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Android apps on the Galaxy Tab may be ‘a little ugly’

Upcoming Samsung tablet with Froyo not intended to work with Android Market apps

Vulnerability management basics: Pen testing techniques

In part 3 of our series on vulnerability management basics, we look at techniques to consider when pen testing your systems

DEMO Fall 2010: 4 Cool Mobile Startups with an iPhone Twist

Mozilla rushes out stability fixes for Firefox

New Panorama tab manager now 'at risk' of not making Firefox 4 cut

WP7 initially on GSM, then CDMA in 2011

Microsoft to focus on 'high-quality customer experiences above all'

Boeing to build unmanned aircraft that can stay aloft for 5 years

DARPA's Vulture program getting off the ground

Benioff tops tech CEO ‘approval ratings’

The Salesforce.com chief tops Larry Ellison, Steve Ballmer, Sam Palmisano and SAP's co-CEOs

VMware could abandon anti-OS crusade with Novell Linux purchase

VMware needs an OS to compete against Microsoft, analyst says

IT’s getting better all the time, CIO survey says

Budgets, salaries to rise in 2011. Critical skill needed: communications

Dell aims Streak at enterprises

Dell is also experimenting with handheld devices with different screen sizes to reach out to commercial customers

Analysts dispute talk of iPad’s impact on PC sales

Too early to say Apple's tablet 'putting the hurt' on notebook sales

Mobile marketer sues T-Mobile for blocking texts

EZ Texting's lawsuit accuses T-Mobile of blocking its short code because of its relationship with a marijuana website

Facebook wannabe Diaspora hit on security issues

Testers of an early version of the source code say it's full of holes

Sprint says Galaxy Tab still under development

Reacting to concerns over applications with Froyo, Sprint says it will offer 'best possible user experience'

How I got thrown out of an NSA party

For NSA, the press 'makes them nervous'

Good security tools now support Verizon Android phones

Verizon says security, management tool set is upgraded to support its network specifications

Seven ways social nets like Facebook and LinkedIn are ‘truly evil’

Social networks can undermine corporate security according to infosec expert

Slow start for Google in East Asia, but moving ahead

The search engine giant is optimistic about mobile search and online advertising in China, Japan and South Korea

Inside Intel’s security organization

Intel CISO outlines five irrefutable laws of information security

Microsoft shifts gears with release of Windows Phone 7 devtools

From behind-the-scenes with coders to mass marketing for consumers

Akamai: Why our IPv6 upgrade is harder than Google’s

Leading CDN plans to offer commercial IPv6 service in the second half of 2011

Google patches Chrome second time this month

Fixes 10 flaws, including a critical Mac bug re-patch; pays out $4K in bounties

DEMO Fall 2010: 4 Social Startups to Watch

Microsoft’s IE9 off limits to most Windows PCs

Two-thirds of the world's Windows machines still run XP, which can't run IE9

Top 10 hot topics at Oracle OpenWorld

Larry Ellison, Mark Hurd, HP, MySQL, Java and Fusion Applications are set to make big IT news

Avaya’s new portable isn’t a tablet, it’s a ‘desktop video device’

The real focus should be on the Flare user interface, Avaya says

Intel CISO:Biggest security threat is not understanding risk

Overestimating or underestimating risk is often the weakest part of the armor of information security, said Malcolm Harkins

Study recommends reporting e-voting machine defects to national database

NYU's Brennan Center says many problems can be traced to lack of vendor accountability

Mule software connects with the cloud

MuleSoft has added cloud connectivity to its open-source enterprise service bus

Data Robotics wants to be the Apple of the SOHO storage world

Two-thirds of its home storage sales are to Mac users

Pentagon reopens investigation into child-porn purchases among ranks

Over 250 military personnel, civilian employees and contractors had been linked to potential child-porn purchases

JPMorgan Chase deposits blame, sort of, for outage

Bank's explanation points to authentication database issue

Barnes & Noble expects $1B in digital book sales by 2013

The Barnes & Noble CEO says the company expects to grab 25 percent of the e-book market by 2013

A Guide to the Licensing Maze

Microsoft’s Moves

Virtualized software: Licensing terms run the gamut

10 Ways To Know You’re in the Twitter Twilight Zone

Too many tweeple go to a bizarre dimension when using Twitter. Here are my favorite examples of Twitter behavior gone wrong.

Is Stuxnet the ‘best’ malware ever?

'Groundbreaking' worm points to a state-backed effort, say experts

Making the leap to virtual desktop infrastructure

Apple patches months-old QuickTime bugs

Fixes flaws in media player for Windows first reported in June and August

Mark Hurd makes first appearance as Oracle executive

"No one is better positioned" than Oracle to grow, Hurd says during an earnings conference call

Brocade rolls out 100G Ethernet at $100K per port

First vendor to disclose pricing for next-gen technology

Brocade’s performance uneven of late

Chief marketing officer reflects on Ethernet/IP inconsistency

Twitter co-founder thanks his lucky stars

Twitter guru advises start-ups at DEMO Fall to think small at first

Red Hat tops list of hottest IT security certifications

IT security represents three of the top 10 IT certifications

New Avaya device takes on Cisco (Apple, too) in tablet war

Avaya introduces Flare for business to take on Cisco's Cius.

HTC unveils two Desire smartphone models

Android 2.2 handsets with bigger screens, processors.

Are colleges and universities at greater risk of data breaches?

Higher education data at risk, security vendor says

NSA product accreditations lag behind IT security advances

Getting products certified through National Security Agency channels requires lengthy process

Will Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 finally kill IE6?

Microsoft struggles to eliminate IE6 usage