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Rep. Flake re-introduces bill to ‘staple’ green cards to Ph.D diplomas

Bill aims to keep top foreign graduates of U.S. universities in the country

Apple, News Corp. to launch all-digital newspaper next week

Murdoch's The Daily set to go live Feb. 2

Most workers don’t have desktop video and don’t want it, report says

Desktop video most used by executives, according to Forrester

Microsoft shipped 2 million copies of Windows Phone 7

New number triggers new spasm of Internet speculation

Oracle moves Sun docs, sparking user debate

Oracle's move has broken original Sun documentation links, setting off users who are arguing about the matter online

NetBeans IDE drops Ruby on Rails backing

iPhone-as-wallet: What you should know before taking the plunge

Using your iPhone as a credit card carries some risk

Alleged ‘scareware’ vendors to pay $8.2 million to FTC

The defendants delivered online ads telling viewers their computers were compromised

Microsoft claims employee stole $460,000 from the company

Sues former Bing toolbar promotions director after foiling theft of $1.5M more

Microsoft will give 1-year warning before killing or changing cloud services

Cloud support policy unveiled for Windows Azure and Office 365

Three Ways to Find Fresh IT Ideas on the Cheap

Retaining data does not help fight crime, says group

German police statistics show fewer prosecutions despite data retention laws

From Green Screen Apps to the Cloud: One CIO’s Challenge

Half of federal Web sites fail DNS security test

Most agencies more than a year behind in meeting DNSSEC mandate

Recession hit older tech workers harder, labor data shows

Loss of iPhone will cause ‘rocky’ time for ATT, CEO says

Still, AT&T sold 4.1 million Apple iPhones in fourth quarter even after it was clear Verizon was coming

Google promises big changes to spur Android app sales

"We're not happy" with app purchases in Android Market, Google exec says

AT&T revenue up, driven by smartphone growth

The company reports 4.1 million new iPhone connections in the fourth quarter of 2010

Apple introducing iPad in India

The company will be offering it through retailers

AT&T wireless subscribers hit 95.5 million

Carrier reports best-ever subscriber gains, just before its iPhone exclusive deal ends

Oracle: PeopleSoft still going gangbusters

Oracle claims to have gained 350 new customers for the ERP suite in the past year, even as Fusion looms

Sony games chief faced big challenges with PSP refresh

Kaz Hirai talks about how the company moved basic games platform forward

Nokia’s profit drops, faces need to change faster

The company needs a new high-end smartphone and tablet strategy, analyst says

Android 3.0 tablet: Five key features

What you need to know about the tablet-centric Android "Honeycomb"

Okta’s service offers single sign-on for all cloud apps

The service integrates with Active Directory and offers cloud app management tools for IT administrators

Tablets using Marvell’s Moby design in India soon

The company wants to achieve volumes with a product priced at below US$216

Hackers turn back the clock with Telnet attacks

The 40-year old protocol is increasingly being used by hackers, according to Akamai

Microsoft wins first round in clash with Salesforce.com over former exec

Claims Matt Miszewski violated confidentiality, non-compete agreements by joining CRM rival

TSMC to raise chip capacity, puts mobile computing in focus

The world's largest semiconductor foundry sees support from Windows 8

Taiwan’s Internet economy fights to find talent

Engineers prefer higher paid jobs in known companies, so startups struggle

Egypt’s move to block Twitter a sign of social media influence

2009 protests in Iran showed how potent Twitter can be during civil unrest

Obama turns attention to supercomputing

But will the federal budget, due out soon, live up to expectations set in State of the Union?

Smart cards no match for online spies

Hackers are using a 'smart card proxy' attack to get around smart cards

Sony to launch PSP successor this year [video]

The next generation portable combines a 5-inch OLED screen with analog gaming sticks

China group buying sites fight Groupon’s alleged poaching

Local companies will refuse to hire back workers if they leave for Groupon, one staffer said

Google previews tablet-optimized Android 3.0

With SDK, developers can begin designing, testing code for Android tablets

Motorola Mobility posts strong Q4 but warns about Q1

The company, recently spun off from its parent, sold more smartphones in the fourth quarter than in all of 2009

Late to smartphone party, LG suffers in tough 2010

Android provides a boost in LG's Optimus One, but the smartphone business is getting crowded

Microsoft offers developers access to Technical Computing projects

Senator calls for privacy protections for device location

Wyden says he will introduce a bill to set rules for police access to mobile location information

If tablets are PCs, Apple is world’s 3rd biggest seller

U.K., U.S. research firms dicker over whether a tablet counts as a computer

Do you know how much your IT costs?

Tight budgets and competition from cloud providers are forcing IT to focus on finances.

Mobile phone e-mail use jumps 36%

ComScore study also finds decline in Web-based e-mail on laptops, desktops

FTC wants you to help it outwit telephony crammers

FTC forum in May to address ways to keep unauthorized charges off your phone bill

iPad makes Apple third-largest PC maker, Canalys says

Counting iPad sales, Apple's PC shipments grew 241 percent

Security stud Kaminsky’s smartphone app a blessing for colorblind

DNS flaw finder winning over colorblind with iPhone and Android app

AT&T vs. Verizon: iPhone plans duke it out

Who has the best deals for iPhone owners?

Facebook unveils security tools after Zuckerberg’s page hacked

The two don’t appear to be connected, but they’re being connected online

When the CEO Gives iPads to All: One CIO’s Story

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