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More than 25,000 people and organizations file comments in the agency's inquiry
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Apple hopes free bumper cases will quiet antenna controversy
Arrays use iSCSI, data deduplication and compression to create cheap, fast storage
Big retailers hit, including Home Depot, Lowe's, Office Depot
But says it can be downloaded only by users 17 or older
Hundreds of people complained angrily about the changes rolled out two weeks ago
Old Spice videos go viral on YouTube, schooling companies on using social networks
Apple needs to be proactive in addressing controversies instead of holding back
Other advances are needed, including tight integration between IT gear and building management systems
VeriSign, Afilias among vendors beefing up their cloud-based DNS services
Product testing authority calls on Apple to give away $29 'Bumper' case to every iPhone 4 owner (see video, below)
Black Hat conference presentation would have presented new research on Chinese government-backed hacking
It wants banks to accept truncated data, tokens in lieu of full account numbers
Telecommunications giant uses Yammer, Jive to create a more social business
What network operators can expect to see when DNSSEC gets turned on
PRS for Music wants ISPs to measure and then pay for improperly shared music on their networks
Growth is however creating problems like high staff turnover
Rustock, Mega-D, Festi, Pushdo among worst botnet offenders
A case giveaway? A recall? Duct tape? Analysts says any of those options, and nothing, is possible
Microsoft and Google in second tier of cloud vendors, says BTC Logic
IDS is an old security technology, but does it still have a place in cloud security strategies? Here are four perspectives
Company is 'perceived as arrogant,' says PR specialist, needs to come clean
Internet ID efforts would lead to privacy concerns and may not work, some critics say
Trading is set to begin Friday on its stock
Keyboards, sizes, weights all significantly differ between Droid smartphones
Some Verizon stores sell out of the X, which is viewed as a challenger to the iPhone
The commission begins a rulemaking proceeding to revamp a telecom program for health-care facilties
Study says consumers unsatisfied that more businesses don't use social media to communicate
Repeated warnings about iPhone 4, including concerns from a carrier, were ignored
Cloud computing environments make 'timing attacks' more viable, researchers say
Critical flaws fixed in virtually every supported Oracle database products, others also cross product lines
Phone-based platforms are a major focus of the company, Facebook's mobile chief says
Microsoft as now tracked 25,000 attempts to exploit a flaw in XP's Help and Support Center
Microsoft's share of Web searches increased again slightly in June, executives said Tuesday
Key focus of Wednesday meeting likely to be use of economic incentives to boost private sector cybersecurity
The world's largest chip maker raised its capital spending to meet anticipated demand for the new processors
Healthcare providers will have two years to implement stage one programs on electronic medical records no matter when they start
Artificial intelligence reseachers urged to step up efforts on robotics at conference
'End of an era,' says one researcher; security pros mark retirement of Microsoft's most significant service pack
Rugged MC 9500 handheld from Motorola at heart of project
Company may take hit if WiMAX fails to catch, but other strategies are out there
Microsoft’s bell tolls for Windows 2000/XP SP2 support, Kin smartphones, Courier tablet and more
