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Microsoft tries to jumpstart cheap Windows devices with license price cut

The 70% price cut on Windows 8.1 to OEMs building sub-$250 tablets and notebooks is another signal Microsoft faces unprecedented competition

HP ships first 64-bit Windows 8.1 tablets with Intel Atom

HP's ElitePad 1000 G2 will ship worldwide in March for $739.99

Poorly managed SSH keys pose serious risks for most companies

Three in four have no processes for managing keys that provide access to critical servers

BBM coming to Windows Phone, Nokia X

The BlackBerry mobile messaging service will be available on the phones this summer

Mt. Gox quits Bitcoin Foundation board

Mark Karpeles is the second high-profile departure from the foundation in as many months

Windows Phone to get long-awaited enterprise update

Update later this spring will bring a lot of new security options to enterprise users, including signed and encrypted S/MIME, Microsoft said

Major SSL flaw found in iOS, OS X

Apple has released a patch for iOS and says an OS X fix will be released 'very soon'

Microsoft Azure continues enterprise push with private on-ramps

After a slow start, Microsoft Windows Azure is finally gaining a foothold in the emerging cloud marketplace

Glitch trips up Google Drive, Docs for hours

Google hasn't said what caused the problem that lasted more than 5 hours, nor how widespread it was

IRS warns of ‘Dirty Dozen’ tax scams for 2014

Identity theft, phone scams, and phishing lead the dirty list of tax scams

Google’s Project Tango developing phone that views in 3-D

Google is looking for developers who will develop unusual applications around its platform

Thirst for better data analysis drives demand for data architecture skills

Demand for data architecture and database programming skills is on the rise

Dell, Red Hat team up on network virtualization

The companies will co-develop OpenStack-based applications for network function virtualization and SDN

Google makes good on threat, flips ‘kill switch’ on some Chrome add-ons

All extensions on Windows must be installed from the Chrome Web Store; those that were not will be permanently disabled

As Google Fiber approaches in Austin, Time Warner ups broadband speeds

Time Warner Cable home subscribers will get big jumps in broadband speed at no extra cost

Mt. Gox bitcoin price falls below $100

The digital currency touched a low of $91 amid concerns about the solvency of the exchange

HP reverses decline in PC sales, claims broad progress in quarter

Overall revenue was down, but profit was up and the PC group reported its first sales growth in seven quarters

Joyent offers Canonical-customized Ubuntu as a cloud service

Cloud service Joyent envisions more hybrid deployments using both Linux and SmartOS

Adobe Flash exploit targets security, public policy sites

The attackers appear to be gathering broad intelligence about visitors to three websites, FireEye says

The Linux job market is smokin’ hot!

Today in Open Source: Download the free 2014 Linux Jobs Report. Plus: The myths that surround Android and Open Source, and a review of Zorin OS 8

With $16B WhatsApp deal, Facebook aims for immediacy

Facebook sees opportunity in real-time conversations carried out using WhatsApp

Mt. Gox protesters still without bitcoin answers

The ongoing suspension of withdrawals at the bitcoin exchange has fueled speculation that Mt. Gox will collapse

Microsoft delivers stopgap defense against active IE10 attacks

The company will likely not ship a rush patch for Internet Explorer before March 11, says security expert

Republicans protest FCC’s Net neutrality move, ISPs less concerned

AT&T and Comcast seem to support FCC Chairman Wheeler's move to re-establish Net neutrality rules

Intel’s new 15-core Xeon server chip pushes Itanium closer to end of life

Analysts say Itanium is still alive mainly to meet contractual obligations, mostly for Hewlett-Packard servers

Report: Android malware and spyware apps spike in the Google Play Store

Wallpaper Dragon Ball and Finger Hockey were cited as among the most downloaded malicious apps

Alcatel-Lucent works with Red Hat to virtualize mobile networks

The telecom vendor is demonstrating virtualized Voice over LTE at Mobile World Congress with China Mobile

Should Adobe release software for Linux?

Today in Open Source: Are Adobe applications suitable for Linux users? Plus: The popularity of Android, and top Linux podcasts

Oracle creates unified suite of marketing software

The company has built up Marketing Cloud through a series of acquisitions of marketing-related software companies

Famo.us public beta launch set for mid-April

California fights drought with big data, cloud computing

Sensors, the Internet of things, and hackathons will also have a role in historic drought

Zeus malware-botnet variant spotted ‘crawling’ Salesforce.com

Security vendor Adallam sees Zeus being used to gather up large amounts of Salesforce business data through a kind of Web-crawling action

Microsoft revamps Dynamics CRM for fresh run at Salesforce.com

Dynamics gets new marketing automation, customer support, and social media monitoring to compete against Salesforce.com's Service Cloud, ExactTarget, and Radian6

KPN strikes deal with Silent Circle to offer encrypted phone calls

The move to offer Silent Circle services in the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium reflects growing concern about U.S. spying and surveillance

White House defers to FCC on further action on Net neutrality

In response to a petition backing an open Internet, the White House said the Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency

Intel stresses in-memory computing with 15-core server chip

Intel's Ivy Bridge Xeon E7 v2 chips will go into servers with up to 32 sockets

Cloudant Sync helps mobile developers add offline access to their apps

When a device re-establishes connectivity, the software synchronizes changes with a remote database

Microsoft pushes ahead with Skype-Lync integration

The company will demonstrate video conference compatibility between the two products at this week's Lync Conference

IBM, AT&T pair to offer ‘Internet of things’ systems

Cities and utility companies could benefit from large sensor-based data collection systems

Founders of security startup SlickLogin join Google

The company was working on making log-in authentication on a mobile phone easier to use

Which vendors will be on target in the era of New IT

Services, cloud computing, mobile, and big data analytics are changing the IT game, and not all enterprise providers are adapting

Merkel and Hollande to talk about Europe avoiding US servers

To maintain a high level of data protection, European's emails should not have to travel across the Atlantic, Merkel said

HP eases printing from Android tablets, smartphones

HP announces Color LaserJet Pro MFP M476, which can take in-app mobile print commands over Wi-Fi or NFC connections

How the NIST cyber security framework can help secure the enterprise

The NIST cyber security framework can set expectations for the appropriate level of security

Whatever happened to the IPv4 address crisis?

The day of reckoning still looms — it's just been pushed out as the major Internet players have developed ingenious ways to stretch those available numbers

Exploit released for vulnerability targeted by Linksys router worm

The list of router models affected by TheMoon worm is larger than previously thought

Kickstarter hacked, user names and encrypted passwords accessed

User data was stolen, though credit card information remained intact, Kickstarter said

Microsoft sets Oct. 31 as stop date for Windows 7 consumer PC sales

But it extends end-of-sales date for business PCs running Windows 7 Professional to at least January 2015

Chrome OS and Android may be top desktop Linux distros in 2014

Today in Open Source: Will Chrome OS and Android dominate the 2014 Linux desktop? Plus: Red Flag Linux bites the dust, and an anatomy of a Linux system

One-third of Internet Explorer users at risk from active attacks

Microsoft confirms both IE9 and IE10 contain vulnerability, urges customers to upgrade to IE11 — which leaves Vista users out in the cold