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The virtualization giant has added the features to its enterprise social networking and collaboration platform in an effort to break down information silos and centralize workflow

By Thor Olavsrud

Apr 18, 2013 4 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Java 8 release delayed until next year

New version of standard Java, previously due in September, needs more work on security issues and Project Lambda

By Paul Krill

Apr 18, 2013 3 mins

Java Security Technology Industry

Update: Nokia sees improving Windows Phone sales and shrinking loss in Q1

The company sold 5.6 million Lumia devices running Windows Phone in the first quarter

By Mikael Ricknäs

Apr 18, 2013 5 mins

Nokia Software Development Technology Industry

US Bitcoin exchange BitFloor shuts down again

Founder Roman Shtylman says the virtual currency exchange will remain shut 'indefinitely'

By Jeremy Kirk

Apr 18, 2013 2 mins

Software Development Web Development

US House moves toward passage of CISPA

The House on Wednesday rejected efforts to allow amendments to add privacy protections in the bill

By Grant Gross

Apr 18, 2013 4 mins

Privacy Technology Industry

ARM wins more Big.Little licensees

ARM also announces a new licensing model for Big.Little that allows companies to license individual component designs

By Agam Shah

Apr 17, 2013 2 mins

Technology Industry

Microsoft moves to optional two-factor authentication

In the days to come, users of Outlook.com, Skype, and SkyDrive will be given the option of adding a second form of authentication

By Joab Jackson

Apr 17, 2013 3 mins

Access Control Data and Information Security Technology Industry

Apple keeps patching Java on OS X Snow Leopard after proposed drop-dead date

Apple adds site-by-site Java management tool for all Safari browser users

By Gregg Keizer

Apr 17, 2013 5 mins

Java Technology Industry Web Development

Intel lays foundations for SDN gear that could shake up networking

Intel is introducing reference designs and software for switches and virtual switches

By Stephen Lawson

Apr 17, 2013 5 mins

Technology Industry

Google Apps, Gmail services disrupted

Company reports that all services disrupted this morning are back up and running

By Sharon Gaudin

Apr 17, 2013 2 mins

Gmail Technology Industry Web Development

Apple keeps patching Java on OS X Snow Leopard after proposed drop-dead date

Company adds site-by-site Java management tool to Safari for all users

By Gregg Keizer

Apr 17, 2013 5 mins

Java Patch Management Software Technology Industry

Microsoft signs patent deal with Foxconn covering Android, Chrome devices

The licensing agreement covers Foxconn-manufactured smartphones, tablets, and televisions installed with the operating systems

By Michael Kan

Apr 17, 2013 2 mins

Intellectual Property Software Development Technology Industry

Microsoft finds Trojan that hides files to evade analysis

Win32/Nemim.gen!A highlights sophisticated techniques used to protect malware as a kind of intellectual property

By Antone Gonsalves

Apr 17, 2013 3 mins

Authentication Malware Technology Industry

White House threatens to veto CISPA ahead of vote

President Obama says he is concerned that the cyber threat bill does not adequately prevent sharing of irrelevant personal information

By John Ribeiro

Apr 17, 2013 3 mins

Privacy Technology Industry

Mobile a top priority for Yahoo in 2013, Mayer says

Like Facebook and Google, Yahoo sees mobile as essential to its future

By Zach Miners

Apr 17, 2013 4 mins

Small and Medium Business Technology Industry Web Development

Microsoft may backtrack on Start button in Windows 8

Analysts have urged the company to recant its OS design ideology as a nod to customer complaints

By Gregg Keizer

Apr 17, 2013 7 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development Technology Industry

Otellini looks back on four decades with Intel

Intel's CEO, who will retire in a month, says the company can adapt to changes in the PC market

By Agam Shah

Apr 17, 2013 4 mins

Technology Industry

Google adds IT admin features for Chrome browser

IT departments can now apply the workplace configuration of Chrome browsers to Chrome browsers installed on employees' home computers

By Juan Carlos Perez

Apr 17, 2013 2 mins

Careers Technology Industry

Senate’s big immigration bill seeks to crack down on offshore outsourcing

Comprehensive bill limits visa holders to 50 percent of an IT services firm's U.S. workforce, and requires H-1B employers to pay higher wages to the foreign workers

By Patrick Thibodeau

Apr 17, 2013 6 mins

Careers Technology Industry

Oracle’s Hurd on Fusion Applications, aggressive salespeople, and SAP

The co-CEO wishes SAP 'good luck' in its plans to take database market share away from Oracle

By Chris Kanaracus

Apr 17, 2013 5 mins

Databases Software Development Technology Industry

Lawmakers question patent complaint process at ITC

Some witnesses call for Congress to change the way the agency hears patent disputes

