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Swedish e-commerce startup’s execs charged in NYC sex crime

Niklas Adalberth and Jens Saltin were released on bail, and are due back in court on Friday

Yahoo in another shakeup as chairman and directors depart

Yahoo could be gearing up for a sale, or the new CEO could be looking for better backing

EPIC sues FTC over Google’s planned privacy changes

The privacy advocate asks the court to require the FTC to enforce a 2011 privacy agreement with Google

Obama’s H-1B answer in forum may haunt him

Sen. Grassley says Obama's response to wife of laid-off tech worker indicates support for 1B restrictions

Phoenix Suns deploy Galaxy Tab 10.1 for use on and off the court

Verizon's 4G LTE for the tablet will be backed by Wi-Fi

US gov’t falling behind in social-media race, expert says

Other governments and some companies are using social media to address dissent, a DARPA program officer said

Google to pay users to track their movements online

Google quietly launches a program to pay volunteers up to $25 to share their browser activity with the company

Windows 8 strives for optimal battery life

New Metro applications and how Windows 8 handles them promote stingy power use

Salesforce.com shakes up Standard support plan features

But an improved self-service experience is on the way, Salesforce.com pledges

Google ships Chrome 17, touts more malware alerts and page pre-loads

Patches 20 vulnerabilities, pays $10,500 in bounties to four bug hunters

How to Evaluate Enterprise Search Options

Researchers crack satellite encryption

Researchers break algorithms used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications.

New social site Pinterest attracts enthusiasm, scrutiny

Just as social network Pinterest is taking off, users express concern over tracking code the company adds to their links

Airvana sues Ericsson over femtocell technology

Airvana says Ericsson broke a contract it acquired along with Nortel's equipment business

Microsoft fixes Windows 8 Consumer Preview launch event for Feb. 29

New name for beta, but provides no new details

Trustwave admits issuing man-in-the-middle digital certificate, Mozilla debates punishment

The issuing of subordinate root certificates to companies, so they can snoop on SSL-encrypted traffic, is a common industry practice

Adobe confirms no Flash for Chrome on Android

Follows move last year to abandon Flash Player in mobile

Google Chrome will no longer check for revoked SSL certificates online

Google has decided to drop OCSP revocation checks from Chrome because they are inefficient and slow

CSC reports $1.39B loss on revenue down 5.8 percent

Results for the company's third fiscal quarter were hit by a $1.49B charge related to a cancelled UK government health IT contract

IPv6 Week: This Brazilian party is for techies only

IPv6 Week attracts dozens of Latin American Web sites, ISPs and hosting companies to turn on next-gen Internet Protocol

Weave open-source data visualization offers power, flexibility

Free Web tool consolidates data on code vulnerabilities

ThreadFix gives coders a central, strategic view of software bugs, status

Smartphone data shake-up: The end of ‘unlimited’

Outsourcer Cognizant posts strong revenue and profit growth despite uncertain market

Cognizant and Tata Consultancy Services have outstripped other outsourcers with predominantly Indian operations

iPad 3 rumor rollup for the week of Feb. 7

Pictures don't lie; February surprise dies; keyboard option

Why one insurance company ditched its own hardware- for a cloud -based SAN

Insurance firm goes with Twinstrata SAN package; Amazon's cloud services for disaster recovery

Oracle stakes claim in R with Advanced Analytics launch

A new software release adds support for the open-source statistical modeling language

U.S. to use climate to help cool exascale systems

Berkeley Lab builds new computing facility with energy usage in mind

Greenpeace scorecard documents greener enterprise offerings

Greenpeace's latest 'Cool IT' report highlights technology products that help other industries go green

Google to commit to offer some Motorola patents on FRAND terms

The patents to be offered on FRAND terms will be those that are standards essential

Google accelerates Android browser updates with mobile Chrome

Long-term plan, says Google, is to make Chrome the standard browser on Android

Internet Freedom Could Turn on ‘Middle Countries’

LightSquared asks FCC to regulate GPS receivers

The carrier wants rules to keep devices from using its spectrum

Yahoo ousts half its board

Yahoo continues its efforts to restructure, shedding its board chairman and three members

IBM boosts flagship array speeds by 3X with SSD caching

New IBM app allows admins to monitor XIV Storage Systems via iPhone interface

Dating site matches not so scientific

Though succesful, online data sites can't claim to have truly scientific matching formulas, researchers say

Online shoppers push 2011 holiday spending up 14%

The Super Bowl by the wireless and network numbers

More outbound than inbound data from stadium fans, AT&T finds

Google Chrome headed for Ice Cream Sandwich Android devices

Google finally merges its mobile browser with its mobile operating system

Adobe sets IE as next target in Flash security work

Releases beta of sandboxed Flash Player plug-in for Firefox, on to Microsoft's browser

FBI declares cloud vendors must meet CJIS security rules

Officials acknowledge difficulties facing large cloud vendors like Google, but contends that requirements are met by some firms

Canada ruling pushes Dish’s LTE plan forward

Though the satellite operator is still waiting for FCC approval, its win in Canada points to a new type of mobile network

Maingear’s six-core laptop has 1.8TB of SSD storage

Maingear's Titan 17 packs Intel's Core i7-3960X desktop processor

Apps-related jobs tallied at 466K in U.S.

Smartphones, tablets and their app stores are behind the 'App Economy,' study says

Something fishy about Google Chrome’s Safe Browsing API, lab says

Opposition to ACTA swells in Europe

Officials line up to criticize "the new SOPA"

Chrome comes to Android, but only for the 1 percent

A beta version of Chrome for Android is available to people running Ice Cream Sandwich

Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code

Confirms that BitTorrent file is pcAnywhere's source code after sting operation fails

Facebook site, mobile app hit by slowdown

Frustrated users take to Twitter to complain about rival social network's poor performance

Oracle seeks new trial in IP theft suit against SAP

Judge's $272M award is rejected by Oracle, forcing SAP to defend former TomorrowNow unit again