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Both companies want permission to offer both satellite and 4G services
Microsoft could be waiting for another swing at buying Yahoo
Inventories of Apple iPhone 4 smartphones, carrier promotions and fake iPhone 5 documents, plus third-party cases and a magic number of 27 million
The company was once known for its conservative design and minimalistic user interface
Hustles this time, ships update three times faster than after Comodo hack
The Virginia defendant is sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $2.7 million in restitution
Demand weakens for traditional PCs, but mobile and tablets hold high expectations
Smithsonian's collection of 9/11 objects includes cell phones, a Blackberry, a laptop and the stories they tell
NinjaVideo.net infringed copyright by offering movies, TV shows and other content to users, the DOJ says
Publishes five security bulletins that were meant to appear Sept. 13
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang says Intel preferred they not say in the chipset business
Motorola Android dual-core smartphone for LTE networks easy to repair and has top-notch specs, says teardown specialist
Mexico City topped IBM's Commuter Pain Index, which ranks the emotional and economic toll of commuting in 20 international cities
New OS would be alternative to Android, now under heavy legal attack
Group calls on lawmakers to reject self-regulation on online behavioral advertising
Three more French book publishers have dropped lawsuits against Google, after it struck a deal with a fourth last month
New government fine structure plus random auditing make healthcare privacy lapses even less acceptable
Microsoft again contends code signing prevents malware installs via update service
Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 is too similar to Apple's iPad 2 and may not be sold in Germany, a court there has ruled
The former CEO of Latin Node pleaded guilty in May to paying bribes in return for business
A rogue SSL certificate could have compromised about 300,000 users in Iran, according to a report
Confidential medical data on 20,000 patients potentially compromised
One of the attack files was created using a Chinese language version of Excel, VirusTotal discovered
Facing sharp criticism over GPS interference, the company has proposed more commitments to a solution
The first major update of U.S. patent law goes to President Obama for his signature
As the tablet market booms, the decades-long Wintel relationship formed around PCs is crumbling.
Continues to claim he's acting alone, but some aren't buying that
The agency reaches a settlement agreement with makers of two smartphone apps that promised acne treatment
Windows 8 users will be able to run virtual machines directly from their desktops
College's CIO says VDI should translate into better apps access, simpler management and security
The Firefox maker gives CAs until Sept. 16 to answer questions about security
For those keeping score, Microsoft's tally is 7 Android deals, at least 2 embedded Linux licensing deals and 2 Android lawsuits
No emergency updates so far this year, notes researcher
It's hoping to lure Lawson Software customers with special pricing
Word, Excel and PowerPoint coming in 2012
Enlarged display and keyboard are designed to expand smartphone usability -- for $300
The terrorist attacks led to a greater focus on disaster recovery and cloud storage, IT managers say
Emergency response groups see momentum in Congress for a nationwide voice and data network
The problem affects primarily Google+ account holders who have published a lot of posts
VMware, Symantec take aim at single sign-on (SSO) and provisioning through cloud-based security services
Among 1,400 CIOs polled, 12% plan to hire this quarter and 6% expect cutbacks
Terrorist attacks exposed a lack of attention to continuity of business operations
Hosted emergency system handles twice as many calls as ever before
