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Automatically disables add-ons installed behind users' backs
Ruby skills may be in most demand by emerging New York City tech firms
3G/4G wireless service are left out to keep costs down, avoid costly data plans
Aggregating data from multiple sources can cause access control and data entitlement problems, analysts say
Employers need iOS developers and you can teach yourself enough to go after these big-money jobs
The Sunway BlueLight is China's first to use domestically developed microprocessors
As companies clean up their act, Greenpeace is updating its rankings to encourage change in new areas
Rakuten aims to expand its e-books business with the acquisition
A slew of announcements across all three areas is expected during the Sapphire conference in Madrid
Nvidia's Tegra 3 chip is the first quad-core processor for tablets, the company said
Sina's Twitter-like service has over 250 million registered users
Its enterprise division sells Adobe Connect and Adobe LiveCycle, among other products
Apple's Objective-C and Google's Dart both show significant gains in popularity, Tiobe's survey shows
The Web application performance service is adding hardware monitoring to the offering
The deal will let the companies sell each other's non-reserved display ad inventory
ScanScout's description of how consumers could opt out of data collection didn't work, the agency says
The acquisition will most likely lead to job losses at AT&T, an economics professor says
Microsoft is reportedly trying to ink more deals in which makers of Android devices pay license fees while Barnes & Noble calls for an investigation into that practice
Charlie Miller demos bug that lets approved iPhone, iPad apps download more code, including malware
Google VP Bradley Horowitz takes on Zuckerberg's belief hat Google+ is a 'little version of Facebook'
One analyst calls unusual pricing scheme 'slick' marketing
Despite some concerns, Hadoop has a growing place in the enterprise, say IT execs from JP Morgan Chase, eBay
No fix for Duqu flaw, but quashes different bug in same TrueType parsing engine
Microsoft issued its four expected patches as part of its regular release cycle, including a fix for a potentially serious worm
GPS backers asked the FCC to block the fledgling carrier from ever using the upper part of its spectrum band
DARPA promises 50% increase in advanced research spending over next 5 years
It joins RIM, HTC and Samsung, among other phone makers, who signed licenses rather than face a potential lawsuit
In lawsuit, the 4G network technology firm accuses Motorola of Chinese racial-profiling
Hadoop, cloud computing adoption fueling Big Data startups, venture firm says
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After losing some 6M U.S. users last spring, Facebook passes 155M mark again
DNS servers from multiple Brazilian ISPs were compromised to direct users to malicious websites
The lawsuit over third-party software support is gaining intensity
Flaw lets malware run on iPhones, iPads
Wednesday will be the first nationwide test of the system used to alert the U.S. public of disasters
ENISA makes recommendations to mitigate online threats that can affect the lives of children
Alan Davidson is leaving the company later this month
Half of all cellphone users have downloaded apps
The new features are geared toward making it easier for businesses to use Rackspace's RackConnect offering
New Brocade switches aimed at boosting performance, lowering cost in enterprise networks
The middleware vendor is preparing to deliver its own PaaS (platform as a service)
Do.com is built on the bones of Salesforce.com's Manymoon acquisition
Barnes & Noble's new device doesn't change the tablet equation
