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Follows in footsteps of co-defendant, who pleaded guilty last month in return for recommended 12-to-18-month sentence
'Bad software patent litigation is a wasteful war that no one will win,' Google says
Bug bounty will be $500 per bug, but the company will pay out more for serious issues
The e-mail from a Google engineer indicated that Google knew it needed a Java license for Android, according to Oracle
Stealthy data center network company still not ready to spill the beans
The newly launched UnQL NoSQL query language has gotten the backing of Microsoft
IT is faring better than other sectors but vendors in the consumer market are getting hit
Claims Brocade products infringe on its patents, seeks to bar sales
Handset makers, carriers now testing near-final Microsoft code
A software fix will resolve the problem of Toshiba Thrives not waking up from sleep mode
Consumer group BEUC says the Commission's current talks with industry forget the consumer
iPhone schematics, furtive photos, Apple as weapons manufacturer
Capital budgets for hardware, software and more slide lower, due in part to debt impasse
Combo of behavioral and signature detection sets it apart from antivirus products
The deal ensures that the value of Alipay stays within the Alibaba Group, Yahoo's CFO said
But support for Lion's versioning, auto save features 'months' away
In most cases, Hadoop coexisting with conventional relational database management tools, a new study says
The Dell Streak 10 Pro is the PC maker's first 10-inch tablet
A company picnic and an old HP advertisement sparked the idea for System Administrator Appreciation Day, now in its 12th year
Sprint seeks capital while LightSquared wants savings, analysts say
The California man is sentenced to more than 12 years in prison
Healthcare provider encrypts 885TB of 'at rest' data
The bill targeting child pornography raises privacy concerns from Democrats and other critics
These four IT shops upgraded systems for different reasons, but getting business involvement was key for them all.
Promoted tweets get bumped up to top of users' timelines
Sprint had been last carrier to not support the standard
Three-fourths of all rootkits on decade-old OS, says antivirus firm
AMD ships more chips than Intel on the success of Fusion
PlayBook is most often used for work, followed by iPad
After five contentious years, Java 7 finally arrives
The agency accuses a company of billing small businesses and nonprofits for unwanted listings
SAP says the rental chain owes it $9 million for excess use of its Business Objects software
Interest in ARM-based PCs could be fueled by Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 OS
But trade agency clears iPhone, iPad of patent charges in Apple-Android battle-by-proxy
Group garnered inspiration from Google Fiber project
Its features and functionality will be fused into the on-premise version of the suite over the next 12 to 18 months
The knowledge base software will be rolled into Oracle's Fusion CRM application
Sprint gets $9B in cash for its spectrum and network services
France Télécom has more subscribers, but they're paying less for their services as the company's focus moves to Africa
