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Microsoft launches Windows 8 preview

Kicking off Microsoft's BUILD conference, Steven Sinofsky pitches the company's next generation operating system

Google slips to lowest search share in 2 years

Microsoft Bing benefits from Google's dip, picking up more market share

5,000 Microsoft developers get Samsung preview tablets

Preview units use Samsung Series 7 Slate body

Windows 8 on ARM to open up for developer scrutiny

ARM prototype tablets and devices will be among those running Windows 8 at Microsoft's Build conference

Cisco sees 5 percent to 7 percent revenue growth

The company told financial analysts it is cutting costs in a bid to grow profit faster than sales

SAP’s Sikka preaches HANA-led ‘renewal’

In-memory computing will transform SAP's portfolio, according to executive board member Vishal Sikka

Facebook Pwn tool takes profile info, helps social engineers

A tool dupes Facebook users into accepting a friend request in order to harvest hidden data that can be used later for a scam

SpyEye hacking kit adds Android infection to bag of tricks

Intercepts text messages bank use as secondary authentication for account access

Facebook automates, simplifies friend grouping

Several new features aim to make it easier to segment friends into groups and be more precise when sharing

Intel, Google team to optimize Android for smartphones

Intel wants to make x86 the architecture of choice for smartphones, and porting Android will help

Windows 8: What it’s really all about

HTC exec: iPhones for old farts

Says cool kids now carrying HTC, Samsung and other devices, not Apple iPhones

Cisco goes on video attack against rival Juniper

Satiric pizza video claims Juniper is late with technology

With help from Intel, McAfee links security to the chip

DeepSafe offers a glimpse at future Intel-McAfee security products

SAP rolls out new in-memory applications for HANA

SAP has released two more specialized analytics programs for its HANA in-memory computing engine

Windows 8 steps beyond the desktop

Windows' new Metro interface will allow users to interact with apps by using their fingers

Chip-level advances that may change computing

US needs to kick network security intelligence up a notch

Study says 'patch and pray' security plans don't work for businesses, government

Security pros come clean at Summit on Advanced Persistent Threats

RSA CSO Schwartz: 'The frequency and volume of attacks has reached pandemic levels'

EU countries must do more to protect children online

But not at the expense of civil liberties, advocacy groups say

Groups to urge abolition of EU data retention directive

Civil liberties groups will band together to demand changes to the EU's data laws

App stores should cooperate to improve smartphone security

An EU agency wants a cross-industry system for grading application security

Google lets Wi-Fi hotspot owners opt out of location service

The company was pressured by European privacy regulators

Windows 8: Microsoft finally raises the curtain

Google launches group deals aggregator in China

The portal catalogs group-buying deals in the country

Nintendo aims for 3DS revival with games, button add-on

The president of the iconic game company said a software line-up unprecedented in video game history will draw 3DS gamers.

Five hot startups at Demo Fall

Startups each get six minutes to sell their ideas at the Demo conference

iPad Goes to Hollywood

NetLogic will help Broadcom tap into 4G, cloud

For $3.7 billion, Broadcom would get a supplier of smart chips needed in new, fast networks

Social networks eat up Americans’ online time

Nielsen report shows social networking has reached 'killer app' status, one analyst notes

Cloud Computing for Consumers: The Downsides

Objective-C, C#, D language: Winners in programming popularity

Intel to show tablets, ultrabooks running Windows 8

Intel will show off Windows 8 running on x86 chips in tablets and laptops to draw developer support

Cisco unveils routers, takes swipe at Juniper

Cisco ASR extensions aimed at service provider mobile edge; new ad campaign tweaks rival's alleged missteps

Vending machine company announces major data breach

Up to 40,000 reported may be affected by breach of Vacationland Vendors machines at waterparks in Wisconsin, Tennessee

$1 will get you in on latest social network startup

Marc Andreessen cohort Gina Bianchini resurfaces with MightyBell

Career Watch: Job hunting on a smartphone

Microsoft to webcast Windows 8 keynote Tuesday

Steven Sinofsky, top Windows exec, to take the stage at 9 a.m. PT

Feds trek to the cloud

One CIO Shares the Secrets to Successful IT Transformation

IBM’s Watson supercomputer to diagnose patients

Teaming with WellPoint to create evidence-based medical applications

HTC weighs buying WebOS or other mobile OS

But HTC still considers its Sense interface its distinction

Accenture pays $63.7 million to resolve gov’t kickbacks case

A 2004 lawsuit alleged that IT vendors gave kickbacks to systems integrators working on U.S. government contracts

Most will access Internet via mobile devices by 2015, IDC says

Projects rapid smartphone, tablet growth while sales of desktop, other wired systems begin decline

FTC axes apps that claimed to zap zits

'No app for that,' says agency as it settles false advertising charges with makers of anti-acne apps

HTML5 adoption might hurt Apple’s profit, research finds

Bernstein Research expects Apple's profit growth to take a hit, while Google and MS benefit from use of HTML5 for Web apps

Certificate hacker probably paid by Iran, say victimized firms

Comodo's CEO sees even stronger links between hacker and Iran in recent attack

Amazon said to weigh subscription plan for coming tablet

Users of Amazon's paid video subscription service would have limited free access to older books, report says

Acer Iconia A501 tablet to hit AT&T stores Sept. 18

Discount with two-year data plan brings price down to $330

Intel, ARM set for next stage of laptop battle

Intel presents plans at IDF, while ARM chips are featured by vendors at Microsoft BUILD