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iPhone 4 antenna mess jolts buyer satisfaction rating

Happiness factor down from iPhone 3GS, says ChangeWave survey

Former Chi Mei executive pleads guilty to LCD price-fixing

The former sales director could serve up to 10 years in prison, the DOJ says

‘Cyberchondriacs’ jump to almost one-third of all adults

Most users very satisfied with their ability to find reliable health information online

Don’t Mess with Texas: Lessons From IT Outsourcing Disasters

A daughter follows her father into a mainframe career

Kristine Harper, 27, grew up getting inside knowledge about mainframe computers -- and their career potential

Patch or we go public, says bug bounty program

TippingPoint's ZDI sets a 6-month deadline on vendors to encourage faster patching

Microsoft, Salesforce.com settle patent litigation

Microsoft gets cash, both companies gain patent protection

US agency announces $1.2 billion in broadband subsidies

The new awards will fund 126 projects across the U.S., the USDA says

DHS quietly dispatching teams to test power plant cybersecurity

Agency moved to create teams to combat increasing attacks against power plants around the world, AP report says

Nokia will play by Indian rules on push mail

Competitor BlackBerry denies reports of a similar deal with the Indian government

Been there, done that — real-life IT tales

iPhone jailbreak exploit ‘sweet’ and ‘scary,’ says researcher

Perfect for drive-by attacks that hijack unsuspecting iPhones and iPads, says noted bug finder

BlackBerry Torch 9800 Slider Gets Official on ATT

7 Steps to Stronger Enterprise iPhone Security

More for less: 4 budget laptops

Microsoft simplifies Visual Studio

Amazon: Enterprises should adjust expectations for cloud

A contract negotiation between Amazon and Eli Lilly highlights some growing pains in cloud computing

BlackBerry Torch could sink or swim on OS 6

Revamped operating system key to RIM's future

Repetition breaks Google Audio CAPTCHA

Google has fixed a bug that allowed any 10 words to register as a correct response

Cloud Computing Is No Y2K Bonanza for IT Consulting Industry

Trade unions ask shareholders to vote against Michael Dell

The AFL-CIO and AFSCME point to Dell's SEC settlement and the CEO's salary

Twitter Tips: 5 Ways to Find Relevant Followers

Kingston announces its first water-cooled RAM

HyperX H2O water-cooled DDR3 carries a 'cool' factor

Microsoft sticks to plan, denies emergency patch for XP SP2

Some had hoped it would bend the rules to fix critical flaw

Vmware finds ‘killer app’ in Salesforce.com add ons

Vmware, Salesforce cloud platform Vmforce works to build on Java cloud

Samsung unveils its densest 2TB desktop hard drive

The EcoGreen F4 hard drive is Samsung's most eco-friendly model, meeting all RoHS requirements

RIM still working on Flash for BlackBerry devices

Work is under way to optimize the multimedia platform to meet CPU, memory and battery requirements

Position-based quantum cryptography: A scientific breakthrough?

UCLA researcher to present computer security findings at upcoming conference

Intel has its eye on iPhone, smartphone market

Reports swirl that the chip maker wants to buy Infineon's wireless chip unit

The lions of IT, the mainframe pros, learn new post-recession approaches

What IT can't supply because of cutbacks, it still has to find a way to deliver

Pancetera unveils virtual storage software

It claims Pancetera Unite can reduce up to 80% of virtual server traffic for backups

Bridging the IT generation gap

7 IT career rules worth breaking

Chinese online game law requires real-name registration

New law is meant to protect children from Internet addiction and content deemed unhealthy

Windows 7 wins, Mac OS X loses July battle for share

Vista now in rearview mirror, while iPhone beats reception rap to jump 19%

Harris Corp. unveils push-to-talk over IP technology

Carriers will provide BeOn as a service

New Linux kernel borrows Google packet speeding tech

6 cool innovations for the data center

Study reflects weak server spending this year

TheInfoPro says that despite proclamations of budgets opening up, server spending in 2010 remains weak

Keeping your company image safe on social media

Brand protection firm Cyveillance has seen an explosion of brand abuse on social media. What can you do to stop it?

Cloud Computing: Whose Crystal Ball is Correct?

Microsoft’s IE snatches share for second straight month

Chrome falls for the first time in nearly two years, Firefox drops again

Social media sucks up 23% of time online

Once dominant e-mail now third most popular activity, trailing social networks and online games

Hungry States Eye Web Sales Taxes, Net Casinos

Enterprises extend more business apps to employee smartphones

Senior IT executives plan to make CRM, ERP and proprietary apps available to mobile devices

Microsoft: VMware customers are ‘Windows customers first’

Microsoft-VMware rivalry heats up heading into VMworld

Microsoft ships rush patch for Windows shortcut bug

Sticks to plan, no fix for users running out-of-support XP SP2 and Windows 2000

iPhone apps that could save your life

Developers create mobile apps that help consumers make better medical decisions

Apple’s iOS devices meet many enterprise security needs

Forrester Apple iOS report recommends layering atop basic protections

NASA: Astronaut will ride robot arm in emergency spacewalk

Spacewalker will attach himself to a robotic arm to lift ammonia pump from space station