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Google+ APIs get beefed up

Google also added a feature to prevent a post from being re-shared prior to publishing it on the social networking site

Laggard to leader: What it takes to get there

What are the best ways for strategists, tacticians and followers to become IT security leaders with mature processes?

Just how boring was that Titans-Browns NFL game? Researchers say Twitter knows

SportSense software from Rice University/Motorola Mobility can be used by fans and advertisers

TechAmerica: US IT industry adds jobs in 2011

Job gains in the first six months of this year nearly cancel out losses during 2010, the foundation says

FAQ: Hello, iPhone 4S

Sprint could get 2M upgrades to iPhone 4S

New customers will also favor Sprint's unlimited data plans, analyst says

Office 365: Non-Profit Moves to Cloud for Global Relief

IT industry shrinks as employer in last decade

Symantec updates flagship storage, high availability suites

Version 6.0 includes tools for building private cloud systems

Drive-by download attack on Facebook used malicious ads

This 'malvertisement' scam does not require any user action, making it much more dangerous

Mobile security threats are heating up

NSS Labs offers reward money for fresh exploits

The company has set aside US$4,400 for rewards for working exploits for 12 vulnerabilities

HP aims high with top-of-rack 10G Ethernet switch

HP 5900 switch bolsters FlexNetwork architecture, an alternative to Cisco Borderless Networks scheme

India’s low-cost tablet is made by Canada’s DataWind

The country had earlier talked about an Indian designed device, as a symbol of national pride

Online banking fraud losses decline in the UK

Fraud detection software and increased consumer awareness have helped cut losses

Oracle fleshes out cloud plans at OpenWorld

It will leverage its technologies to deliver range of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS capabilties

Japan to launch smartphone-only TV broadcast channel

A venture founded by the country's largest broadcasters will send TV, games, and magazines to phones on analog airwaves

Wikipedia hides Italian language edition to protest new law

The proposed law requires publishers to correct content within 48 hours, without review

OS X Lion sells 6M copies, grabs 22% share of Mac market

Beat Windows 7 to the 10% penetration mark, boasts CEO Tim Cook

4 ways the iPhone 4S beats its predecessor

It has anti-'death-grip' antenna technology, will work as a 'world phone'

iPhone 4S chatter swamps the Web

Twitter goes wild over iPhone 4S, though Apple fans wanted an iPhone 5

Rhapsody buys Napster as it battles Spotify

Rhapsody tries to defend its U.S. turf as Spotify swoops in after great success in Europe

Oracle shows JavaFX on iOS and Android

Making iPads Enterprise Ready

Apple: It’s the iPhone 4S, not the iPhone 5

New smartphone goes on sale Oct. 14, pre-orders start Oct. 7

Apple.com crashes as iPhone 4S unveiled

Users take to Twitter to vent their frustrations about the downed site

CEO Steve Ballmer ‘underpaid,’ Microsoft says

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer received compensation valued at $1.38 million in 2011, well below his peers

EGuide: Financial services, an industry on the vanguard

Ten Security Essentials for the Networked Enterprise

Despite Ellison remark, Oracle still a fan of x86

Meanwhile, Michael Dell says his company is 'not a PC company'

US lawmakers point to China as cause of cyberattacks

Representative Mike Rogers calls on the U.S. and its allies to put pressure on the Chinese government for cyber-espionage

Red Hat raids cloud storage market by acquiring Gluster

Gluster's open source software creates massively scalable storage pools and also ushers in Red Hat's cooperation with OpenStack

iPhone 4S: Upgraded iPhone offers ‘intelligent’ assistant

The enhanced model also upgrades the camera and processor, and ups the memory and storage capacity

Logitech looks to iPhone 5 for video meetings

The company's LifeSize ClearSea software is being updated for iOS 5

Microsoft tries to make Hotmail cool again with overhaul

Microsoft battles graymail with five new automated features for Hotmail

Apple announces iPhone 4S to crowd

Apple said new hardware makes the iPhone 4S faster than its predecessor, the iPhone 4

Self-service IT: Are users up to the task?

Empowering end users with self-service systems is all the rage for IT these days. What could possibly go wrong?

Cloud storage arrays to generate $1.45B in 2015

Gartner report says most 'external' cloud services will continue to be used by small companies in foreseeable future

Mozilla aims to add silent updating to Firefox 10

Cites 'update fatigue' caused by rapid release schedule

Oracle’s Exadata means changes for DBAs

IT shops that want to run Oracle's database machine need to rethink their skill sets

In face of massive cybersecurity threat, government security dawdles

Despite efforts to improve, GAO report says most government agencies are at risk of security attack

iPad Data LP: Security Savior or Strong-Arm Tactic

The new Novell

iCloud is a bigger deal than the new iPhone

Massive DDoS attacks a growing threat to VoIP services

TelePacific Communications tells of VoIP floods

Mango update progressing, but Samsung owners have to wait

Samsung is working on solving some problems before updating, according to one network operator

XSS web attacks could live forever, researcher warns

Cleaning up a website after a cross-site scripting attack may no longer be enough to protect its users

2012 IT budgets, salaries on the rise, survey says

SIM's annual CIO survey indicates pre-recession levels of optimism

Oracle releases JavaFX 2.0, shares plans for Java 9

Microsoft says no more Zunes, it’s all about the phone now

Microsoft will make no new Zune music players, although the Zune platform lives on as an app for Windows Phone and Xbox