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Facebook bug exposes private chats

The company has patched the security hole and is working on restoring instant messaging service on its site

CSO Compass Awards 2010: Leslie Lambert

Former CISO, Sun Microsystems

Microsoft adds Spindex to control social networking flood

Still in technical preview, Microsoft's tool will aggregate posts from Facebook, Twitter, other networks

FireEye vows to expose ‘truth’ behind modern malware

Its new website is about tracking the continued evolution of malware and its impact on businesses.

Microsoft refreshes IE9 preview, boosts speed

Claims faster JavaScript, higher Acid3 test scores, but offers no beta date

Botched bombing attempt prompts tightening of No Fly List rules

Airlines must check list within two hours of receiving an update alert

Lawmakers: FCC may need to regulate broadband

Two senior lawmakers ask the FCC to consider reclassifying broadband service

Facebook security flaw makes private chats public

Clearwire, partners name 19 upcoming WiMax cities

Clearwire and Sprint will serve 19 new markets this summer, with Comcast and Time Warner selling in some.

Verizon customers lust for iPhone, says survey

Pent-up demand will add millions more iPhones in 2011, analyst says

10 hot companies Google invests in

Google Ventures is rapidly investing in start-ups

AT&T extends iPhone exclusive in quid pro quo, says analyst

Part of the deal with Apple for discounting iPad data plans, says BroadPoint's Brian Marshall

IT Outsourcing: 3 Reasons Your Vendor Won’t Innovate

Apple’s behavior a throwback to 1984, Adobe CTO says

Adobe's CTO has painted Apple as the "Big Brother" from its famous Mac ad

Google grabs 71% of U.S. searches, Bing slips

The search battle between Microsoft, Google rages on

Lawmakers consider changes to wiretapping law

CDT and Microsoft are calling for a revamp to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act

FCC to claim some broadband regulatory power

The agency will move to reclassify broadband as a common-carrier service, an official said

Startup wants to be R alternative to IBM, SAS

Revolution Computing sells tools and services for the open-source statistical analysis language

Apple tweaks Wi-Fi in iPhone to use China protocol

The first iPhone with wireless LAN support is headed to China, a regulator's Web site suggests

Large companies save more with private clouds — sometimes

Larger companies can match the economies of scale that cloud computing service providers offer

Half of social networkers post risky information, study finds

Consumer Reports survey finds social network use in U.S. doubled over the past year

Crazy-but-true stories from the tech trenches

Apache moves on traffic server, machine learning projects

Flexera adds to software asset management wares

Rhomobile upgrades Rhodes mobile apps framework

Clear gearing up to return to airports

The service that allowed customers, for a fee, to be bumped ahead in airport security lines has a new owner

Central Desktop adds simultaneous edits for Office docs

Users will be able to collaborate on Word, Excel and PowerPoint files

U.S. Mobile Culture Still in Stone Ages, Survey Says

Take On Leadership Challenges For a CIO Role

Agencies struggle to meet Obama’s Open Government Directive

Audit gives low grades to OMB, DOJ; finds strong work by NASA, HUD and EPA

Antitrust move against Apple would ‘sink,’ says expert

Dissecting Microsoft Office 2010

Infoblox buys out Netcordia in network management union

IP address management vendor Infoblox acquires network change and configuration management technology with Netcordia

The LoveBug worm: Ten years later

IT Jobs: Data Center Hiring Turns a Corner

Report blames IT staff for school Webcam ‘spying’ mess

Pa. school district's former IT head dismissed privacy worries of student intern in '08

Iomega releases lower-cost storage array for SMBs

The array is certified for use with VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer

Investigators traced terror suspect through his disposable cell phone

Officials ran the phone number through a 'number of databases' to help identify Shahzad, reports say

Microsoft CIO talks cloud, economic rebound

Tony Scott says CIOs should prepare for big growth now

Google Editions to launch in summer, selling digital books, report says

It adds to Google Book Search service

5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do With Google Apps

Apple unlikely to change SDK to fend off antitrust inquiry, says expert

Any such change could be seen as 'evidence of wrongdoing,' argues attorney

Who owns www.cloud.com anyway?

Coveted www.cloud.com domain snatched up by start-up VMOps

Foxit Reader update blocks new PDF attack tactic

Adobe Reader rival adds 'safe mode' to stymie embedded-malware attacks

LoveBug worm hit 10 years ago during a simpler time

Today, the ILOVEYOU worm might not be so successful

Lawmakers unveil online privacy legislation

Consumer and privacy groups call the draft bill weak on privacy

WSO2 upgrades OSGi middleware

Carrier Ethernet market still growing, study shows

Video traffic is a big driver

Video search still a tough nut to crack

As video repositories like YouTube balloon, experts scramble for search techniques to catalog the footage

Ford hits the road with ‘caravan’ app

The winning entry for Ford's in-car mobile platform helps drivers travel together