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Microsoft fights Google for government dollars

The software giant also goes on the defensive against Google

Juniper leapfrogs Cisco with QFabric data center product blitz

Juniper’s 40G QFabric promises 10-fold performance boost for data center

Researchers create computer that fits on a pen tip

Micro-computer's first use will be for medical monitoring

Microsoft to CIOs: Before You Go Google, Ask Questions

Even Microsoft’s CIO struggles with cloud, consumer devices

CIO Tony Scott shared details of his experiences at Microsoft

Church Website knocked offline: Was Anonymous involved?

Hacker collective had previously denied that its members were seeking to attack site over Westboro Baptist Church's controversial views

Mozilla to skip CSRF bug patch in next Firefox update

Fixes crash problem, but postpones patch for cross-site request forgery bug that involves Adobe

Apple: You say you want a revolution?

Hybrid cloud computing security: Real life tales

How one municipality is securing, managing Google Apps, Docs

Panama City finds Aprigo's CloudLock essential to provide needed security, management

FTC asks court to shut down text spammer

The California operation sent out 85 text spams a minute during one 40-day stretch, the FTC alleges

SAP bets on in-memory, mobility in new BI release

SAP's Business Objects 4.0 is set for release in May after some delays

Apple slates iPad launch event for March 2

Analyst expects iPad 2 to 'steal the show' next week

NASA’s robot may get Japanese space companion

Japan to send robot to monitor health of astronauts on International Space Station; NASA's robot set for launch Thursday

Apple sales set for bounce with expected MacBook refresh

Sales already up over 20% this quarter, will get 4-to-6-week bump from new notebooks

With Jobs on leave, Apple shareholders seek succession plan

Apple shareholders want a succession plan to be approved to protect long-term value

Google I/O tickets going for $2,000 on eBay, quadruple face value

Google developer conference will tackle Android, many other technologies.

Google launches Apps certification program for IT pros

Google will test reseller knowledge and skills in deploying, developing for, supporting and selling the Apps suite

Apache opens content management space

The Apache Foundation promotes Apache Chemistry to a top- level project

Java 7 support slated for JetBrains IDE

The push is on to cut 100G Ethernet’s price

Android-based ATRIX 4G boasts “impressive specs,” says iFixit

From hardware perspective, Motorola ATRIX 4G smartphone lives up to the hype

Ex-Microsoft exec becomes CEO at Parallels

CEO Birger Steen will target cloud and desktop virtualization markets.

EU refuses to reveal bank data transfers to US

Six months after the deal, no information is publicly available

Windows Phone 7 glitch magnified by confusion, inflexibility

Samsung users complain of no support from vendor or carrier

RIM Announces MDaemon Messaging Server for SMBs

Study finds cell phones stir brain cells

But unclear whether effect of cell phone usage is negative, positive or neutral

Cisco kills off its hosted e-mail product

E-mail has become a commodity, the networking company said

SAP enters complex-event processing market

SAP's Event Insight will go up against CEP tech from Microsoft, Oracle and others

Supporters rally to help PS3 hacker

Strong response to plea for help in Sony case, defendant George Hotz claims

India’s MindTree offers remote IT management tools

The company aims to differentiate its services by offering customers the management platform

First look: Despite stumbles, Xoom closes in on the iPad

What’s still missing in the HTML5 spec

Weak PC sales: Is it the economy or Apple?

Enterprises are buying technology, but not consumers -- unless you're Apple

Huawei wins preliminary injunction in Motorola lawsuit

Huawei wants to prevent Motorola from transferring Huawei trade secrets to Nokia Siemens Networks

TSMC boosts chip production on demand from Apple suppliers

Unexpected demand from Apple suppliers and other customers has prompted TSMC to invest in more chip production capacity

Early-warning sensors in focus after New Zealand quake

A warning system launched in Taiwan this week is set to join existing early-warning networks in Japan and California

Analyst: HP, Motorola to move in on Apple’s mobile PC share

New tablet PCs will compete with the iPad in 2011, DisplaySearch says

HP’s new laptops provide easy self-repair

The new business laptops include a single panel at the bottom to swap memory, hard drive or networking components

Google releases full Android 3.0 SDK

New bank Trojan employs fresh tricks to steal account data

'OddJob' still being fully fleshed out, says Trusteer

HP reports mixed quarter on weak PC sales

Servers and network gear did well, but HP's PC and services groups fared poorly

Veterans get mobile access to their eHealth records

Blue Button allows vets to see and share health records

Iranian cyber army strikes again — hitting Voice of America

A Network Solutions account was compromised by the same group that changed DNS settings for Twitter and Baidu a year ago

Italian Internet gurus claim credit for Mideast revolutions

A Tunis meeting prepared the groundwork for more modern communications

Microsoft offers free Azure trial

Microsoft tries to spur cloud computing with an offer of 750 hours of free usage on Azure

Cisco names first COO as company reinvents itself

Cisco gives CEO Chambers more help as company expands beyond switches, routers

Microsoft starts pushing Windows 7 SP1 to all

Hits Windows Update; other options, including install DVD, also available

Yahoo Video dumping user content

Users have until March 14 to download videos before they vanish

PC makers rolling out new Sandy Bridge laptops

The laptops with new Core i3, i5 and i7 chips will start shipping in March