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Everything you want to know about Microsoft Windows 8 news and rumors
Jail-breaking a smartphone is not a secure practice
tuCloud releases cloud-hosted virtual desktop tool to capitalize on OnLive's licensing clash with Microsoft
A unified approach to applications will make things easier on users
Missed the pre-order train? Here's how to get one of Apple's new tablets when they go on sale
Mainframes still pack a ton of bang for your buck, IBM says.
Preorders sold out and online orders now need weeks to fill, but the company made sure some were available for launch day
Prices of plans for midsize companies and enterprises fell as much as 20 percent
Early reviews highlight screen, battery life, LTE, whole "user experience" thing
Company wants its search engine to better understand the words in queries
Game designer, collector and former Sun exec behind exhibition opening March 16
By a 53%-to-47% margin, vote against generic name for higher-resolution third-gen iPad
Experts say overprovisioning cloud resources is a widespread corporate problem
Tech groups call for the U.S. and other countries to add dozens of products to the tariff-busting Information Technology Agreement
Via's x86 processor shipments totaled only 80,000 in the fourth quarter last year, a fraction of the 97 million units shipped
Social media can prove useful in investigations, but the use of Twitter and other tools by authorities has backfired at times
Patches Pwn2Own bug; also announces end of updates for Firefox 3.6
Hadoop and other big data tools need a standardized software stack to deploy more easily, experts agreed at a GigaOm panel
Malware authors are signing their malicious creations with stolen digital certificates to bypass antivirus detection and defense mechanisms
As consumers' expectations for live streaming video rise, "everyone just has to get better."
DoD, CIA among agencies that haven't adopted extra DNS security measures
The U.S. capital has had Google Apps since 2008, but users still prefer the Microsoft e-mail system
Deutsche Telekom, Alcatel-Lucent and Airbus are convinced it can supplant satellites
An enterprise app store can help IT control and secure mobile applications
The cryptography pioneer formulates three rules for making applications secure
Tech support scammers are impersonating customer representatives from antivirus companies
Cisco's purchase of NDS Group is firm's most significant acquisition since Tandberg; makes company leader in service provider video gear
Rockstar Consortium officially owns former Nortel patent portfolio, plans to cash in
Avaya CEO: "We will seek to extend videoconferencing to any device, anytime, anywhere"
"Nobel Prize in Computing" goes to UCLA professor whose AI work made quantum leap from Turing's own breakthrough
Experts blame poor adherence to security audit procedures
Dell's first data center in the region is coming up in India, a company executive said
Facebook, Apple, Twitter are among those charged in class action suit with surreptitiously taking user data
As third-gen tablet debut nears, Apple outsources offers for used iPads and iPad 2s
CIO wants to ensure that IT managers are viewed as 'business engineers' and 'true peers,' not pushovers
Dropbox may be popular but Gartner, for one, cautions against enterprise use
The budget carrier's five-year wholesale deal with Clearwire is a blow to LightSquared, which it had looked to for extra capacity
The company's response to earlier questions about access to address-book data was inadequate, they said
Despite executive departure and layoffs, AIM will be supported, improved
Firm leverages cloud, human capital to offer data loss prevention services
Experts say it will be a few years before industry standard-bearers
