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UN committee calls on countries to protect right to privacy

Germany and Brazil are the main sponsors of the resolution on privacy in the digital age

Sony to offer refunds over misleading PS Vita ads

The handheld console couldn't share games with the PS3 as advertised, the U.S. Fair Trade Commission said

Home Depot spent $43 million on data breach in just one quarter

The retailer expects 'significant' ongoing expenses from the incident

Five no-bull facts about Chrome pulling out plug-ins

The clock is ticking for plug-ins in Chrome based on the NPAPI standard; here's what you need you know about how it will affect enterprise use

A review of PC-BSD 10.1

In today's open source roundup: LinuxBSDos.com reviews PC-BSD 10.1. Plus: The dangers of the Less command for Linux users, and can a Redditor get an entry level sys admin job with no degree?

Can’t wait for Docker on Windows? Try Spoon

Spoon app-containerization technology for Windows offers some Docker technology, but with an emphasis on desktop apps

Microsoft releases ‘new’ build 9879 for all Windows 10 Technical Preview machines

New Windows 10 build 9879, installing today on Technical Preview machines, has no differences in features from the old build

IoT in the enterprise up three-fold, study finds

Survey also finds that customer experience is now the top benefit of Internet of Things deployment

Microsoft cold-shoulders Server 2003 and XP users hit with Microsoft Update error 0x80248015

Microsoft has yet to provide a solution for customers who can't connect to Microsoft Update to install last week's out-of-band patch KB 3011780

Google’s gigabit-Internet service in Austin priced at $70 per month

The broadband service is already available in Kansas City and Provo, Utah

Court OKs IT worker lawsuit over student visa work program

Federal judge refuses to dismiss suit challenging the OPT program, which President Obama is seeking to expand

New IBM service shines a light on mobile device and app performance

The company is also unveiling cloud-based virtual desktops for mobile devices

Google to Apps users: take more responsibility for protecting your accounts

Changes to the suite's security features should make it easier for employees to become more active in protecting themselves from hackers

Semantic pulls Web development up by its Bootstrap

The 1.0 version of the Web UI framework eases development, but Bootstrap's next version may give it competition

How to install Ubuntu on a Chromebook

In today's open source roundup: Use Crouton to run Ubuntu on your Chromebook. Plus: The Register reviews Linux Mint 17.1, and part two of how to run Linux on Android devices

Breaking up Google is just one possible antritrust option, EU lawmakers say

A rotation mechanism showing commercial services from Google and its competitors is also an option

Symantec identifies sophisticated, stealthy Regin malware

The sophisticated back-door-type Trojan was likely developed by a nation state, researchers say

What developers can do to extend smartphone battery life

Smarter app design combined with energy-usage monitors can keep apps from hogging battery life

Four ways Linux is headed for no-downtime kernel patching

These technologies are competing to provide the best way to patch the Linux kernel without reboots or downtime

FCC chairman gives no timeline for Net neutrality decision

The agency needs to make sure any rules it passes will stand up to a lawsuit, Wheeler says

Barbie becomes a Debian developer and creates systemd

In today's open source roundup: Barbie enters the systemd fray. Plus: A Linux desktop based on Google's Material Design, and what's in Linux Mint 17.1?

IBM spins up a new bare-metal private PaaS

Bluemix Dedicated offers an isolated, single-tenant version of IBM's Bluemix SaaS, but only a subset of services

Apple delivers another Yosemite beta as Wi-Fi issues persist

It's not clear what this second beta of Apple's OS is designed to fix

Microsoft adds Dropbox into Office Mobile for Android

Fulfills its promise from two weeks ago when the two companies touted a new partnership

Molecular flash memory could store massive data

Researchers focus on metal-oxide molecule clusters that can retain electrical charge and act as RAM

As Moore’s Law approaches 50, Intel battling to keep up

Intel is facing more challenges in chip technology to keep up with Moore's Law, which manifested in the 14-nanometer process

Microsoft’s open source .Net still can’t match open source Java

Java has a major head start, and Microsoft's limited open source strategy could be too little too late

In a cloud outage, no one can hear you scream

The most recent Azure outage shows Microsoft still needs to improve its responsiveness to customers

Facebook’s alternative PHP engine attracts Web service providers

HHVM is being used by the Box storage service and by one of the largest hosts for enterprise-ready WordPress

Nginx claims more top websites at Apache’s and Microsoft’s expense

The speedy new Nginx server is gaining greater market share among the top million websites

IBM offers devops services to speed up enterprises’ app development

Big Blue experts can help CIOs implement this new approach to rapid creation and release of software

Citadel malware now targets password management applications

A new Citadel configuration steals the master keys for two password managers and a secure authentication program

Mozilla fishes for Google alternative, reels in Yahoo

The new agreement between Mozilla and Yahoo gives Mozilla a fresh revenue stream and a new way to advance its pro-open-Web agenda

Surface Pro 3 firmware patch solves some glitches, but Wi-Fi problems persist

Microsoft releases its ninth firmware fix for the Surface Pro 3 in five months, and early results are mixed

ISS says Microsoft’s Nadella is paid too much

Institutional investment advisor blasts Microsoft CEO's $91M pay package for 2014, recommends that shareholders vote 'No'

The fate of NASA’s supercomputer may depend on Sen. Ted Cruz

The 2-petaflop supercomputer would be dedicated to climate research, but Cruz opposes climate change funding

Free Detekt security tool finds surveillance malware

Open source tool is a joint project of multiple privacy groups who investigated malware used to target journalists and human rights activists

Wozniak aims to simplify all of enterprise storage

Woz has joined former Fusion-io colleagues at Primary Data, a startup that virtualizes data

This is how Google is dealing with ‘right to be forgotten’ requests

EU data protection authorities will say next week what they think of Google's methods

Microsoft brings Docker CLI to Windows

The Windows CLI brings Microsoft closer to full Docker container support, but many more pieces must still click into place

Teradata brings MapR Hadoop into the data warehouse

Splice Machine 1.0 offers speedy, scalable SQL on Hadoop

Out of beta, Splice Machine 1.0 aims to up the ante for SQL scalability

Splice Machine 1.0 offers speedy, scalable SQL on Hadoop

Splice Machine update offers cross-integration with Hadoop apps and supports migration paths from other databases

Purism seeks funding for 15-inch free software Linux laptop

In today's open source roundup: Purism wants to sell a Linux laptop that runs only free software. Plus: The Jolla Linux tablet easily surpasses its $380,000 funding goal, and how well does Nvidia's open source driver perform while running L

BitTorrent dismisses security concerns raised about its Sync app

The cryptographic implementation is solid and cannot be compromsied through a remote server, the company says

Facebook’s Flow could help JavaScript programmers spot elusive bugs

Open-sourced Flow offers much-needed static type checking for the JavaScrtipt language

25 years after Lotus Notes, IBM tries to reinvent email again

IBM's Verse borrows ideas from Google's Inbox, then adds Watson-powered querying to let users tame their email

Time to secure the Web? EFF says HTTPS can soon be the norm

Led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Let's Encrypt wants to make HTTP an oddity within a few years' time

Prominent developers pulling out of Debian as voting deadline nears

Clashes over systemd continue, with final voting deadline in hours

Canonical might switch to systemd in Ubuntu 15.04

In today's open source roundup: Ubuntu 15.04 might be the first version that uses systemd. Plus: The advantages and disadvantages of rolling release distributions, and eleven Linux games on sale on Steam this week