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‘TheMoon’ worm infects Linksys routers

A self-replicating program infects Linksys routers by exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability

Smartphone standoff: LG G Pro 2 vs. Samsung Galaxy Note 3

New optical imaging-stabilization technology may give LG's camera an edge in the market for smartphones with supersized screens

Many big name companies working on head-mounted gear, Glass display maker says

Himax already supplies the display for Google Glass and says it's working with other major IT and electronics brands as well

Rakuten to buy instant messaging app Viber for $900 million

Viber is e-commerce giant Rakuten's latest acquisition in its aim to be the world's No. 1 Internet services company

Is Microsoft rethinking its decision to build Office for iPad?

Comments from the company's marketing chief suggest Microsoft may be having second thoughts

Federal smartphone kill-switch legislation proposed

The bill would mandate a kill switch and remote-wipe capabilities on cellphones

Intel wants to be the ‘operating system’ for big data

The new Intel Data Platform features the latest version of its Hadoop distribution

Ultra-hip Elasticsearch hits commercial release

Elasticsearch 1.0 features ELK Stack, a new platform for searching, analyzing, and visualizing data

Famo.us: We’re building a better PhoneGap

Could a Famo.us partnership with Apache Cordova render PhoneGap obsolete?

Dozens of rogue self-signed SSL certificates used to impersonate high-profile sites

The certificates could be used to launch man-in-the-middle attacks against desktop and mobile apps with poor certificate validation

Why ads in Firefox are no big deal

Today in Open Source: It's fine for Mozilla to include ads in Firefox. Plus: Linux dominates the cloud, and fake Debian developers try for free games

As IT hiring slows, freelancers are getting more work

What ever happened to ‘FIDO Alliance’ that was going to revolutionize authentication?

Turns out the revolution in online security is slow in coming, but it's making some progress

Comcast buys Time Warner Cable in $45.2 billion all-stock deal

Merger, which joins the two largest cable operators in the U.S., will allow business customers to profit from combined services, the companies say

Enterprise mobile report details iOS dominance, most popular business apps

Good Technology's quarterly Good Mobility Index report shows growing focus on enterprise apps by businesses

Senator files lawsuit challenging NSA surveillance

Rand Paul joins FreedomWorks in a class-action lawsuit against Obama and U.S. officials

Windows Phone’s Q4 share stumbles as Nokia’s sales slump

As Nokia's fortunes go, so goes Microsoft's shot in smartphones

GoGrid wants to be your open source alternative to Amazon’s cloud databases

IaaS vendors search for ways to compete with industry juggernaut

Denial-of-service vulnerability puts Apache Tomcat servers at risk

Attackers can cause Tomcat processes to use all available CPU resources by sending malformed HTTP requests

Samsung joins IBM, Google in OpenPower Consortium

It is not clear yet if Samsung will license the Power architecture

SAP user group says members will pull back on IT spending growth this year

Despite SAP's hype, HANA is not yet a major priority for German-speaking SAP User Group members

Denial-of-service vulnerability puts Apache Tomcat servers at risk

DOS vulnerability is located in Apache Commons FileUpload

Is Android too open for Google to retain control?

Today in Open Source: Android's openness may cause problems for Google. Plus: Make Linux look like Windows 8, and the beards of Linux users

Adobe patches two critical vulnerabilities in Shockwave Player

The flaws could allow attackers to execute malicious code on computers remotely

Marissa Mayer says Yahoo investing in search

The Yahoo CEO explains her vision of contextual search on mobile devices

HP says security updates not included under new firmware policy

The company said it will continue to provide security and safety updates to all server users, even after restricting access to firmware updates

Mozilla plans to place ads in new Firefox tabs

Mozilla wants to diversify its sources of revenue that now mainly comes from Google, the company said

Bitcoin exchanges hit by DDoS attacks

Bitstamp suspended bitcoin withdrawals after falling victim to online attacks that affect transaction receipts

Windows XP isn’t the only software getting the knife in 8 weeks

Microsoft will also end support for Exchange 2003 and Office 2003, whose prevalence Gartner pegged at 30 percent to 40 percent

Yahoo acquires diary app maker Wander with an eye toward mobile

CEO Mayer has said that providing a suite of mobile products around 'daily habits' would be key to Yahoo's rebuilding efforts

Fragmented induction charging field thins as organizations unite

Power Matters Alliance and Alliance for Wireless Power join forces to combat Wireless Power Consortium

Box to enlist CIOs as it targets vertical industries

The first one to come on board the consulting team is Manjit Singh, former CIO at Chiquita Brands and the Las Vegas Sands Corp.

Attackers use NTP reflection in huge DDoS attack

The attack appears to have peaked at about 400Gbps, according to CloudFlare, the company whose infrastructure was targeted

Find the best desktop Linux distributions for new users

Today in Open Source: Which desktop Linux distros are best suited for new users? Plus: You can find Linux in the strangest places, and what do Linux users miss from Windows or Mac?

Hiring managers advise job seekers to contribute to open-source projects

Joining an open-source community isn't required to land a development job, but it could help

Oracle software generally available on Microsoft Azure starting March 12

Pricing for use of Oracle's database, WebLogic application server, and Java programming language will also kick in upon GA launch

Cyberespionage operation ‘The Mask’ compromised organizations in 30-plus countries

The attack campaign is highly sophisticated and bears the marks of being a state-sponsored operation, the researchers said

Microsoft gives multifactor authentication to all Office 365 users

The company also plans to add multifactor authentication for Office 2013 client apps

Intel’s 15-core Xeon server chip has 4.31 billion transistors

The 15-core high-end server chip, code-named Ivytown, will run at clock speeds from 1.4GHz to 3.8GHz

Microsoft adds critical IE, XP fixes to Tuesday’s patch slate

Two more updates boost the total for today's security patches to seven — four of them with Microsoft's highest-level threat rating

Icahn says ‘I can’t’ and stops $50B fight over Apple stock buyback

'We see no reason to persist,' says investment agitator after proxy advisor nixes proposal and Cook spends $14 billion on more stock buybacks

Hiring managers advise job seekers to contribute to open-source projects

'Code is the new resume' for some hiring managers

Gates muses on NSA, bitcoin, his new role at Microsoft

During a Reddit online chat he also praises new CEO Satya Nadella, saying he is 'off to a great start'

Amazon Web Service now offers R on demand

AWS offers a hosted version of Revolution Analytics' R open-source functional programming language for $1.25 an hour

Nokia plans forked Android smartphone for Barcelona unveiling

Googles not commenting, and its not clear what Microsoft would do with the smartphone once its Nokia purchase is final

Bitcoin Foundation blames Mt. Gox for bitcoin’s troubles

What Mt. Gox called a bug is actually an underlying problem, the group said

Oracle’s 12c database to receive SAP certification faster than usual

The move flies in the face of the vendors' competitive rhetoric, but speaks to the reality of customer needs

Amazon Web Services now offers R on demand

AWS Revolution R service packages the functional language for big data analysis

Microsoft Power BI puts Web and internal data on the map

In beta since July, Microsoft Power BI is now generally available for all Office 365 users

CIOs still in control of most IT spending, Forrester says

CIOs still have the last word in most IT spending decisions, but will work more closely with business units over time, report says