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Samsung countersues Apple for patent infringement

Samsung said on Friday that it had filed patent lawsuits against Apple in three jurisdictions - in Korea, Japan, and Germany. While it's currently unclear which patents Samsung believes Apple is infringing on, a corporate statement on the matter rela

Crazy is as crazy does

You're not paranoid if your cell phone really is out to get you.

Apple profits grow an astounding 95% in Q2 of 2011

It's almost not even fair. With an uncanny ease, Apple continues to earn money hand over fist with unprecedented consistency. Apple yesterday released its earnings for the second quarter of 2011 and delivered EPS of $6.40 on revenue of $24.67 billio

Open Source is Expensive

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NSF, Microsoft award 13 research teams free cloud computing

Two-year awards worth combined $4.5M offer Windows Azure cloud platform access

Dropbox CTO responds to privacy concerns

Dropbox averages "one request per month" by law enforcement for user data

Polycom / 8×8 Address SMB Video Needs

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Updated: Amazon says it’s getting a handle on EC2 outage

Updated (7): Disruption in cloud service rains on Reddit, Foursquare, others

My Top 10 Tools, Part 1

Where’s my tinfoil hat?

Your iPhone is Spying on You

Did you know the iPhone records your location? Why am I not surprised? No matter; this has got to stop.

Microsoft’s Project Tuva celebrates Richard Feynman lecture series 50-year anniversary

The famous lecture films now include commentary from MIT physics professor Robert Jaffe

After blasting Google, Microsoft finally gets FISMA certification of its own

Microsoft's government cloud service is now FISMA-certified

Getting the federal government into the cloud remains a lofty goal

There is a big push to the cloud, but study shows obstacles remain

Facebook, Twitter among targets of 1-800 phone-sex ruse

Updated: Single company exploiting famous names by hoarding one-quarter of all 1-800 numbers

iPhone design ripped off Samsung? Not so much

Apple last week filed suit against Samsung for copying the "look and feel" of the iPhone with its line of Galaxy smartphones and tablets. In light of that, the photo below began making the rounds in the blogosphere and takes a hearty laugh at Apple f

Five cool vendors in cloud management

Tape backup: Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic

WAN Virtualization – Transport and encrypted flows

Benefits and risks of DNA-based computing

Microsoft turns the table on Google, discloses Chrome security bugs

Microsoft finds HTML5 and sandboxing holes in Chrome

Yahoo Buzz killed

Community-based story ranking service never caught on for Yahoo; dead as of April 21

New Google feature blows lid off Obama birthplace lie

Why Google withheld Map Maker feature from Americans now central question

Unity Connection – More than voicemail!

Focus on features

Skype, LifeSize offer HD video compatibility

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Cisco merges Wi-Fi mgmt interfaces

Adds unifying management layer to WCS, MSE, NAC, other systems

Tech jobs proliferating … at least for some

Latest reports highlight growth in Silicon Valley, Massachusetts

Cisco’s NCS: Unified Management Arrives