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Dismiss widespread online protests as political stunts.
'Hundreds of millions...rely on our services,' says Windows developer
Opponents of the bills say Wednesday's protests have turned the tide against the copyright legislation
Comcast first U.S. ISP to deploy emerging standard, but cybersecurity experts hope others will follow
Security firm Sophos takes heat for publishing Firefox-NoScript circumvention of site's protest
Total hits 195 markets, well ahead of other carriers
Several members of Congress change their minds or come out against the copyright bills
Update gives U.S. users faster browsing and useful Data Manager tool, among other features
Smartphone maker acting in response to Sprint's order
CA has revamped Clarity so it can be used by business managers in addition to its traditional IT user base
Groups include both conservative and liberal activists
It is joined by mobile and cloud computing as the most important technology priorities for CIOs
Secunia gives vendors six months to fix reported vulnerabilities before going public
A Samsung executive had previously said the company would merge its bada platform with the Intel-backed Tizen OS
Browser's default home page goes black, but not blank
Annual Gartner survey shows IT budgets are flat globally, declining in North America
The action by the websites is part of a larger protest against controversial legislation in the U.S.
Tableau 7.0 is geared at getting BI into the hands of more users
Yang resigned from all his posts at Yahoo effective Tuesday
Oracle may be sacrificing the patent charges in hopes of getting an injunction soon
The carriers and a global trade group are cooperating to build a product ecosystem for the technology
Smith says he'll push forward with the controversial copyright enforcement legislation
Google, Wikipedia, Reddit, BoingBoing plan unprecedented Internet 'strike' Wednesday
Warns pcAnywhere users they face increased risk, confirms theft of source code of prominent consumer programs
Using memory as storage, a desktop can boot in 12 seconds, virtual storage vender says
Expect both sides to inject some good-guy vs. bad-guy drama into the proceedings
In discussing World IPv6 Launch, Internet Society's tech chief says hassles, costs will go up for network operators who delay IPv6 planning, deployment
Even after proposed changes, the copyright bills still contain several troublesome sections, opponents say
Reports create a buzz online that social network may file paperwork for IPO in next month
Microsoft's new file system, ReFS, can host filenames as long as 32,000 characters
IBM had a lot to look forward to at this year's Lotusphere. According to analysts in attendance, its bet on the burgeoning social business market is paying off
But Oracle says it's already weeded out most bugs
Online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos has taken assertive steps after breach, but is it enough?
But Droid Razr at 32Gb still on sale for $300
The company says the software can help businesses more efficiently manage their use of cloud services
Bugs prompt the browser maker to 'throttle' update offers
AT&T, Comcast, Facebook, Google among those on board for World IPv6 Launch
The new Hungarian constitution undermines data protections, says EU
The National Security Agency's version of Android provides better access-control policies
The arrival of the first products based on 802.11ac will get a warm welcome later this year
