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No webcast for Wednesday’s Windows 8 launch event, Microsoft confirms

Most expect download to hit servers same day

Pope to set up Twitter account

With a longtime YouTube channel and a Web site, the Vatican now is turning to Twitter

Microsoft upgrades ASP.Net MVC to enable faster-loading Web apps

Free tool silently updates most Windows software

Secunia's PSI 3.0 hits beta, eliminates the need to run scads of update services

Android 5.0 could come in fall, Google exec implies

Cadence of prior versions would lead fall release, though Lockheimer says Google is "flexible" on timing

Google exec hints of Android 5.0 release this fall

NaviSite wants to host your virtual desktops

Marks the latest cloud service from Time Warner Cable company

New Mac malware exploits Java bugs, steals passwords

Flashback.G first in the malware family to infect Macs using vulnerabilities

The perilous path to a new privacy

McAfee CPO Michelle Dennedy answers four big-picture questions from Richard Power

Imperva: Companies should secure their websites before worrying about DDoS attacks from Anonymous

An Imperva report shows that Anonymous hacktivists will first try to break into the website before overwhelming it with traffic

How the 2012 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders were chosen

Premier 100 IT Leaders: Earning the rewards of risk-taking

IT leadership can be a high-wire act of managing game-changing projects at high speed. Here's how the Premier 100 make it work.

MIT takes aim at secure, self-healing cloud

MIT, with money from DARPA, looks to develop a cloud infrastructure that could identify cyberattacks and heal damages

Study: Enterprise social networks failing to meet expectations

Organizations aren't properly planning and executing the implementations of this type of software

Dell releases next-gen 10GbE storage arrays

Company upgrades software to include snaphots of Linux, VMware, HyperV server farms

Intel presents new smartphone chips, partnership with ZTE

Intel is working on processors for better performance and cheap smartphones

Premier 100 IT Leader profile: David Webb

Mobile network operators set guidelines for app privacy

Digital rights groups, however,,, question the value of a voluntary code

Trend Micro overhauls threat-detection product, returns it to customer premises

RSA beefs up NetWitness Live; also announces 'experimental collaboration platform'

MWC: New software virtualizes multiple Android instances on smartphone

Work and personal data, apps, social media, stay securely separate

CrowdStrike CEO to reveal ‘major mobile vulnerability’ at RSA

Cloud Security Alliance launches innovation program, eyes mobile threats and solutions

Nokia unveils 41-megapixel imaging sensor technology

Symbian smartphone shown at Mobile World Congress is only first for superdense pixel images

Oracle’s Exalytics now available, set for showdown with SAP’s HANA

Both systems incorporate in-memory processing

Thousands of apps won’t work on new low-end Windows Phones

Microsoft is alerting developers whose apps won't work on the new phones

WikiLeaks releases Stratfor emails possibly from December hack

The provider of geopolitical analysis said it was possible that mails hacked in December were being released

Facebook pushes for HTML5 standardization, mobile payments

Facebook has started a new W3C community on standardization and is working with carriers on easier payments

Get ready for Windows 8 support headaches

How Windows 8 could put the IT department in the middle of a never-ending fight between end users and the enterprise

Fixmo will block corporate apps on compromised mobiles

The compliance and secure container technologies work on iOS and Android tablets and phones

Skype for Windows Phone arrives in beta version

The final version will arrive in April

Asus announces Padfone, three tablets at MWC

Quad-core processor is at the heart of new tablets

Carrier IQ hopes customers will come back after scandal

The company said it has implemented new policies to ensure that its software doesn't collect keystrokes

HP rolling out security products at RSA Conference

HP Enterprise View, HP mobile Application Security and more

Carrier CEOs focus on partnerships

Mobile operators need to work with developers, wireline operators and others, executives said

ZTE launches quad-core smartphone and tablet

ZTE's Era phone has a quad-core processor but no high-definition screen

Chief Mobility Officer: The Next Big IT Job?

FBI Seeks Tool to Keep Tabs on Social Media

Wireless Voting Still a Long Way Off

Air Force’s Huge Oracle Project Still Struggling

6 things you need to know about Google’s new privacy policy

How to protect your privacy on Google

A step-by-step guide to managing your public profile

Elpida, world’s third-largest DRAM maker, files for bankruptcy

The Japanese chip manufacturer said it had US$5.5 billion in debt last year as a result of investments, price declines and the Thai floods

Nokia launches low-end Windows phone and a 38-megapixel camera phone

Nokia introduced its lowest-priced Lumia phone and said it will soon start selling Windows Phones in China

Lenovo looks to build brand as it reaches for top PC vendor spot

The Chinese company could become the world's largest PC maker this year

SAP, Symantec upgrade mobile device tools

BYOD concerns a big theme for Mobile World Congress

OK Labs, LG working on secure, virtualized phones for DoD

The companies are starting with the LG Prada Android phone

Enterproid makes it easier to add apps with Box deal

A new partnership with Box lets Enterproid users store corporate data from any IT-authorized app in the cloud

Recovering Nokia Siemens sees hope in data growth

But CEO Rajeev Suri doesn't expect to see any more wholesale carriers like LightSquared soon

New HTC phones offer high quality photo, audio features

The HTC One series represents the launch of a new strategy at HTC