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Many Office Live Small Business users fret over Office 365 transition

The e-mail and website hosting service will close on May 1, and many customers are finding the move to Office 365 technically complex

HP’s server strategy focuses on SSDs, storage bottleneck

It's doubling the memory in its eighth generation ProLiant server

FTC’s online privacy report: Breaking down the recommendations

How the Federal Trade Commission wants to help users maintain their privacy on the Web

IBM CIO discusses Big Blue’s BYOD strategy

About 80,000 IBMers are bringing their own devices to work

Late May claim for Windows 8 RC jibes with expected timetable

Dutch blog reports next major milestone due in two months

More companies are OK with employees using Facebook at work

One global consulting firm says allowing the use of social nets at work keeps workers happier

FTC chairman: Do-not-track law may not be needed

But the agency calls on business and the U.S. Congress to further address online privacy concerns

Nokia lashes out at Apple’s royalty-free nano-SIM

Apple's proposal for royalty-free licensing is no more than an attempt to devalue the intellectual property of others, the company said

Open source code libraries seen as rife with vulnerabilities

Google Web Toolkit, Apache Xerces among most downloaded vulnerable libraries, study says

Zoho launches Android, iPad apps for its CRM and project software

The new clients are aimed at workers who tend to be on the go anyway

Pirate Party gets elected to second German state parliament

Leader of the Saarland party is 22-year-old Jasmin Maurer

Cisco challengers should be buoyed by data center network market growth, researcher says

HP, F5 and others seeing opportunities to erode Cisco's might in switching, application delivery

White House CIO Endures After Tough Start

Brook Colangelo had been on the job just six days when the email servers went down for 21 hours.

Internet Society celebrates 20 years of standards, advocacy

Nonprofit group to induct pioneers, innovators to 'Internet Hall of Fame'

Big news for IPv6: Akamai to launch service in April

World's largest CDN to offer IPv4-to-IPv6 translation and dual-stack to all customers

Hold the phone: retailers eye payments via smartphone

Near Field Communication (NFC) will enable contactless mobile payments at the register

Eclipse readies browser-based IDE

Marvel Offers Digital Extras for Comic Book Fans

Mozilla sets end of Firefox for Win2K, early XP

Move to newer dev tools means April's Firefox 12 will be last to work on outdated Windows

Facebook scammers host Trojan horse extensions on the Chrome Web Store

Rogue Chrome browser extensions have been used to gain persistent unauthorized access to Facebook accounts

Google ordered to remove auto-complete results for Japanese man’s name

The man's lawyer says his name is linked in Google's search box to crimes he didn't commit, damaging his reputation

Microsoft leads seizure of Zeus-related cybercrime servers

The company said it has shutdown several botnets that stole an estimated US$100 million over five years

Microsoft, Nokia will spend $24 million on university program to boost app development

Developers who accept grants have to commit to exclusivity for six months

Phones become electronic wallets

With Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, companies can control building access via NFC-enabled phones

Designing ‘iPad WLANs’ poses new, renewed challenges

Numbers, use patterns, channels complicate Wi-Fi networks

Huawei told not to apply for Australian broadband project

Huawei said its rejection is a setback but it will continue to offer security services the chance to review its hardware and software

Google ends Chrome search rank penalty period

Unclear whether self-imposed punishment affected Chrome's usage share

New iPad: Three Strikes, But Not Out

Tech job seekers less likely to be asked for social-media passwords

Experts say practice is more common in other industries, warn of privacy concerns

iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending March 23

Sprint's grim future, big display hopes, iOS 6

As navigation looks indoors, new uses appear

Location-based services inside buildings won't be focused on finding directions but on making decisions

Internet security better but foul exploits grow, IBM says

IBM says there's less spam, but automated password guessing and mobile exploits are on the rise

Oracle set to update analytics strategy, go after SAP customers

Co-President Mark Hurd will deliver the details at a special April 4 event

AT&T exec blames FCC for T-Mobile layoffs

Broadside against FCC is Cicconi's second this week

Why Google is ‘right to be paranoid’

Despite dominant search market share, Google still feels competitors breathing down its neck

Microsoft’s ads, humor boost consumer opinion of IE

But tech fans still think less of the browser than does the general public

Asetek brings liquid cooling for faster laptops

Asetek's liquid cooling aims to replace air fans used to cool gaming laptops

Symantec details mobile device management plans

Symantec on mobile security strategy, Nukona acquisition

Open source group urges EU Parliament staff to reject Microsoft ‘bribe’

Microsoft offers free home use licenses to EU Parliament staff

LTE phone shipments to increase tenfold in 2012, analysts say

Most of the growth will come from North America and Asia, according to Strategy Analytics

Is Application Security the Glaring Hole in Your Defense?

Dutch judge: companies can lay off employees over Facebook insults

A warehouse worker was laid off after making insulting comments about his employer on Facebook

What IT managers say to get the CIO’s OK

Tips for getting your company to spend on equipment

LTE option poses data dilemma for iPad, smartphone users

Costs of using fast cellular networks push users to Wi-Fi

Windows 8 update: Dell thinks it can sell Windows 8 tablets

Plus IDC thinks PC sales rely on Win 8, other rumors

In Australia, secure your Wi-Fi — or face a visit from the police

Police in one Australian state have undertaken a campaign to get people to password-protect their Wi-Fi routers

Genealogists excited for release of 1940 census, family history sites prepare

Watch video from inside Ancestry.com

U.S. Cellular throws its 4G LTE hat in the ring

The second-tier carrier has introduced its first LTE device, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

IBM: Puzzles provide clues to better analysis

An IBM fellow explains why data analysis is much like assembling a picture puzzle

E-commerce trade group: Mobile geolocation privacy bill is ‘awful’

NetChoice also objects to Internet sales tax legislation and White House privacy push