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Georg Avanesov allegedly made the money by renting and selling parts of the Bredolab botnet for spam, Dutch prosecutors say
The service was to be discontinued Oct. 31 if RIM did not meet India’s interception demands
Researchers study challenges facing 'body-area networks'
Windows developers at PDC excited to build apps on Azure
The agency asks for information about competition for special access lines across the U.S.
Pair of leaks force NASA to push back Discovery launch until Tuesday, Nov. 2
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is focusing the case on intellectual property, not the specter of third-party support
But smaller circuitry means greater data error rates
Biggest impact is when the tablet replaces paper or finds completely new uses
Some argue that paperless systems have been used in many previous elections without incident
48% of companies say they they'll run XP after Microsoft retires the OS in 2014
Here's our cheat sheet to the shenanigans around SAP and TomorrowNow
Features such as cameras, Flash support and USB ports are drawing user attention to Android tablets
MIPS wants its processor architectures to be used in fast-growing smartphone and tablet platforms
Startup ipTrust opens up an enormous database about botted IP addresses
Some customers had to wait before service was activated
Browser maker reacts fast to fix flaw in Firefox 3.5 and 3.6
A dozen-plus vendors, including Dell, Intel, Dell and EMC, hope group can boost throughput to 2GB/sec
Intel also unveiled the Open Data Center Alliance for open standards, new software, and better chips for the cloud
TSMC's capital spending in 2011 will be higher than this year's US$5.9 billion
Gives Mac users shorter grace period than people running Office on Windows, completely cripples suite if it's not activated in time
U.S. got out the rare metals business, and helped create a Chinese monopoly that's incenting companies to open plants in China
PCI data-security standard 2.0 debuts Thursday for payment-card industry. But what about Jack Dorsey's Square?
The latest look at Bredolab shows that a small part of the botnet appears to be still running
Contest winners also snag Zune Pass subscriptions from Microsoft
Google agreed to warn keyword advertisers worldwide of policy changes in the settlement of a French competition case
Microsoft makes competitive move against Amazon EC2
Adobe confirms attacks using rigged PDFs, promises fixes next month as more problems plague Flash, Reader
Some enterprises are finding that cloud-based applications make it possible to roll out mobile enterprise apps
More than half of all US states will allow some kind of internet voting this year. But security experts say it's a mistake
Modular design lets users purchase and deploy automation products separately, adding capabilities at their own pace
Airline trades in Microsoft Exchange for Google's Gmail to save money and personnel time
Market for car safety technology is booming
Facebook scandals getting teachers fired across the country
Blair Levin discusses why he wishes he'd done a better job of explaining the plan and a GAO report about it
Aruba CEO Dominic Orr's compensation fell from $2.9 million in 2009 to $400,000 in 2010
A settlement with the FCC also requires Verizon to offer a data-blocking tool to mobile customers
Google apologized for the Street View data breach, which is at the heart of the latest probe
Malicious Java applet shows that Apple's smart to dump Oracle's technology, says researcher
The Boku system would let subscribers pay for content or virtual goods through their phone bills
