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Debuting tonight: Galaxy Nexus running Ice Cream Sandwich

Samsung, Google to hold Hong Kong event to unveil next big Android smartphone

The challenges of managing mountains of information

DDoS and SQL injection are main topics on hacking forums

Forums provide a venue for hackers to sell and exchange information

Cisco unveils latest Nexus data center switch

New fabric, 10G modules boots capacity to 15 terabits

Extradition review could hurt UK hacker’s case

A review has concluded that the extradition treaty between the U.S. and U.K. is not more favorable to U.S. defendants

Odor from Apple supplier factory in China unbearable, residents say

The local Chinese government temporarily shut down the factory to satisify residents

With 250M tweets a day, Twitter plans ‘simplicity’ strategy

CEO Dick discusses Twitter's growth, competing with Google+, Facebook

Twitter and Google ‘just can’t agree’ on Realtime Search deal

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says the companies are stuck, but he hasn't given up

iPhone 4S supplies tighten

Apple requires retail buyers to reserve smartphone, but runs out of most models

Developers expect much from today’s Android 4 upgrade

Fragmentation and bugs beset the popular mobile platform, and the 'Ice Cream Sandwich' update details remain a mystery

GOP’s tech visa bill copies, literally, Democrat’s bill

Republicans and Democrats have each submitted bills to give green cards to STEM grads, but the Democratic bill seeks more

Jazz Montreux Festival plans 1.2PB archive for 40 years of music

Object-based storage will serve up performance footage to cafés, students

Western Digital extends suspension of operations in Thailand

Competitor Seagate has warned of component shortages because of the floods

Viking combines DRAM module with flash for auto backup

New memory module is said to alleviate the need of a traditional backup power pack

HP’s new virtualization servers provide path to cloud

HP's new VirtualSystem for Microsoft is based on Hyper-V virtualization technology

Levinsohn: Yahoo is doing fine

Yahoo's Americas executive vice president declined to comment about rumors of a Yahoo-AOL merger

IBM’s third-quarter growth lighter than expected

IBM's growth slows in major markets, though the company remains enthused on emerging markets

Sean Parker: Google+ unlikely to topple Facebook

He also said his involvement with Spotify is a chance to finish what he started with Napster

Google adds coupon redemption to Google Wallet

Updated Google mobile payment app also adds support for merchant loyalty cards

Windows Intune 2.0: Four New Features

The Threat Cloud Computing Providers Pose to Corporate IT

Polycom buys ViVu for Web videoconferencing

Polycom says the deal will help it extend video meetings to more participants

Sun was close to licensing Java patents to Google for $28M

In a court brief related to its battle with Oracle, Google also says the offending code has all been removed in the next version of Android

Dell ends 10-year reseller relationship with EMC

The contract was due to expire in 2013

RIM’s free apps, tech support get measure of support

Companies less interested in compensation than making sure RIM keeps the network up and running

Customer, Lawson Software, hosting provider in legal dustup over ERP project

It's the latest battle over ERP (enterprise-resource-planning) software implementations to become public

Expecting a recession, Gartner urges ‘creative destruction’

By 2016, one in eight people on the planet will have a tablet computer

New social engineering poll reveals which scam works better

Poll results from social-engineer.org finds most people think sweet talking victims is the best approach for criminal success

ICANN takes charge of Internet time zone master list

The organization will take over the database of world time zones from a group of volunteers

EMC, VCE announce tighter Vblock integration

Updated EMC management tool-VMware link aims to speed deployment of cloud applications

Tata posts strong revenue growth despite economic conditions

The company said it had growth in all major markets, and most economic verticals

Apple sells record 4 million iPhones over launch weekend

'Fantastic' iPhone 4S sales thump 1.7M record set by last year's smartphone

CTIA, FCC agree on ‘bill shock’ plan

CTIA member carriers will send out free alerts to users about to exceed monthly limits

3 Ways to Save Yourself After a Phishing Attack

Microsoft Intune update addresses remote users

Google may add to Android with online music store

Google may be weeks away from launching rival to Apple iTunes, report say

From PHP to Perl: What’s hot, what’s not in scripting languages

Next-generation firewalls: In depth

Dos and don’ts for next-gen firewalls

US mobile carriers to offer free usage alerts

CTIA members will roll out usage alerts within a year to help customers avoid bill shock

Excel 2010 cheat sheet

Scareware spread from popular torrent site via malvertizing

The infection process required no user interaction

Enterasys looks to take on Cisco, HP in fabrics

Unveils architecture to coordinate network functionality across the enterprise

Watch out for FOSS advertising

Be aware of the hidden costs and risks associated with free and open source software

US companies pushed to disclose cyberattacks

New guidelines from US regulators throw a spotlight on disclosure of cyber-incidents

Wall Street Beat: Google, strong sales boost tech

But the PC market expands more slowly than expected

Intel CEO faults recent evolution of PCs

Otellini reaffirms faith in future of thin laptops with touchscreen capabilities

Web 2.0 Summit to focus on value, pitfalls of online data

Speakers at this year's conference include Steve Ballmer, Paul Otellini, Marc Benioff, Michael Dell and Dick Costolo

iPhone 4S teardowns reveal A5 processor

The same dual-core, Apple-designed processor powers the iPad 2

Table salt found to boost data storage density

Salt could theoretically increase drive capacities to more than 20TB