands, contends Columbia Journalism Review

SAP sues insurer over Waste Management lawsuit settlement

Swiss Re International refuses to pay its share of the $80 million settlement, SAP alleges

Mobile users prefer Wi-Fi over cellular for lower cost, speed, reliability

Survey of 1,079 U.S. mobile users predicts even more Wi-Fi use

Massachusetts: Cloud is taxed when there’s a software license

Massachusetts is the latest state to rule on when cloud computing services are taxable

Judge throws out Palmer suit against Infosys

Cites Alabama state law technicalities in lawsuit challenging Infosys' visa use; U.S. probe of outsourcer continues

BYOD plan: Transportation firm goes down HTML5 road

Ericom's gateway provides managed HTML5 streaming to devices

Judge not satisfied with Google’s disclosures over commenter pay

The original order wasn't just for 'quid pro quo' situations, Judge William Alsup says

Nexus 7 sales could hit 8M by year’s end, analyst says

LibreOffice to tackle critical bugs with HardHacks program

The intent is to handle the hardest to solve bugs more smoothly, LibreOffice said

Amazon wants to make life easier for Python developers

Integration with Elastic Beanstalk will make it easier to deploy applications in Amazon's cloud

McAfee focuses on privacy in mobile security software package for Android

Android apps could invade a user's privacy and expose his personal life, McAfee said

NASA rover Curiosity blasts first Martian rock with laser

With successful laser blast, rover's next big test will be driving

Sony’s new ‘stacked’ image sensors open door to smaller devices, more pixels

The Tokyo-based electronics maker produces the camera units used in hit devices like the iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy S3

LG’s Vu ships in Europe with quad-core processor

The 5-inch smartphone will get better performance thanks to the Tegra 3