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U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee approves cybersecurity bill

The bill has been criticized by civil liberties and privacy groups because of its potential privacy implications

Facebook announces arrests have been made for the ‘Lecpetex’ botnet

Two suspects are in custody in Greece over the botnet that affected as many as 250,000 computers

Mt. Gox CEO selling Bitcoins.com, will give some proceeds to burned investors

The domain will go on sale July 24 with an opening bid of $185,000

Python bumps off Java as top learning language

Eight out of the top 10 universities now use Python to introduce programming, a researcher has found

No, Linux is not dead on the desktop

In today's open source roundup: Linux is not dead on the desktop. Plus: The city of Munich switches to Linux and saves millions, and how to find the best desktop for new Linux users

Vulnerability in AVG security toolbar puts IE users at risk

Bad design decisions could have enabled malware infections, researchers from CERT/CC say

Python bumps off Java as top learning language

Eight out of the top 10 universities now use Python to introduce programming

Microstrategy simplifies licensing, pricing

The market demands agility and flexibility from BI vendors, according to one analyst

Mocana aims to simplify mobile access to enterprise apps with Atlas

The platform lets users access all apps wrapped with Mocana's MAP technology using single sign-on

EMC acquires TwinStrata to push corporate data into the cloud

EMC will embed TwinStrata's CloudArray into its new VMAX3 enterprise data service platform

Want credit for June’s Exchange blackout? File a claim

Affected Office 365 and Exchange Online customers may be eligible for a 25 percent service credit

Samsung expects smartphone market slowdown to hit profits

Samsung Electronics said it is also facing increased competition in China and Europe

Zuckerberg says basic Internet should be as universal as 911 service

Certain Internet services should be provided for free like some phone services, he said

Samsung, Intel, Dell team on IoT connectivity standards

The Open Interconnect Consortium will establish security, authentication, and communication standards for Internet of things

Judge makes Avaya give access to maintenance commands on some PBXes

Third-party support company Continuant won an injunction affecting systems sold from 1990 to 2008

Microsoft’s Windows to aid PC market revival in 2015

Gartner projects Windows XP upgrades will stop the PC market bleeding next year

Android bug lets apps make rogue phone calls

The flaw affects the majority of Android devices in use and could easily be exploited by malware to make premium-rate calls

Encrypted instant messaging project seeks to obscure metadata

Invisible.im aims to allow people to have online chats but leave little digital forensic evidence

DistroWatch domain registrar problems alarm Linux users

In today's open source roundup: DistroWatch domain registrar problems take the site down over the weekend. Plus: A review of LXLE 14.04, and KDE tablets cancelled

Mobile phones and other electronic devices under higher scrutiny at airports

Electronic devices that cannot be turned on will not be allowed onboard aircraft, according to new U.S. rules

Firefox falters, falls to record low in overall browser share

Apple's Safari also sheds combined desktop-mobile share, while Google's browsers gain impressive ground

Secret code indicates NSA tracks users of privacy tools, report says

Although unverified, the code indicates a broad effort to monitor those interested in protecting their online activities

Ruby on Rails gets patches for SQL injection vulnerabilities

The two vulnerabilities affect Rails applications that use PostgreSQL as a database system

NSA may be targeting Linux users for increased surveillance

In today's open source roundup: The NSA considers Linux Journal an "extremist forum." Plus: Download Tor to protect your privacy, and funny NSA jokes

Why did Microsoft join the Linux Foundation’s AllSeen Alliance?

In today's open source roundup: Microsoft becomes a member of the AllSeen Alliance. Plus: Chumby returns from the dead, and how to run Quake and Quake 2 in Linux

MongoDB grows up — and shows off its enterprise cred

Many employees won’t mingle with enterprise social software

Achieving solid adoption of these 'Facebook-for-work' tools takes planning, vision, training and effort

DuckDuckGo may be the next big thing in search engines

In today's open source roundup: DuckDuckGo may eventually give Google a run for its money. Plus: A screenshot tour of Peppermint Five, and helpful tools for new Linux engineers

ARM to ship mini-computer for writing 64-bit Android L apps

ARM wants to boost its 64-bit hardware and software efforts with the Android developer board

Sparc and Windows get more love in Oracle VM update

Oracle VM 3.3 supports larger pages and can speed Windows operations with paravirtualized drivers

Critical vulnerability in WordPress newsletter plug-in endangers many blogs

Attackers could exploit a flaw in the MailPoet Newsletters plug-in to take full control of vulnerable blogs, researchers from Sucuri said

VMware opens up testing of next-gen vSphere to anyone

The next version of the virtualization platform is expected to be announced at VMworld in August

China has the fastest supercomputer, but the U.S. still rules

Despite increasing global competition in supercomputing, 90 percent of the Top 500 systems are made by U.S. vendors

Microsoft action against No-IP disrupting other hacking groups, Kaspersky says

A variety of other sophisticated state-sponsored cyber espionage campaigns used No-IP's infrastructure

OpenSSL Project publishes roadmap to counter criticism

The project plans to implement code reviews, fix poor coding, and have better documentation

Microsoft admits to technical error in IP takeover, but No-IP still down

No-IP claims Microsoft doesn't appear to be very good at DNS

EFF sues the NSA to disclose use of software security flaws

The EFF filed suit seeks information about zero-day flaws the agency might be exploiting

FTC: T-Mobile made hundreds of millions from unwanted SMS features

The mobile carrier made profits from services not ordered by customers, the FTC said

Dropbox for Business folders can now be shared in read-only mode

Previously, users granted edit rights by default to the colleagues with whom they shared folders

Microsoft boosts anti-snooping protection in Outlook.com, OneDrive

The consumer webmail and cloud storage services will now be protected with new encryption

Microsoft to resume email-based security notifications

The next security notifications will go out Thursday ahead of monthly security patches

Samsung’s S5 mini: Slimmer and slower than S5, but still scans fingerprints

The S5 mini also has the heart-rate monitor and waterproofing of its larger brother

Energy providers hacked through malicious software updates

Symantec says the Dragonfly campaign, originating in Eastern Europe, sought to gain persistent access to energy suppliers

Apple patches iOS, OS X, and Safari on Mega Monday

Update also fixes Macs' Wi-Fi re-connect problem, says Apple

Google launches ‘cookie choices’ site to let users know how they’re being tracked

Publishers can incorporate data notifications into their sites using Google's code

Databricks takes on Google streaming analysis with Spark

Databricks Cloud will provide Spark-based streaming analysis as a service

Is Xiki the most powerful command shell ever created?

In today's open source roundup: Xiki could be a revolutionary command shell. Plus: South Korea plans to dump Windows, and DistroWatch reviews Chakra GNU/Linux 2014.05

Oracle hopes to entice mobile developers with new framework

Google terminates Quickoffice apps on Android, iOS

After adding the technology to its Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps, Google will pull Quickoffice from app stores within weeks

Flash storage faces challenge from Crossbar’s RRAM

Crossbar's new memory type, called RRAM, will come in capacities of 1TB or more per chip