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Security firm Prolexic says attack traffic against the sector rose in intensity as well
The unusual ruling came down on Wednesday
Samsung's Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 model will ship first, followed by 10.1 model on May 13
However, it's too early to say if Lenovo will ultimately top HP as the world's largest PC maker
PC maker looking to transform itself into enterprise solutions company
The deal comes amid growing consolidation in the social collaboration market
The agency's price-fixing case against Apple and five publishers shakes up e-book strategies
Some antivirus vendors acknowledge they've seen a spike in sales or in downloads of free programs
Tweaks to its social platform's design show that competition with Facebook is driving Google
Stakeholders speak out against ACTA
Proponents of next-gen Internet protocol say upgrades needed to keep Web services accessible to all users
2 million Windows Phone Lumia handsets sold so far in 2012
A Samba vulnerability can be exploited by remote unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems
Vetting processes are limited by practical considerations, experts say
Four critical vulnerabilities were addressed and several security changes were made in Adobe Reader 10.1.3 and 9.5.1
Week after firms put infected Macs at 600,000+, acknowledges infections
Nokia is keeping the arrival date and pricing under wraps for now
A local Japanese bank says cardless ATMs are well-suited for natural disasters where customers lose their cards
Intel has also launched an advertisement campaign to help promote ultrabooks
Lenovo's K800, the first smartphone to use an Intel chip, will go on sale in China in late May
IBM's new PureSystems line assembles hardware and software in an integrated package
Users of Megaupload's storage service who were not engaged in copyright infringement are suing to regain access to their files
Two U.S. senators asked the NTIA for an accounting of federal costs for GPS interference testing
Bulletins warn of SQL Server, Visual Basic, IE threats as well
Fixes first security flaw in Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Apparently, it depends on the definition of 'side-load'
The HANA in-memory platform will be bolstered by Sybase's array of database technologies
The FlexPod is designed for 500 to 1,000 users
Software, not hardware, will determine the Google tablet's worth
Military staff shortages force Army to alter its certification guidelines
The two agencies have seized 758 domain names since June 2010 in an effort to combat counterfeiting
Kaspersky website allows checking a Mac's unique hardware identifier against a database of 700,000 Flashback-infected Macs
Stock price surges briefly to $649 per share
Lack of applications and fragmentation continues to hamper Android
Open Networking Research Center combines big vendors with Stanford and UC Berkeley to advance SDN
Intel's Studybook tablet has a 7-inch screen and has an estimated price between $199 and $299
FCC and CTIA launch multi-pronged initiative designed to protect data on phones
Group Manufacturing Services wants its money back, but Epicor says the customer erred by attempting the project on its own
New ZeuS configuration steals log-in information from customers of a Canadian payroll service provider
HP leverages OpenStack to create public cloud offering; adds virtualized networking functions to FlexNetwork
Keeping track of stolen phones has become increasingly important as more users have expensive smartphones, according to an analyst
'You are late,' Microsoft tells customers who haven't started XP-to-Windows 7 migration
Enrollments might have been higher had it not been for enrollment caps, says Computing Research Association
StorageTek Tape Analytics provides one screen for managing tapes around the world, easing cloud administration
SSNs on 280K exposed; names, birth dates of another 500K compromised
The company received $10 million in incentives from the state to locate the facility there
