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Twitter restores access to Twidroyd and UberSocial apps

Move comes a day after Twitter suspended the mobile apps of rival UberMedia

Transit system Web site crashes put officials on defensive, webmaster in doghouse

Boston's MBTA.com has suffered three major outages so far this winter

6 Tips: How Cloud E-Mail Helps Sonesta Hotels Sleep

Verizon Wireless taps Tektronix to monitor LTE network performance

Tektronix tools could help carrier throttle data hogs

Net neutrality rules face uncertain future after House vote

The House of Representatives votes to prohibit the FCC from enacting the rules, but the provision may not survive

Memory scraping malware goes after encrypted private information

"Pervasive Memory Scraping" is rapidly finding its way into information stealing attacks

RIM says competition taking advantage of India problems

The company is trying to get other technology companies into the debate with the Indian government

Dumbest tech marketing stunts of all time

Dell sales execs zoom to top of list with hostage stunt for Dell Streak tablet

Smartphone Security Threats Overdramatized, Experts Say

Xoom Android tablet set for sale Thursday at Verizon

Apple iPad competitor, set to add Flash 10.2 support this spring, will cost $600 with contract; $800 without one

The semantic Web gets down to business

Sentiment analysis comes of age

Can anyone afford an IBM Watson supercomputer? (Yes)

Next iPhone and iPad may be delayed 2 to 3 months

Investment analysts cite supply chain and production issues

First CDMA Windows Phone 7 handset expected from Sprint this week

HTC 7 Pro with slide-out keyboard, 3.6-inch tilt touch screen

India’s Parliament to investigate 2G scandal

The government has given in to a demand from the opposition to set up a Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate

Nokia’s Ovi Store moves to rupee payments in India

Nokia has tied up with a local mobile operator to offer downloads against rupee payments

Google faces another antitrust complaint in Europe

Google faces a new complaint by parent company of orginal complainant

iTunes Store, in trying to help, may say too much

A feature of the iTunes Store to avoid duplicate gifts may have privacy risks, says an MIT researcher

The iPad data dilemma: Where cloud storage can help

Adobe adds mobile, marketing to its CQ5 CMS

Alibaba tries to restore confidence amid fraud case

But following Alibaba.com CEO David Wei's abrupt departure, analysts wonder what is really going on

Facebook cracks ComScore US ad survey top 10 for first time

Facebook ranked 26th in ComScore's survey of U.S. online advertising reach last June

Adobe says Honeycomb tablets will get Flash in ‘a few weeks’

Adobe Flash Player will be on some tablets and ready for download to others weeks after Android 3 (Honeycomb) tablets launch

Rising oil prices could push up price of electronics, R&D

Rates of more than US$100 per barrel for six to 12 months would hurt the tech industry

Lenovo’s new Thinkpads have better battery life

The new laptops will also include remote management features to help prevent PC theft

IPhone workers still sick after chemical poisoning

The two workers for Apple supplier Wintek say they are being pressured to quit to gain compensation

iPad could get Intel’s superfast Light Peak connector

Apple reportedly close to unveiling 10Gbps fiber link

Disaster recovery trial by fire… literally

Disk-to-disk backup and disaster recovery tools from i365 minimized downtime following a fire

Acer returning to U.S. server market

Taiwanese computer giant to manufacture servers in U.S.

Intel looks to reshape chips to empower mobile devices

The company is looking to implement specialized graphics accelerators and hardware layers

Escape the iOS SDK: Building iPhone (and Android) apps via Flash

Footwear, Fashion Driving RFID Growth

Banks Can Reap Big Profits From Mobile Services

Cultural Barriers Stymie IT-Led Innovation

Disk or tape? How about both

More enterprises are implementing tiered disaster recovery architectures

Mobile heavyweights seek to finalize 1Gbps mobile standard

The LTE-Advanced standard up for discussion at a Taiwan conference this week aims to raise data transfer speeds to 1Gbps

Twitter no longer grounding UberSocial, twidroyd apps

After getting slapped for terms of service breaches, UberMedia says its Twitter apps are back, though iPhone apps up in the air

Seek and Employ: Gamer jobs open at Taiwan Game Show

Taiwanese companies held a job fair to find graphics artists, programmers and even full time players to help develop games

Why you freak out over Facebook

"Like gambling, Facebook keep users in a "neurotic limbo," researchers claim

China blocks microblogs for ‘Jasmine Revolution’

Calls for protests in 13 Chinese cities appear to have begun on the web, but were quickly stifled by the government

iPad 3 watch: Is Apple readying a “tweener” tablet?

Analyst chatter indicates Apple maybe be readying a bigger iPod touch in addition to an iPad 3

Google advances Native Client Web browser technology

Twitter whacks UberTwitter company so hard it’s changing app’s name to UberSocial

Twitter surprises UberMedia by shutting down UberTwitter and other Twitter clients for terms of service violations

Mozilla delays final Firefox beta

5 blocking bugs remain for Beta 12

IBM’s Watson makes it official — humanity is toast

Twitter suspends rival’s mobile apps

Social net says UberTwitter, Twidroyd, UberCurrent violated Twitter policies

Google legal move could alter course of Oracle trial

Google's request that US patent authorities review Oracle's patents has broad implications for the case, an expert says

Jobs, Zuckerberg get prime spots at Obama dinner

Undisclosed medical condition doesn't keep Apple CEO from Silicon Valley dinner

Brain behind IBM’s Watson not unlike a human’s

Like humans, Watson only uses a fraction of its memory to generate answers to Jeopardy questions