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Cloud service providers fight back, challenge NSA

Facing a real business threat from the fallout from the NSA's intelligence gathering, tech sector luminaries are lobbying for surveillance reforms

Munich opts for open source groupware from Kolab

Munich aims to use as much open source software as possible, and already completed a switch from Windows NT to its own open source Linux distribution

Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 1 in 5 Macs vulnerable to attacks

Twice now Apple has bypassed Snow Leopard when it patched newer editions

US House passes bill allowing mobile phone unlocking

Some former supporters criticize the bill's prohibition on bulk unlocking

Internet Explorer ‘SnowMan’ zero-day spreading: Use alternative or patch with KB 2934088

Attack first noted on VFW website is spreading, say Symantec researchers. If you must use IE9 or IE10, get patched now

NET NEUTRALITY debate rages — BITCOIN is dead, long live bitcoin — NSA partner RSA calls for reform — Fastest CLOUD in the test — ROLLS-ROYCE drone ships

Samsung debuts new Exynos chips, questions linger on 64-bit plans

Samsung announces new 32-bit Exynos mobile chips for smartphones and tablets with six- and eight-CPU cores

FCC brings its free speed-test app to iTunes App Store

Users of iOS devices can now measure their Internet performance and add it to a public data set

Microsoft TypeScript graduates to Visual Studio

TypeScript offers a way to organize JavaScript code for large programming projects

Android malware seen using TOR anonymity network

Using TOR makes it more difficult to trace and shut down the command-and-control server that sends instructions to the malware