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Lawmakers want to know what they can do to foster industry growth
Oracle is aiming the new product at SMBs as an alternative to its successful Exadata line
Some observers aren't surprised by reports of Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker's imminent departure
The carrier is offering to cover the cost of fixing all federally-owned precision GPS gear
'Unlikely many are going to shed tears' over Dutch company's demise, says security researcher
Galaxy S II is already fastest-selling Samsung phone internationally
Google seems 'to have gotten a little ahead of themselves,' <i>Consumer Reports</i> notes
AllThingsD blog pegs launch date; analyst says Apple will start sales shortly afterward
IronKey plans to focus more on software and services
Attorney general says it's likely to get worse
Social engineered attacks hit big companies harder and cost more
The company said GPS maker Javad GNSS has developed receivers that would not be affected by its planned LTE network
Hears out proposal to ship a new version every five weeks
US cloud providers can do business in the Netherlands while governments sort out conflicts in national laws
Some 11,000 libraries add Kindle e-books to electronic collections
Offers a 1,000-plus-node test bed for Hadoop developers
Facial recognition technology on the rise as governments increase use; Facebook, Microsoft implement it
CTO Aneesh Chopra says he wants energy industry to create Green Button to provide access to online information
Managing security in the cloud requires a new way of looking at security
Ellison has little interest in selling commodity x86 systems and is blunt about it
Software adds 3D video to apps, dozens of other features
An 240GB SSD version of the drive is slated to ship next month
Youngest are heaviest texters, and prefer it over calls
Focus of the smartphone is on style, not power
CompTIA study finds shift to 'paperless office' isn't happening as swiftly as once expected
Irony alert: HP, which may ditch PC business, only other maker that boosts score in annual ACSI poll
The long and winding road of multiple suits, countersuits and acquisitions
Casio agrees to pay Microsoft an undisclosed sum for a deal that includes Microsoft's vow not to sue Casio's customers for using its Linux devices
Rollout Rollout already exceeds 140 cities
Lack of support for mobile clients and hidden costs can make a large-scale Lync deployment far less appealing than a small-scale one
Still, about a third of companies frown on using personal smartphones for work tasks, Forrester finds
Charges that Chinese hackers attacked Mitsubishi are 'groundless,' says government spokesman
Souped-up Samsung slates handed out at BUILD last week bring bucks to developers
Victim of theft of 500-plus SSL certificates, Dutch company couldn't survive
New Cisco products will support Microsoft virtual environments in Windows Server 8
Apple and its Macs top HP, Dell and others in PC market satisfaction survey
IT specialist Mike Mahan is trading his syslogs for a script
Small bits of work, linked by the cloud, can be done by more than a million people globally
It can help companies quickly identify and respond to new opportunities r
