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GAO, Justice Dept. seek H-1B visa reforms

Feds want employers to post to the Web plans to hire H-1B workers; DOJ seeks labor market test prior to H-1B hires

Microsoft offers Web server for developers

RIM plans cloud-based BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Popular BES to be offered in cloud either by third parties or RIM itself

BlackBerry PlayBook tablet poses big challenge for RIM

New OS seen as key to tablet's ultimate success with consumers

With thick skin, Google CIO finds job rewarding

Google CIO Ben Fried is proud to offer choice in technology to the company's users

Android surpasses iOS, Millennial said

After matching iOS in October, Android is now firmly in first place, according to a report from Millennial

Apple iPad, other tablets, blunt Q4 PC sales

Gartner says sales to enterprises start to rebound while consumer PC business slows

Windows on verge of dropping below 90% market share

Rise of smartphones, tablets threaten Microsoft hegemony

FTC settles complaint against e-commerce site

Classiccloseouts.com overcharged customers for products they didn't order, the FTC alleged

AT&T to lose 26% of iPhone owners to Verizon, survey shows

U.S. consumers cite poor reception, dropped calls as reasons for switching

PlayBook to allow tethering to BlackBerry smartphones

BlackBerry Bridge software allows Bluetooth tethering and can allow IT controls

Wikileaks and the authorized insider threat

Data security beyond DLP requires orchestration of many moving parts, say Craig Shumard and Serge Beaulieu

Mozilla pushes devs to make Feb. ship date for Firefox 4

Engineering director exhorts developers to work on 160 blocking bugs

JFK Library opens largest online digitized presidential archive

The online archive includes 7.5 million feet of film footage

Intel records revenue and profit gains in Q4

Intel also expects a strong fiscal 2011 performance

DOJ may pounce on Google’s ITA acquisition

Reports surface that U.S. may challenge Google's bid to buy the travel-software company

Cloud Makes Capacity Planning Harder: 3 Fight-Back Tips

Man stole nude photos from women’s e-mail accounts

George Bronk scoured Facebook for answers to security questions, then posted photos online

RIM allows India access to consumer BlackBerry messaging

But RIM maintains that it is impossible to provide access to the encrypted BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Tablet battle to heat up, prices to fall in 2011

CES announcements give prospective buyers a hint on when to buy and what to look for

Mac sales climb as rivals lose U.S. share

Apple drops to No. 5 spot in estimates, but sales gains outpace every competitor

Google pays record bounty for Chrome bug

Patches 16 browser bugs, including one that earns researcher $3,133

‘Money sucking’ phones in China spur government action

China's government warns of handsets installed with software that secretly spends users money

Virtualization and Cloud Computing Hiring Outlook for 2011

Bold move: BlackBerry Dakota photo, specs leaked

Future RIM BlackBerry device appears to look like BlackBerry Bold, boasts touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard

HP exec hints at larger role for webOS

Confirms Feb. 9 webOS tablet news

Fraud incident reports down, says report

Gartner’s Magic Quadrant disses Amazon cloud

Amazon's service-level agreements are unimpressive, Gartner says

Three fired for accessing records of Tucson shooting victims

However, private records were not released publicly, medical center says

Watchdogs sniff out 6 critical cybersecurity challenges facing the electrical grid

GAO says features, regulation, compliance issues dog smart grid cybersecurity

Survey on PCI: How it’s impacting network security

Cisco's survey of 500 IT professionals points to changes related to virtualization, encryption

Microsoft fights Apple trademark on ‘App Store’

The name is generic and competitors should be able to use it, Microsoft says

Taiwan’s Compal to raise laptop part prices

Acer, Dell and Hewlett-Packard would pay more for notebook contracts

North Korean domain names return to the Internet

Dot KP sites and names are back online after a mysterious shutdown last year

Spectrum analyzer catches exam cheats in Taiwan

Police used three Rohde & Schwarz devices to monitor a test for public servants

China e-commerce site Taobao sees users double in 2010

The popularity of Taobao will likely spread to other e-commerce sites operating in China

From the abacus to the iPod: Computer museum opens $19M exhibition

Visitors to the Silicon Valley museum will be able to interact with many of the exhibits

Rep. Giffords made tech her top issue

Gabrielle Giffords, an inquisitive mind, tapped expertise and talent to form her policy positions

Sony asks for restraining order over PS3 hack

Sony is trying to block distribution of tools that can be used to run illegally copied games for the system

Indian banks tie with mobile operators for rural services

Two large Indian banks have tied with Indian mobile operators to reach remote rural areas

Facebook, Google, Yahoo commit to ‘World IPv6 Day’ trial

Internet Society attracts key sites to 24-hour test of next-gen Internet services

Offshoring: The Captive Center Rises Again

NetApp to acquire Akorri Networks

Akorri allows companies to get better handle on virtual servers

In HTML5 war, Microsoft guy slams “President of the United States of Google”

Microsoft says Google is inventing new language in Web video standards dispute

Obama Administration fleshes out online trusted IDs

RIM Warns of BlackBerry Browser, BES Vulnerabilities

All iPhones reported to get Personal Hotspot with iOS v. 4.3

Feature will be available for Verizon iPhone launch on Feb. 10, could come after March for AT&T

Bank tech spending to hit $132B in 2015, analysts say

Mobile banking technology spending leads industry boom; North American spending expected to reach $50 billion

Verizon to get Apple’s 3G iPad, too

Likely in April, when Apple refreshes the tablet, says analyst

Wozniak: Voice recognition is computing’s next frontier