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Cisco patches serious vulnerabilities in Unified Communications Manager

The vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands or disrupt telephony-related services, Cisco says

Ubuntu Edge smartphone misses crowdfunding goal by $19 million

Canonical raised only $12.8 million of the $32 million it wanted, but still intends to ship an Ubuntu-based smartphones next year

Newly declassified docs prove NSA collected data on tens of thousands of Americans

But the collection of phone and Internet data may have been inadvertent, the declassified documents show

Siri vs. Android: Watch the speech recognition showdown

Talking trumps typing as the preferred method of using a smartphone -- so which mobile OS is better at voice commands?

Update: HP replaces enterprise chief, posts Q3 sales drop

HP's revenue fell 8 percent, with declines in all but one business unit

We must destroy data to protect it, aka the MI5 way

James Bond today: Licensed to kill, pulverize hard drives, shred memory chips, and intimidate partners, all for the war on terror

Ubuntu Edge smartphone probably not going to get funded

Ambitious crowdfunding smartphone project shatters records, but looks to be coming up short

GOOGLE huddles with NFL for TV rights — BITCOIN boom in China — TWITTER shops IPO — ANDROID eats APPLE in China in Q2 — STEVE JOBS schools open in Netherlands

Google gives Chrome 29 ‘mulligan’ button

New version patches 25 security vulnerabilities and adds a reset option to restore the browser to factory settings

Microsoft needs your help to fix botched patch KB 2859537

The company is actively seeking users affected by one of last week's six problematic patches that freezes some Windows 7 and Vista machines