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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

PwC lauds Trusted Platform Module for strong authentication

Firm migrating 150,000 users to TPM-based storage of private keys

Google Android overtakes Windows Mobile

Google Android now ranks third behind RIM, Apple smartphone OSes, according to ComScore; Windows Phone 7 can’t come soon enough for Microsoft

The New Twitter: What’s Good and What’s Missing

Internet Explorer 9 beta strips down for speed

Revamped Twitter.com site takes flight

Intel: Future smartphones will be assistants, companions

Intel CTO Justin Rattner descibes a future with so-called context-aware computers and mobile devices

<i>Consumer Reports</i> knocks Apple for ending iPhone free case deal

'Not acceptable' to put onus on customers for antenna flaw, says mag

Microsoft ships IE9 beta, pushes Web, not browser

Leaving out Windows XP users is 'major shortcoming,' says analyst

Browser makers trade barbs over speed moves

Microsoft claims it's the best at hardware acceleration, Mozilla claims it was there first, Google promises it's in the race

IT slowly hiring back after layoffs

Tech lost more than 200,000 jobs during recession

SAP rolls out real-time business analytics apps

Packaged apps based on homegrown SAP technologies, and those from 2007 purchase of Business Objects

IE9 has Google Chrome on the run

Google Chrome engineers are making up for Microsoft Internet Explorer's recent gains in hardware-assisted acceleration

Brocade to release unified IP, Fibre Channel network management software

The company combines its IP and Fibre Channel management products

Cisco bolsters Nexus, Catalyst switch lines

Cisco unleashes10G Ethernet Nexus switch, plus servers, software and modules for virtual environments

Neustar, Infoblox team on cloud service

New outsourced DNS, DHCP and IPAM offering stems from recent partnership

Sandy Bridge chips to take notebooks into the future, says Intel

New architecture shrinks graphics processor to 32nm and onto the processor itself

Adobe sounds alarm on Flash zero-day attacks

Hard on the heels of last week's Reader bug, reveals zero-day vulnerability in popular Flash

The big promise of Big Data: What you need to know today

Carbonite pushes data restore upgrades, ease of use in v4.0

It also adds a remote session tool for helping users with restore

Verizon launches cloud service for SMBs

No minimum commitment; service can be secured with a credit card

Researchers clash over possible return of Google attackers

Is the group behind the Google hack responsible for a new round of 'scary' PDF attacks?

Intel invests in cloud management firm

With money, Adaptive Computing plans to hire staff to accelerate expansion

Java garbage collection issue makes the rounds

Nvidia brings new tools for building GPU-accelerated applications

Cloud providers working on ways to prove they warrant trust

Without allowing audits of their networks, providers have a hard time demonstrating their security