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Expect some of the typical phishing lures to be cast this year, but more targeted 'spear-phishing' twists raise the potential for damage
A Spanish tech site, TecnoDroidVe, published the screen shots
Don't look now, but spam and telemarketing calls have been reduced to the point of irrelevance. What happened?
Experts weigh in on how to get the best contract terms and concessions from SAP
$25-per-year service two weeks late; Apple says it's 'overwhelmed' with subscriptions
CA CloudMinder portfolio to give IT dept. total-cloud provisioning, single-sign-on options
HP, IBM and Dell to offer AMD's new 16-core chips in servers
Microsoft said it doesn't want to be in the position of enforcing privacy in apps running on Windows Phones
Country's refusal to share 'Stars' sample in April gave attackers half-year head start, says expert
Lync IM filtering for malware, inappropriate content
Speaking at Google Atmosphere event, Cerf takes on governments, 'Net security
New 3G/4G plans offer $50 for 6GB
Google reportedly has researchers working on robots, elevators to space, smart light bulbs at the Google X research lab
Internet, technology key to overcoming Eurozone woes, group says
New survey shows developers see Amazon's low-priced tablet as an app money maker
And a new clause means decisions on top level domains will have to be documented
In the app dev sandbox, OS X may be eating Linux's lunch.
Security researchers use scripting to circumvent Mac OS X application sandbox restrictions on network access
PC sales will continue to suffer as the affect of floods in Thailand is felt
New version of Windows Embedded will be released in the quarters after Window 8 launches
A Japanese machine is the first to achieve more than 10 quadrillion operations per second
A prototype supercomputer is gunning to be the world's most power-efficient with Nvidia's Tegra 3 chips
Version 4.0 of the analytics platform is set for release this month
The low-cost Amazon.com tablet could jump-start an Android market that is not competing favorably against the iPad in Appcelerator's survey
60% of IT professionals surveyed say a certification led to a new job, and half say it gave a salary boost. But some certs are more valuable than others.
Cray to use AMD's new 16-core chip to build an 11.5 petaflop supercomputer for science
The Opteron 6200 chips are 25 percent to 30 percent faster than their 12-core predecessors
RightScale is also developing new automation and auditing capabilities for its cloud management software
Gang customized attack files for each target, says Kaspersky Lab
India is a 'sea of opportunity' for tech workers, says sponsor of the San Jose job fair
Clickfraud takedown; Chinese cyberspy case goes to trial; more mischief in SSL server certificates
Opponents have designated the day of the hearing as American Censorship Day
The retailer's Labs division wants to see how social networking and other systems can aid the shopping experience
Shatterproofing, blaming and the January surprise
Rapid power loss still plagues many after Apple promised update would fix problem
Facebook has head start, but Google+ could find enterprise niche with key adds
John Wookey, who recently left SAP, is considered an expert at building product teams
Ongoing analysis of the Duqu malware shows its authors like a joke, and to attack on Wednesdays
Economic concerns shift to Italy, as Thai floods threaten the hard-drive supply chain
Hamburg's Data Protection Authority prepares legal action after talks with Facebook about facial recognition reach an impasse
The new form factor is 60 percent smaller than existing SIM cards
An ENISA report warns of the dangers of 'life-logging'
AVM's attempt to block Cybits modifying free software fails
Replicating data in a virtual machine means you can be storage system agnostic
Releases final version of Flash Player for Android