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Apple warns of SSD failures in MacBook Air, offers free replacements

Apple is replacing 64GB and 128GB SSDs in MacBook Airs sold between June 2012 and June 2013

China’s Huawei turns the table on security after Snowden NSA leaks

US security concerns regarding Huawei networking equipment may no longer carry much weight, according to analysts

Investors heart GOOGLE, king of post-PC world — MS ships RDP for iOS and Android — POGUE pans WINDOWS 8.1 — OBAMACARE website: Testing? What testing?

Facebook ‘stalker’ tool uses Graph Search for powerful data mining

Even if a person has a locked profile, their interactions with others are revealing, say Trustwave security experts

AMD reports Q3 profit after reducing reliance on PCs

AMD's revenue was driven by custom chips for products like Xbox One and PlayStation 4

Resurrected KB 951847 ‘zombie’ patch fixed — but now has new problem

Botched patch installs .Net Framework 3.5 without warning or consent -- even on systems that have studiously avoided .Net

Trade secrets protection set to get tougher

Legal protection of trade secrets on a state-by-state basis has created enforcement problems. Now push is on for federal legislation

Users hit by Blue Screen, 0xC1900101 – 0x40017 error with Windows 8.1 update

Microsoft is struggling to figure out how to handle a widely reported problem when Windows 8 users update to Windows 8.1

Google flies high — but Motorola sinks further

Google's solid Q3 profits marred by underperforming Motorola Mobile and little word about future directions for the division

Verizon’s mobile and broadband growth drive higher revenue in Q3

The company posted a 4.4 percent increase in revenue and 30 percent increase in net income