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The new bill would hurt small online businesses by forcing them to collect sales tax, opponents say
But fine-tuning is required to gain the most benefits, according to people using the platform
47 towns will eventually be served by fiber-to-the-home service
Anticompetition official said he's investigating allegations by Google rivals 'very carefully'
The acquisition could be worth more than $75 million
Provider of massively parallel data warehouse platform gives EMC one more piece of cloud information management pie
Getting into the cloud can be a security and legal minefield
The vendor plans to migrate some Sun sites to a new system on July 19
Open source database from Perst is first application-based data store for Windows Phone 7
The upcoming new release of the open-source Postgres database focuses on user friendliness
Plugs only part of the hole disclosed in March, may return for a second try at patching
Vietnamese firm may have made $1M or more using 'fraudulent purchase patterns,' says developer
Pew study shows benefits of being social online far outweigh drawbacks
From the iPhone to the Droid, smartphones rule
The chip maker is targeting hardware and software companies
On one of the company's biggest business intelligence platform updates, OBIEE 11g will be rolled out on Wednesday
After the deal closes, EMC will form a new division to help individuals derive answers from big data sets
EMC will continue to offer all current Greenplum products
Seven-hour outage of back-end computers affected all consumer and commercial banking systems
Anonymous group claims Microsoft has hostile attitude, backs Google researcher
The widget is also being offered with a new pricing model in India
Social networks and chat rooms are
Customers can try up to 25 licenses at no charge
Chunghwa Telecom and Quanta Computer plan to develop their own cloud products and services
Sify's cyber cafes will offer hosted applications and services
China's biggest PC maker has been saved by Steve Jobs' temper and ambivalence, a Lenovo executive said
An app developer may have successfully, if temporarily, gamed the iTunes Store rankings, other developers say
A cross-site scripting vulnerability was exploited in the video site
Apple released a workaround for one problem, but its system may still tax Exchange servers too much
The Obama administration announces funding for 66 new broadband projects
Google's pricing fits Larimer County's 'times are tough' need
Unified computing and communications help Las Vegas gaming company implement innovative wagering systems
Memos to Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan from Clinton administration opens door to battle over H-1B visa in critical year
How to handle Apple's new iPhone to get good reception, why a case matters, and skip the Scotch tape
It's important to have a power supply capable of powering all of your components
With more RAM you can run more applications simultaneously