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President issues executive order aimed at boosting, standardizing federal data security measures
Twitter traffic hits near-record 6,049 tweets per second as news of Jobs' death spread
A few cordial reminders from your helpful and responsive Boomer/Gen X security department
Industrial systems, transport and power grid infrastructures are still vulnerable, panelists said this week
Experts speaking at a cybercrime event at the University of Washington said that it's getting easier for criminals to commit cybercrime
Link previews don't always match the reality, even after Websense checks
Also in security: Cybersecurity threats increase exponentially and the government isn't moving fast enough to counter the attacks
Gives customers a six-month window to test and deploy before suite leaves mainstream support next April
Site goes down Thursday night for West Coast users
CEO Hesse also tells analysts that Sprint will support Wimax phones beyond 2012
Avos, which acquired Delicious from Yahoo, is scrambling to fix many bugs after the site's relaunch last week
Desktop, server editions to be released next week
CEO Hesse says high subsidies paid to Apple for the iPhone will be worthwhile
The company needs to round out its product line
Bottom-feeding cyber scum lure Facebook users to malicious websites with promises of free iPads
It all began with the iPod...then came the iPhone and iPad
But Facebook says it is happy with its current protection measures
Verizon first to take orders; at times, Apple's site acted erratic
U.S. broadens its approach to data center consolidations
After patient files $20M lawsuit, health care provider firm says contractor is responsible
Patent licensing company Intellectual Ventures is accusing the handset maker of infringing six patents
A former Oracle employee will get $40 million for reporting the alleged contracting fraud
Their e-signing points to trends in enhanced content for e-books
Hybrid Memory Cube could oust DDR3 in high-performance servers in a few years, an analyst said
Users can add and remove plug-ins that best fit their needs
Large clouds could make for a tempting target for cybercriminals, Lungren says
But that doesn't mean the 2010 edition will be immediately retired, says company manager
Enterasys' Crowell on battling Cisco and HP, the emergence of fabrics, and a not-so-secret weapon named Isaac
Will patch 23 vulnerabilities in Windows, its browser and other software
Colleagues, friends and competitors share memories
Symantec survey also reveals IT staffs are unprepared and reliant on consultants
The XL has the same Beats audio technology present in HTC's XE Sensation model
Biographer last interviewed Jobs four weeks ago, reports WSJ
Genachowski pitches a plan to refocus the FCC's Universal Service Fund toward broadband
Performance, services, more carriers, pricing all point to success for Apple iPhone 4S
Apple is wise to delay use of NFC technology while users remain wary of mobile payments, analysts say
Regulatory compliance has become the bane of CIOs and CISOs
Sprint begins sales of iPhone 4 with iOS 5 upgrade today
Circumvents mobile SMS security procedures
He worked where tech intersected with art
Leading anticopyright site the frustrates Internet censorship
The still risky business of software development
Galaxy S II offers larger screen, faster speeds and more memory than iPhone 4S, Samsung says in note to reporters
As news of the death of Steve Jobs reached Japan, local companies hawked Apple clones at the Ceatec electronics show
