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LinkedIn’s Intro tool for iPhones could be a juicy target for attackers

The new plug-in for the iPhone's email client raises security concerns, some experts say

Protesters call for an end to NSA mass surveillance

About 5,000 people attend a rally in Washington to protest NSA programs

Mozilla sheds a light(beam) on Web privacy

Lightbeam plug-in for Firefox shows who's watching when you log into your favorite sites, encourages users to anonymously submit tracking data

6 dirty secrets of the IT industry

IT pros blow the whistle on the less-than-white lies and dark sides of the tech business

Review: Flash your way to better VMware performance

PernixData FVP clusters server-side flash to improve virtual machine performance and reduce SAN latency

Operating systems want to be free

Two of the three major desktop operating systems are now free. And it's likely to be a trend

SoftLayer CEO: A very Big Blue cloud is coming

With last summer's acquisition, IBM has a clear IaaS solution. SoftLayer CEO Lance Crosby says we can expect a massive cloud infrastructure ramp-up

There’s more than one way to uncover state secrets

NSA's ex-director tastes his own medicine when a passenger on the same train tweets his off-the-record statements

AMAZON, still unprofitable, passes Microsoft’s headcount — MICROSOFT profit crushes it — King Chrome top browser — Last qtr: iPad 15M, Surface 1M — LINKEDIN Intro reads your email