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Office 365 ‘momentum’ announcement met with some skepticism

Some analysts were left wanting more details about Office 365 sales and adoption

Intel surges further ahead of Samsung in chip market

Though 2011 is a tough year for the semiconductor market, Intel has shown strength

2011’s biggest security snafus

From Anonymous to the SCADA attack that wasn't; was this the year of the advanced persistent threat?

Oracle updates WebLogic for cloud usage

Oracle has integrated WebLogic with a number of its other products, including the Exalogic appliances, and Oracle RAC servers

iPhone 4S most popular iPhone ever

Apple's newest smartphone scores higher satisfaction rating than last year's iPhone 4

Cisco to introduce larger Cius tablet next year

Screen size to be larger than current Cius

Chrome takes No. 2 browser spot from Firefox

Microsoft's Internet Explorer holding onto market-leading share of desktop browser market

AMD moves away from Intel rivalry, rethinks course

EU funding could hurt open source licensing, critics say

Industry reps criticize the protectionist nature of the EU's Horizon 2020 funding scheme

Medical data breaches soar, according to study

iPhone 4S more satisfying to users than iPhone 4

Apple's iPhone Siri voice control technology is best-liked feature for nearly half of 4S users in ChangeWave survey

WikiLeaks working on new whistle-blowing platform

WikiLeaks also released a study covering companies developing surveillance products

Renesas plans upgrade for Japan chip production to handle major earthquakes

The Japan firm, which makes chips for the Wii and Xbox 360, will spend hundreds of millions to quakeproof its lines.

Mozilla ponders demise of Firefox for Apple’s Leopard

Proposes dropping support for Mac OS X 10.5 in June

Google JavaScript library offers access to APIs

Developers can access Web APIs and Google's public APIs through client library

2011’s most notable tech industry deaths

Year marks passing of computer industry giants Jobs, Olsen

AT&T, China Telecom to share infrastructure

The carriers will share certain telecommunication infrastructure including Wi-Fi hotspots in the U.S. and China

Italian court: Online editors not responsible for reader comments

The ruling contrasts with recent legal developments in Italy that have tended to curtail freedom of the Internet

Skills-based visa change helps some, hurts others

Senate expected to act on plan to remove green card per-country caps

Mobile privacy debate reignites over hidden smartphone app

New details emerge on Carrier IQ app on HTC Android phones

Lawmakers express support for Internet sales tax

Supporters of a sales tax say online sellers now have an advantage over other retailers

Netflix opens door to leaving Amazon Web Services

Just this week, Netflix expects to finish porting its entire streaming business to Amazon

Lenovo surges, challenging HP in PC market

Cisco, Walgreens team up on virtual doc visits for employees

More than 3,000 workers in N.C. will access telehealth tech in San Jose

Duqu hackers scrub evidence from command servers, shut down spying op

Delete all files and logs just days after researchers revealed botnet's existence

Why Yammer Is Snatching Up Enterprise Customers

CRM packages look to ease financial firms’ move to Salesforce

G1 Asset Management also offers a social marketing element to help users better understand this trend

Spotify unveils platform for external developers to create music apps

The company hopes that third-party applications will make its digital music streaming service more appealing and feature-rich

Bill would allow US intelligence to share cyber-threat info

The legislation would help protect US businesses against cyberattackers, the sponsors say

Google rolls out fix to Galaxy Nexus volume issue

Still no word on when Verizon will ship the LTE version of the smartphone in the U.S.

Apple’s Siri balks at abortion queries, pro-choice advocates charge

Virtual petition urges Apple to update the iPhone 4S' personal assistant

Mobile spyware raises ethical, legal questions

Flexispy and other companies sell software that can monitor calls and texts on a mobile phone

Steve Jobs’ worth, iPhone 5’s arrival among 2011’s top online question topics

Inquiring minds also wanted to know if Kim Kardashian's wedding and Justin Bieber's rumored daddyhood were real

STEC announces high-endurance SSD

The SSD can support up to 33 petabytes of data writes over its working life

Facebook Privacy: How the FTC Settlement Affects You

Will FTC force Facebook onto privacy straight and narrow?

Settlement could help Facebook if it takes new stand on user privacy, say analysts

Anonymous’ Robin Hood credit card fraud campaign could hurt more than just banks

Anonymous and TeaMp0isoN launch credit card fraud campaign in an attempt to hurt banks

AmEx Helps Customers Cash In On Foursquare

Researchers use Woodpecker to single out vulnerable Android phones

HTC EVO 4G, Motorola Droid X, Samsung Epic 4G all on North Carolina State researchers' list

EBay finishes data center in a very hot place

EBay's latest data center keeps servers cool despite the 100-degree heat in Phoenix

Salesforce.com rolls out social marketing cloud

The venture is based on Salesforce.com's Radian6 acquisition

Cyber Monday sales break record, surpass $1.25 billion

U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 28 days of the 2011 holiday season has surpassed $15 billion, according to comScore

Google Translate glitch opens security hole

If not protected, Google Translate can expose customer codes that others can steal and reuse

Start-up Agari debuts with security to stop fake e-mail, phishing attacks

AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo on board to support security technology; Facebook said to be early adopter

iPad 3 rumor rollup for the week of Nov. 28

New high-def display, code mysteries, stock advice

Cisco data center forecast very cloudy

Cisco study finds cloud traffic to grow 12-fold between now and 2015

Web application scans Facebook for unflattering photos

A German company will soon release a comprehensive Web-based application for monitoring Facebook content

Lawmaker dissatisfied with Amazon’s answers on Kindle Fire’s data harvesting

Markey wants a straight answer from Amazon about how the company will use the data collected by the tablet's Silk browser

MobileIron brings unified Android management console

New version of its MDM tool enables Cisco AnyConnect VPNs and Exchange configuration certificates on some devices, as well as 'Ice Cream Sandwich' support

MobileIron’s management software prepares for Android

Expecting more workers to choose Android phones next year, MobileIron is boosting its device management capabilities