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Dell joins forces with Dropbox to boost hosted storage for enterprises

The company will back up Dropbox for Business with its own security product

NSA debates amnesty for Edward Snowden

The NSA is worried about the unknown amount of information Snowden may have collected from NSA computers

Google buys maker of fascinating, creepy robots

Boston Dynamics is the eighth addition to Google's fast-growing robotics portfolio

Report: Sprint looking at buying T-Mobile

The third-largest US mobile carrier might bid for its smaller rival next year, The Wall Street Journal says

Apple supplier Foxconn still struggles to limit working hours, labor group says

Foxconn had wanted to limit working hours at its factories to 49 hours per week

Microsoft joins group seeking to replace passwords

The FIDO Alliance envisions a system where users can interact with an online service without surrendering personal details

MintBox 2 review: Linux Mint in a compact, powerful computer

Today in Open Source: MintBox 2 reviewed. Will you buy one? Plus: Linux Mint 16 installs, and WordPress 3.8 released

Cisco cuts long-term revenue forecast

Customers are cautious and economies are uncertain, the company told analysts

Guess which family business is jumping on Instagram Direct

Popular reality TV mainstay is already using Instagram's messenger service to boost interaction with fans

Google goes offline with Chrome Apps for Mac

Cross-platform apps run without Internet connection, call on Google APIs and services barred to traditional Web-based apps

Security alert: Bitcoin Alarm app is carefully cloaked malware

The market price application contains a remote access Trojan, Arbor Networks said

Hacker sentenced to 18 months for peddling access to national security lab

The man offered to sell an undercover FBI agent entry to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory supercomputers

US mobile carriers agree to offer phone unlocking and notify subscribers

The top five operators agreed to voluntary commitments to be carried out within a year

Mozilla advises webmasters to implement X-Frame-Options security header

The header can easily solve many security problems, a Mozilla security engineer said

Fatal distraction: 7 IT mistakes that will get you fired

Dell and Red Hat team to sell enterprise OpenStack

Dell will sell a hardware system that runs Red Hat's OpenStack implemention

4 ideas to steal from IT upstarts

When startups grow up, their IT must mature as well. Here's how four hot companies are choosing tech that's serious but not stodgy

Microsoft launches network of Azure providers

Microsoft's Cloud OS Network extends the Windows Azure IaaS across the globe

Juniper exec Muglia abruptly quits

Executive vice president Bob Muglia leaves the networking company shortly after new a CEO is named

Oracle launches revved-up new version of Exadata

The X4 release of the database machine includes big increases in flash capacity and Infiniband throughput

Microsoft tries to lure Gmail users with automated Outlook.com migration tool

The announcement comes after Outlook.com suffered several outages and interruptions this year

Show us a better way than collecting metadata, NSA director says to critics

US tech companies asked for better alternatives to NSA's phone records collection program

SAP courts developers with new license, tools, open-source contributions

SAP's HANA in-memory platform figures prominently in the new announcements, which include the long-awaited launch of River

Mozilla ships Firefox 26 with limited click-to-play security

Release also wraps up two-year 'MemShrink' project that reduced memory consumption and boosted browser performance

Box adds security, automation to IT admin console

The cloud storage vendor also launched an IT services unit and struck a partnership with Capgemini

Will Canonical force Linux Mint to license Ubuntu binary packages?

Today in Open Source: Linux Mint may have to license Ubuntu binary packages. Plus: Firefox 26 available for download, and a Linux Mint 16 Xfce RC screenshot tour

Adobe patches critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player, Shockwave

An exploit targets one of the vulnerabilities by using Flash content embedded in Microsoft Word documents, Adobe warns

One in four cloud providers will be gone by 2015

Acquisitions will be the leading cause of cloud vendor reduction, says Gartner

Secret TPP intellectual property agreement misses deadline

WikiLeaks report says controversial proposal would increase term of patents, reduce requirements for patentability, and increase damages for infringements

Dell to add Chromebook 11, looks beyond Windows and Android

Dell joins growing market for thin-and-light Chrome OS laptops, but will initially ship Chromebook 11 only to educational institutions

Lawmakers hear mixed message on limiting spectrum bidding

Some advocates urge the FCC to limit AT&T and Verizon in the upcoming incentive auction

Update vulnerability in third-party SDK exposes some Android apps to attacks

Attackers could force apps using the HomeBase SDK to download and execute rogue code, researchers from Bitdefender said

Huddle gives its content collaboration suite a Word and OneNote alternative

The company also revamped its app for iPads and iPhones to take advantage of improvements in iOS 7

Oracle becomes sponsor of OpenStack Foundation

Oracle says it knows customers don't want to be locked into proprietary cloud management tools

BMC launches service to host private-label enterprise app stores

BMC Marketplace will allow organizations to set up their own public-facing app stores

Update vulnerability in third-party SDK exposes some Android apps to attacks

HomeBase SDK could expose Android phone users to data theft, researchers claim

HP shrinks full-size Haswell desktops with new mini PCs

HP crams a Haswell processor, storage, and memory into small desktops sizes such as thin clients

Stun-gun-equipped iPhone case looks to generate more than a buzz

Yellow Jacket provides self-defense for you and your iPhone alike

Data-stealing malware pretends to be Microsoft IIS server module

Most antivirus products aren't detecting the malware, called 'ISN'

Cloud pricing: It’s (really) complicated

Pricing in the cloud computing market is extremely complex and not user friendly, a new report finds

Rambus, Micron settle patent, antitrust disputes

Rambus will get $280 million from a broad cross-licensing agreement

3 reasons bitcoins aren’t in your wallet yet

Security and flexibility of the virtual currency are among several big challenges, experts say

Microsoft backtracks on when it will stop selling Windows 7

Microsoft says it made a mistake; Windows 7 final sales dates 'to be determined'

HP hits restart on ‘converged systems,’ takes aim at vBlock

The new systems aim to get customers up and running quickly with virtualized applications and big-data analytics

Goldman Sachs, with 10,000 tech workers, embraces open systems

Risk-averse Goldman Sachs is an advocate of Facebook's Open Compute Project, embracing open systems, commodity computing

Samsung introduces first 1TB MiniSATA SSD

The new 840 EVO mSATA SSD is 60 percent thinner than a standard 2.5-inch notebook drive

PCLinuxOS 2013.12 KDE, MATE and LXDE released

Today in Open Source: PCLinuxOS 2013.12 released. Plus: PCLinuxOS 2013.12 MATE screenshot tour, and Linux Mint 16 KDE RC released

Qualcomm releases Gimbal sensors for short-range tracking

Like Apple's just-released iBeacon, Qualcomm uses Bluetooth to build location-based marketing systems

It’s official: IT hiring has slowed

Budget sequestration may be helping to chill the job market for IT pros over the last several months

Verizon acquires EdgeCast to boost video capabilities

Verizon will be able to offer more enterprise services to improve video streaming performance and protect websites against attacks