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Box sharpens search API

External developers can now build tools, apps, and integrations with more search functionality for Box content

Oracle weaves Fabric for MySQL clustering

MySQL Fabric offers high availability and can scale out across multiple servers

Is Linux Mint 17 the best desktop distro ever?

In today's open source roundup: Linux Mint 17 could be the best desktop distro ever. Plus: The "How Linux is Built" video, and a user's experience with Linux in the early days

China accuses Cisco of supporting US cyberwar efforts

China responds harshly to last week's US government indictments of Chinese military personnel

EBay flaw could be used to hijack accounts, researcher says

The auction site hasn't patched the flaw after four days, so the researcher decided to go public

Apple devices held hostage using Find My iPhone

Hackers are demanding ransoms to unlock devices that were locked with the Find My iPhone tool, according to forum posts

New online banking Trojan combines Zeus and Carberp features

The malware, dubbed Zberp, targets customers of 450 financial institutions, security researchers from Trusteer said

Business users bypass IT and go rogue to the cloud

Corporate departments act on their own, contending IT is too slow in creating a path to cloud services

Twitter user base to grow 24.4 percent in 2014, US still largest market

The Asia-Pacific region is increasing its share of Twitter users while the U.S. market matures

Apple asks US court to order Samsung to remove infringing features

Apple also wants the court to review a jury order and hike the damages it awarded — or order a retrial

Is Adobe Flash critical to the future of Linux?

In today's open source roundup: Flash won't work with Chromium in Linux. Plus: Why use Linux? And Google offers CoreOS as part of its cloud services

Did Blue Pup jump the shark with its Windows 8 Metro interface?

In today's open source roundup: The Blue Pup distro offers a Windows-like Metro interface. Plus: The open source Novena laptop, and a review of VortexBox 2.3

New iOS app secures IM with ‘post quantum’ encryption

PQChat is intended as a secure alternative to WhatsApp

CoreOS Linux distro lands on the Google Cloud Platform

Designed for massive server deployments, CoreOS consumes less than 200MB of working memory per instance

Google to put 3D vision technology in experimental tablet

The tablets could be ready before Google's developer conference in late June, the WSJ reports

Microsoft will patch IE zero day — eventually

Attackers are probably trying to develop exploit code, the CTO of Qualys says

HP reports higher profit but cuts up to 16,000 more jobs

CEO Meg Whitman says the company's turnaround 'remains on track'

Java developers prefer JUnit, Jenkins, and Git

Developer survey reveals what's current and popular in Java technology trends and tooling

House approves weakened bill to limit NSA bulk collection

Critics of the bill say they plan to push for changes as it moves to the Senate

SAP ships updated mobile app development tools

Early adopter National Grid in U.K. is using tools to help field engineers maintain electricity and gas lines

Should Linux be more like OS X?

In today's open source roundup: Should Linux distros look more like OS X? Plus: The Verge reviews Motorola's Moto E phone, and how to audit a Linux class for free

New Internet Explorer zero-day details released after Microsoft fails to patch

The seven-month-old flaw has remained unpatched in Internet Explorer 8, which has a 20 percent market share

Dell to make line of PCs with recycled plastics

Dell is expanding its hardware take-back program to acquire more plastic for reuse in laptops and desktops

Salesforce.com updates mobile app with 30 new features

Salesforce1 Mobile now has more integrations plus support for BlackBerry and Microsoft Windows 8

China to block IT products that don’t pass ‘cybersecurity vetting’

Tensions are rising between China and the U.S. over cyber security issues and could limit business for U.S. tech firms such as Microsoft, IBM, and Cisco

‘Do not track’? Oh what the heck, go ahead

The browser privacy system is in tatters, and most websites either don't honor DNT or interpret it in different ways

Obama backs new surveillance law that tech companies reject

Tech industry group that includes Facebook and Google says it cannot support in its current form the legislation that puts curbs on NSA spying

Senator scraps legislation targeting patent trolls

There's wide disagreement on how to deal with abusive patent lawsuits, Leahy says

BlackBerry throws its hat into IoT ring with Project Ion

Working from its QNX platform, the company will offer a cloud-based platform for back-end development

Google beefs up Apps mobile management features for Android

A new feature lets admins configure the suite to wipe an account from an Android device that's been inactive for a preset period of time

Employers want Java skills more than anything else

Couchbase brings NoSQL power to mobile apps

Couchbase Mobile presents an NoSQL alternative to RDBMS for mobile data storage

Cisco to acquire malware prevention company

ThreatGRID will enhance products Cisco obtained in last year's Sourcefire acquisition

Rackspace not a good fit for Cisco, says Chambers

Cisco CEO pours cold water on rumors that his company might buy the cloud provider

Hackers hit eBay database containing personal info

Users are asked to change passwords after attackers compromised employee log-in credentials

Linus Torvalds decries the cult of personality in technology

In today's open source roundup: Linus hammers the cult of personality in technology. Plus: Open source and security, and "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin endorses Linux

Lenovo’s Q1 profit grows 25 percent on PC, smartphone gains

Lenovo's smartphone shipments continue to soar in China

Hands on with Surface Pro 3: Lots to like, just not the price

Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 has a larger screen than predecessors, and bridges the gap between laptops and tablets

Public utility compromised after brute-force attack, DHS says

The utility, which was not identified, used a simple password system and had been compromised before

Google plans international acquisitions worth up to $30B, it tells SEC

Google said it passed on a potential acquisition of a non-U.S. company worth up to $5 billion

Republicans to FCC: Stop mulling Net neutrality reclassification

Some House members question the need for the FCC to move forward with any Net neutrality rules

Résumé makeover: How to emphasize your career highlights

Career expert and certified professional résumé writer Laura Smith-Proulx unearths job highlights from under a mountain of detail

Microsoft unveils Surface Pro 3 PC designed for enterprises

The high-end portable is meant to offer full corporate functionality that the iPad can't

IBM and Fujifilm show super dense storage tape for big data work

With IBM and Fujifilm technology, tomorrow's LTO tape cartridges could store up to 154TB of data each

SAP to buy SeeWhy for targeted marketing technology

The deal will give SAP real-time targeting capabilities

DuckDuckGo gets slick redesign and helpful new features

In today's open source roundup: DuckDuckGo gets a facelift and new features. Plus: A Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon slideshow, and China bans Windows 8 from government computers

China bans government purchases of Windows 8, surprising Microsoft

State news agency reports the government is forbidding the use of Windows 8 after Microsoft recently ended official support for Windows XP

IBM buys Cognea, will add its virtual assistant technology to Watson

The deal is part of IBM's plans to commercialize the Watson cognitive computing platform

Symantec revamps small business security suite

Norton Small Business works on Windows, OS X, and Android with limited features for iOS

Cisco will lead SDN and win IT, Chambers says

Cisco's sweeping architectures that stretch from data centers to the edges of networks will beat generic hardware, CEO says at Cisco Live