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Dell to introduce new Wyse thin clients for Windows 8 OS

The new Wyse thin clients will be shown at the VMware trade show in San Francisco next month

Tatu Ylonen, father of SSH, says security is ‘getting worse’

Q&A: Creator of Secure Shell protocol on cyberwarfare, and why key management can be a 'ticking time bomb'

Email in security hot seat with rise of cloud, BYOD

Today's tech landscape makes for 'complex melting pot' of security challenges with once trusty, old email

California judge rejects bid for longer trial in Samsung-Apple case

Apple and Samsung are set to battle over patents in front of a San Jose jury starting Monday

Google establishes partner program for cloud services

Google will provide tools and resources for companies using Google technologies

Skype hoses down eavesdropping concerns

Privacy unaffected by architecture change, says Microsoft-owned online video chat and calling company

Google and EU poised to settle antitrust investigation

The European Commission will enter into talks with Google, rather than levying fines

Cisco layoffs this week part of ‘Transformation Project’

More cutbacks at Cisco expected as internal evaluation roots out redundancies in disappointing product lines

Oracle resists Google’s demand for $4 million in court costs

The case's mixed results means each side should pay their own freight, Oracle argues

Deep dive into Office 2013

Supporters of online sales tax say it’s good for consumers

Customers that purchase products online are already supposed to pay taxes, supporters say

Microsoft mum on whether it can tap Skype phone calls

EFF says if you want to make secure calls, don't use Skype

See real-time subtitles through Google Glass-like apparatus

DIY project translates speech, projects translations onto glasses as subtitles

Apple wants ‘billions’ from Samsung in patent case

The two will meet for the final time in court today before a trial begins next week

Dell offers new laptops with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Dell's commitment to the Linux OS grows

Box preps Windows Phone app, strikes deal with Qualcomm

The company expects the moves to boost mobile adoption of its enterprise cloud storage and collaboration service

VSS looks to broker a faster network with line of optimization gear

Company's vBroker appliances promise simplified management, better visibility

Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.7 banned in Europe by German appeals court

A ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, a tweaked version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, was lifted in Germany

SSDs still no threat to notebook hard drives

Pricing for SSD-equipped notebooks must below $700 to be competitive with devices that use hard drives, researcher says

Why VMware is spending $1B-plus to buy Nicira

VMware makes strong software-defined networking play by purchasing Nicira

Cisco to unveil Apple Bonjour gateway for enterprise WiFi networks

Cisco joins rivals in giving Apple’s discovery protocol enterprise behaviors

NTP announces patent settlements with 13 tech firms

Settling firms include Apple, Google and Microsoft, the patent holding company announces

Apple, Samsung drop some patent claims as trial approaches

A jury trial is scheduled to begin with jury selection next Monday

Amazon opens up about its cloud security practices, joins CSA registry

Amazon, Box.com and Terremark each submit information to join the Cloud Security Alliance's STAR program

Oracle ‘winding down’ open-source HPC language project started under Sun

DARPA-funded Project Fortress produced 'beautiful code' over 10 years, but technical hurdles ended up being too steep

Emerging LTE Direct standard would go peer to peer for 4G mobile location

Qualcomm is pushing the technology, based on its FlashLinq system, as part of a future version of LTE

Getting the most out of IPS

The tools continue to keep pace with evolving threats and meet head-on new challenges introduced by virtualization and mobility

Apple, booksellers oppose proposed e-book price-fixing settlement

The DOJ's proposal would allow Amazon.com to set the price of e-books, critics say

Gartner survey says IT spending is top board-level priority

The survey was conducted this year along with Forbes

ARM chases Intel on 3D transistors with TSMC deal

TSMC will make chips with 3D transistors based on ARM processor designs

Facebook, Google pick up talent from small startups

The Silicon Valley companies join the 'acqu-hiring' trend

Farm Cash vs. Hard Cash

Virtual currencies jump the fence from in-game tokens to real-world rewards

Bitcoin: Seven reasons to be wary

Black Hat demo: Google Bouncer can be beaten

Trustwave to show how it outwitted Google Play defense against Android malware; Stonesoft to air free 'Evader' detection tool

Intel not porting Google’s Android for Clover Trail tablets

Intel says Clover Trail is optimized for Windows 8

Electronic Arts, other game developers, sued for patent infringement

Uniloc claims that their Android applications for mobile phones and tablets infringe its patent

Samsung: Apple refused to negotiate to license 3G patents

Apple and Samsung started patent trial in Federal Court in Australia on Monday

Apple, Motorola appeal dismissal of patent infringement case

Companies filed appeals separately on Friday, reports say

Microsoft details Office Web Apps enhancements

Areas of improvement in the browser-based, cloud-hosted suite include performance and collaboration

Wi-Fi Direct backers hope enhanced standard makes more products work together

The Wi-Fi Alliance has started work to make it easier to write applications that use the peer-to-peer standard

Dell’s cloud plans slip behind schedule

The company's online analytics service has slipped until next year

Google corporate IT builds before buying

Google manages fleet of internal employee computers with home built and open source software

Pinterest locked user accounts due to spam outbreak

The company blames other social networking account breaches for the spam

Civil liberties groups praise revised cybersecurity bill

The new legislation would limit the amount of information that private companies can share with the U.S. government

Oracle set to hype advances in Exalogic ‘cloud in a box’

Oracle's 'great big honkin' cloud,' as CEO Larry Ellison once put it, is getting a software update

Tech’s center of gravity shifts north to San Francisco

Fast-growing tech firms are shunning Silicon Valley for San Francisco to help them attract new talent

Mobile and Web security will be major topics at Black Hat

Security researchers will disclose new vulnerabilities affecting mobile and Web technologies at security conference

Mayer to Yahoo employees: ‘Keep moving’

In first memo, new CEO asks employees to keep working while she devises strategy

Oracle’s wooing of CentOS users called FUD

Do the business computing giant's assertions stack up?