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Latest Citadel scam sophisticated — except for grammar

Pitch to scam people out of their credit card information via fake charity come-ons targeted but poor English a giveaway

Google adds TV as it rolls out Fiber in Kansas City

The cost is $70 for gigabit Internet, $120 with TV, and users can also choose free 5Mbps service if they pay a construction fee

Apple security guru lays out iPad, iPhone crypto architecture at Black Hat

Apple’s Dallas De Atley says crypto processing can impact iOS device performance, battery life

Windows 8 Update: Desperate for developers?

Online Metro-developer labs, no 99-cent apps, high Swedish price tag for Surface PCs

OpenBSD founder calls Red Hat and Canonical ‘traitors’ to open source

Theo de Raadt trashes commercial Linux companies over secure boot issue

Olympics could strain enterprise networks

200% increase in mobile traffic expected during the two weeks of the games, experts say

Obama administration supports new cybersecurity bill

The bill, to be debated in the Senate soon, will strengthen the U.S. cybersecurity response, the OMB says

Twitter back up after pre-Olympics crash

Outage of 90 minutes prompts Twitter users to post critical tweets

Android news and rumor round-up for week ending July 27

Nexus 7 shortages, more Jelly Bean updates, and everybody's planning their own Android phones

Twitter crashes day before Olympics kick off

Outage comes just a month after a cascading bug shut down Twitter twice in a day

Sprint posts $1.4 billion loss in second quarter

The company's losses include an effort to move Nextel customers to a Sprint network

Study: Microsoft repeatedly ranks as top U.S. spammer

University of Texas project calls attention to problem in effort to reduce spam, improve security

The 5 hottest IT jobs right now

Thousands of companies looking to hire developers with these sought-after tech skills

Juniper: We have 200 QFabric data center switch customers now

50 gained since last quarter; Juniper also addresses Riverbed, Radware ADC deals and VMware's Nicira buy

Microsoft seeks to make sense of what you didn’t say

Researchers work on software that interprets meaning expressed by pauses, pacing, pitch in human speech

Alcatel-Lucent announces loss, plans to cut 5,000 jobs

The company will cut 5,000 jobs to reduce costs

Black Hat panel: Which do you trust less with your data, the U.S. government or Google?

Security veterans Jeff Moss, Bruce Schneier, Marcus Ranum and others duke it out

Researcher wows Black Hat with NFC-based smartphone hacking demo

Charlie Miller shows how it’s possible—though not easy—to trick Nokia 9 and Google/Samsung Nexus S smartphones

Tool released at Black Hat contains 150 ways to bypass Web application firewalls

New tool can test if Web application firewalls are vulnerable to protocol-level evasion techniques

Black Hat: Cyber-espionage operations vast yet highly focused, researcher claims

Dell SecureWorks report on advanced persistent threats warns against security companies conducting cyber-espionage

P2P ‘Gameover ZeuS’ seen as largest bank-theft botnet

Dell SecureWorks researcher Brett Stone-Gross deconstructs dangerous money stealer

Lessons from a Big iPad Enterprise Adopter

US groups: Foreign cloud providers marketing against privacy concerns

Companies and governments outside the U.S. are using privacy issues to drive business away from U.S. vendors, groups say

Riverbed, Juniper enter technology-sharing partnership

Upsides seen for both companies in licensing deal

Apple looked to Sony for iPhone design inspiration, court documents show

An Apple designer was asked to dream up cell phone designs inspired by Sony

Microsoft beefs up anti-exploit tool with tech from $250K contest finalist

EMET 3.5 includes settings inspired by BlueHat Prize finalist Ivan Fratric

5 tips for making your cloud SLA air-tight

Matters to consider before signing on the dotted line of your next cloud SLA

3 ways to add broadband to your mobile devices

Symantec president and CEO replaced by company’s chairman

Revenue grew by 1 percent in its first fiscal quarter

4 Reasons Why IT Matters More Than Ever

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