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Outsourced and fired, IT workers fight back

Mobile World Congress to focus on advertising, marketing

Nokia is hoping to lure developers with a large, 2,300 square meter exhibition space

After a frenetic London riot, a laptop is recovered

IT security consultant Greg Martin recovered his MacBook Pro after his apartment had been trashed

Start-up releases all-in-one VMware server, storage appliance

Nutanix's Complete Cluster puts VMware servers, storage under one management GUI

Cellphones stay on, but protesters disrupt SF subway

BART shuts down stations to keep Anonymous out

Are Motorola’s patents enough to protect Android?

Google has offered a premium to buy Motorola Mobility, to help ward off legal attacks against Android

Google still trying to remove damning email from court case

Documents filed on Monday in its battle with Oracle offer a glimpse into the volume of data involved in such suits

As a carrier’s partner, Google may shine

Pitching Motorola's phones is a new challenge, but carriers like iPhone rivals, analysts say

IT Hiring Remains Strong Despite Economic Fears

Back to School: 6 Tips for Not Overspending on Tech

Google looks to protect Android with Motorola patents

Google wants Motorola's patents, not phones

How To Improve Collaboration with Development and Operations

Internet Explorer protects best against socially engineered malware

NSS Labs tests Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Firefox

MIA talk was to focus on Android developer mistakes

Adobe admits Google fuzzing report led to 80 ‘code changes’ in Flash Player

After spat with Google engineer, explains why it didn't spell out each bug

Survey: Millennials OK with fixing their own gear

IT support staff could get a helping hand from their youngest clients, a Bomgar survey finds

IT recruiting a casualty of the recession

Companies have lost some talent-acquisition muscle, and they're going to feel the effects of that loss

RIM Developer Guru on Why You Should Believe in BlackBerry

Motorola Mobility is by far Google’s biggest acquisition ever

Google quadruples its own record with $12.5 billion purchase

Google’s Motorola buy may offer boost to Microsoft

Handset makers like HTC and Samsung may grow wary of using Android with Motorola under Google's roof

How Linux mastered Wall Street

Linux has become a dominant player in finance due to the OS kernel's ability to pass messages very quickly

Analyst: Google eyes Apple’s iOS model with $12.5B Motorola deal

But others see the proposed acquisition as patent defense against Apple, Microsoft

Intel to issue bug fix for SSD 320 drives in two weeks

The firmware upgrade will fix a bug that causes SSD 320 drives to crash

Industry group releases spec to test consumer SSD performance

Spec almost identical to enterprise SSD test

Amazon promises to improve redundancy after Dublin outage

Affected users will receive service credits for either 10 or 30 days

Pharmaceutical firm retires Microsoft environment for cloud services

Linchpin was single sign-on security, authentication, says Amag Pharmaceuticals IT director

Whistleblower Presents Evidence of Alleged Visa Abuse

Google lashes out at patent trolls with Motorola buy

Google claims Motorola purchase will help in Android patent wars with Apple, Microsoft

Google CEO Larry Page blogs on why he’s buying Motorola Mobility

'Supercharging' the Android ecosystem, patent protection for Android

11 hard truths about HTML5

US and UK zombies demand top dollar

Researchers say malware purveyors seek out victim computers in specific countries

Preparing for the real costs of cloud computing

Google buys Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion

Google said the deal will not affect the development of the its Android operating system

Tips and tricks for protecting Android devices

Anonymous breaches San Francisco’s public transport site

The group has released personal data as retribution for BART cutting off phone service on Thursday night

Nokia to bring Windows Phone 7 devices to China Mobile

China Mobile has more than 600 million mobile phone users

Xsigo unveils virtual fabric for data centers

Xsigo says its new software can eliminate more LAN equipment and maintenance tasks

RIM launches smartphone management for small businesses

Free cloud-based service allows small companies to wipe data from BlackBerry smartphones for security

HP updates dependency mapping software

HP said an update to its DDMA mapping tool will help data centers develop chargeback programs

Suspected Chinese spear-phishing attacks continue to hit Gmail users

Researcher details more bids to hijack high-value email accounts

NAND flash can verify a device’s identity

Tests of a flash chip's unique characteristics could prevent counterfeiting, researchers say

Bay Area transit police cut mobile service to thwart protest

BART said safety concerns drove its decision to shut down the mobile services

Tablets, other devices to overshadow PCs by 2013

Study finds Android app-makers careless with some data

Researchers found 'widespread misuse' of data that should be kept private

Google Chromebooks now run Windows through Citrix Receiver

VPN and secure Wi-Fi also added to Google's Chrome OS

Wall Street Beat: Tech shares on wild ride

Markets calm down Friday but volatility could continue

Google+ has Facebook’s gaming success in its crosshairs

Gaming could be a major weapon in the growing social networking war

Security rundown for week ending Aug. 12

Anonymous, Black Hat, Defcon, Chinese government lead security parade

US agency releases cyber-education plan

NIST calls for stronger math and science programs in schools and more graduate research

Space elevator enthusiasts face unanswered questions

At the annual conference, attendees point out the many areas of work needed to make a space elevator a reality