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Wearables and design will be big at Google I/O

Best practices around design, specifically for wearables, will be a focus at the developers' show next month

China counters US claims with own charges of cyber espionage

China said the U.S. accusations against five Red Army members were based on 'fabricated facts'

Google looks to unite work and pleasure by acquiring Divide

Divide consolidates work and personal apps on people's own mobile devices

Bandwidth-sipping IoT steers clear of Net neutrality debate — for now

For now, the Internet of things doesn't use enough network capacity to stir up arguments

GitHub rolls out the red carpet for scientists

OpenStack 101: The parts that make up the project

OpenStack is a platform, but it's made up of more than a dozen pieces. Here are the big ones

Cisco CEO tells Obama: NSA spying impacts technology sales

Cisco's John Chambers says reports that the NSA intercepts equipment shipped abroad to install surveillance tools will result in a loss in trust

IDC cuts IT spending forecast on mobile slump, emerging market uncertainty

Economic uncertainty in China and Europe due to the Ukraine crisis are 'wild cards' for IT spending

Mozilla plans semi-silent updates to tug laggards onto the newest Firefox

Will likely kick off process in June to get more Firefox users on the latest version with the new Australis UI

SAP apps heading to Microsoft Azure cloud

The companies are also integrating SAP's Business Objects with Microsoft's BI software

Update: Apple and Google agree to drop all patent suits

The deal will see the two work toward patent reform, they said

Red Hat brings OpenShift closer to the enterprise

An update to the Red Hat OpenShift on-premises software offers more management and administration tools

Google readies automated tool for those wanting to disappear from search results

Online tool will have a mechanism to prevent unauthorized takedowns, said a German DPA with knowledge of the matter

New PostgreSQL guns for NoSQL market

The PostgreSQL database now natively supports the JSON format, making it an alternative to MongoDB

Google Apps users getting encrypted messaging that goes beyond Gmail

Google teams with ZixCorp to extend encryption service to emails sent to and received from non-Google mail systems

FCC moves forward with controversial Net neutrality proposal

The agency officially releases its chairman's proposal while asking whether to reregulate broadband

Are you safe when running Linux?

In today's open source roundup: Is desktop Linux safer than other operating systems? Plus: DRM comes to Firefox, and tweak tools for Linux

Hortonworks snaps up and open sources Hadoop security solution

Amid turmoil, questions loom for SAP at Sapphire

The event is incoming sole CEO Bill McDermott's 'time to shine' after recent high-profile exec departures and layoffs, says one analyst

Firefox will get DRM copy protection despite Mozilla’s concerns

The company opposes DRM but has little choice lest users be cut off from popular content services, Mozilla's CTO says

Cisco may be bouncing back, but can Chambers hold on?

The networking company's continued sluggish results aren't likely to unseat CEO and chairman John Chambers, analysts say

For entry-level tech jobs, hiring managers care about passion for IT more than a diploma

College graduates don't need to be employed to become involved with the tech industry

Microsoft’s .Net Framework security updates further effort to phase out RC4 encryption

The company advises customers to stop using the RC4 cipher in TLS connections because of known weaknesses in the algorithm

Microsoft sticks to vow, leaves XP exposed to ongoing attacks

Redmond refuses to patch Internet Explorer bug that hackers are already exploiting

Adobe patches critical flaws in Reader, Acrobat, Flash Player, and Illustrator

All of the security updates address remote code execution vulnerabilities

SanDisk ships its first self-encrypting SSDs

The drives includes management software with an administrative dashboard

Samsung to unveil Gear Glass in September, report says

Google Glass competitor, which will have one earpiece and display over one eye, runs the Tizen OS

Laid-off IBM workers allege age bias in lawsuit

Former employees say IBM was only interested in recent college grads, a charge the company calls baseless

Linux group builds 64-bit Android KitKat for ARM developers

Linaro has built a 64-bit version of Android 4.4 for developers to write and test applications for ARM-based mobile devices

Microsoft reveals new Office features available only in the cloud

On-premises Office servers will also get updates — but later, to prompt businesses to consider Office 365

BlackBerry opens management of its smartphones to rivals

BlackBerry said that its devices could now be managed using third-party mobile device management applications

SAP cutting unspecified number of jobs in workforce restructuring

The company will ultimately add more jobs by the end of this year, according to a spokesman

FCC proposal would limit AT&T, Verizon in spectrum auction

The commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on rules for a 2015 auction of TV spectrum

NetSuite looks to stay relevant with revamped HTML5 user interface

Cloud ERP vendor also announces a new b-to-b portal and updated software for services businesses

Salesforce.com ties Force.com to Heroku for richer app development

Customers won't need 'ninja developers' anymore to create powerful new types of applications, a Salesforce executive says

Europe’s top court orders Google to honor requests to delete links

A person has the right to request that search engines remove personal information from search results, the Court of Justice ruled

With the Internet of things, smart buildings pose big risk

As buildings get more automated, they raise new security risks

Salesforce.com ties Force.com to Heroku for richer app development

AV Linux review: A distro packed with audio and visual applications

In today's open source roundup: A review of AV Linux. Plus: Customize your Bash prompt, and Lenovo releases Chromebooks

Windows XP die-hards can slash attack risk by dumping IE

Microsoft's own patch stats support advice that XP users switch to a non-Microsoft browser, halving the number of vulnerabilities to the OS

Reported NSA backdoors might open up networks to more threats

The agency intercepts devices and installs software that gives them access, an upcoming book says

Tech worker asks judge to reject settlement in Silicon Valley hiring case

Proposed agreement, which would amount to just several thousand dollars per plaintiff, called 'unfair and unjust'

Red Hat fortifies OpenStack suite, eases management for enterprise users

Red Hat has updated its OpenStack distro to the latest edition and has partnered with NetApp and eNovance to advance OpenStack

HP pivots, says open sourcing SDNs is right

The company has upped the status of its OpenDaylight membership from Silver to Platinum

Microsoft Azure tools aim to help companies manage hybrid clouds

At its annual Tech Ed conference, Microsoft has released a range of hybrid cloud administration tools and services

Tails 1.0 review: Protect your privacy with a secure Linux distro

In today's open source roundup: A review of Tails 1.0. Plus: Sabayon Linux 14.05 GNOME screenshot tour, and Calibre 1.36 released with new features

Mozilla to press ahead with in-Firefox ad plans

At the same time, the company reassures users that the browser won't become 'a mess of logos'

Wall Street’s collapse was computer science’s gain

Undergraduate computing majors at US universities rose more than 13 percent last year, continuing a trend

IBM’s software-defined storage rides Watson’s coattails

The company is announcing storage virtualization that helped Watson win on Jeopardy

Unplug ghost servers, save a bundle

Users who decommission equipment see significant savings, according to Uptime Institute