By Grant Gross

Apr 16, 2013 4 mins

Intellectual Property Technology Industry

Intel profit dives 25 percent amid PC market slump

A bright spot was Intel's Data Center Group, where revenue was up 7.5 percent

By Agam Shah

Apr 16, 2013 3 mins

Technology Industry

Open your data to the world

Not having an API is becoming like not having a website

By Neil Savage

Apr 16, 2013 11 mins

Java Open Source Web Development

Java 7 Update 21 to fix bugs, change applet warning messages

The new update will fix 42 security issues, 39 of which are remotely exploitable

By Lucian Constantin

Apr 16, 2013 3 mins

Java Patch Management Software Technology Industry

Eric Schmidt: Google won’t thwart Facebook Home

Google's Motorola division is also working on 'phenomenal' new products, Schmidt says

By Chris Kanaracus

Apr 16, 2013 3 mins

Mobile Development Technology Industry

Oracle to release 128 patches for apps, database, and middleware

Oracle is also planning to ship this week a Java SE patch set that contains 42 security fixes

By Chris Kanaracus

Apr 16, 2013 2 mins

App Testing Patch Management Software Technology Industry

Symantec report finds small businesses battered by cyber crime

Companies with 250 employees or less absorbed 18 percent of targeted cyber attacks in 2011 but 31 percent in 2012

By Jeremy Kirk

Apr 16, 2013 2 mins

Cybercrime Hacking Malware

Google search manipulation starves some websites of traffic

Harvard study shows 80 percent drop in algorithmic traffic to five online travel agencies, while click-through rates for paid advertising jumped 160 percent

By Jeremy Kirk

Apr 16, 2013 3 mins

Software Development Technology Industry Web Development

Twitter and Facebook can prove invaluable in a crisis, but are also a conduit for misinformation and hoaxes

By Zach Miners

Apr 16, 2013 4 mins

Technology Industry Twitter

Google discloses tech specs and developer API for Glass

The API is, however, a limited developer preview, Google said

By John Ribeiro

Apr 16, 2013 3 mins

Consumer Electronics Technology Industry

Dell affirms commitment to Windows RT

Dell is developing a successor to its XPS 10 Windows RT tablet, despite mixed reaction to Microsoft's OS

By Agam Shah

Apr 15, 2013 4 mins

Dell Small and Medium Business Technology Industry

US House to vote on CISPA cyber threat bill this week

Controversial information-sharing bill is scheduled for a Thursday vote

By Grant Gross

Apr 15, 2013 4 mins

Data and Information Security Privacy Technology Industry

Report: Verizon wants to buy Clearwire spectrum

An offer for some leases would further complicate the financial wrangling between Sprint, Clearwire, Softbank, and Dish

By Stephen Lawson

Apr 15, 2013 3 mins

Small and Medium Business Sprint Technology Industry

Citrix bequeaths Xen to the Linux Foundation

Work on the Xen hypervisor will continue as a Linux Foundation Creative Project

By Joab Jackson

Apr 15, 2013 2 mins

Citrix Systems Open Source Technology Industry

Data migration is hard to do

On the challenges and rewards of data munging and data migration

By Paul Venezia

Apr 15, 2013 6 mins

Data Management Java Software Development

Dell dives deeper into SDN with new hardware and software

New top-of-rack switch and Active Fabric software upgrades play into Dell's unified architecture strategy

By Jon Gold

Apr 15, 2013 2 mins

Dell Technology Industry

AppliedMicro, Altera team to speed up ARM servers

Companies will collaborate to bring Applied Micro's 64-bit X-Gene chips with Altera's FPGAs in ARM servers

By Agam Shah

Apr 15, 2013 2 mins

Technology Industry

OpenStack gains momentum as vendors give Grizzly a bear hug

HP, NetApp, and an array of cloud startups roll out new cloud offerings built around OpenStack Grizzly

By Ted Samson

Apr 15, 2013 4 mins

Cloud Computing

EU’s proposed Google antitrust settlement angers search rivals

Proposed remedies play into Google's hands by continuing discrimination against other search companies, says complainant

By Jennifer Baker

Apr 15, 2013 4 mins

Software Development Technology Industry

Rackspace to offer OpenStack deployments for service providers

OpenStack deployments will be interoperable, enabling Rackspace to create a federated OpenStack cloud network from different providers

By Joab Jackson

Apr 15, 2013 3 mins

IaaS Open Source Rackspace

Report: Microsoft may also make smart watches

Suppliers told a newspaper that Microsoft is sourcing components for what could be a prototype touch-enabled smart watch

By John Ribeiro

Apr 15, 2013 2 mins

Technology Industry

Adoption of DDR4 memory facing delays

The fall of the PC market and subsequent stabilization of DRAM prices could mean a longer life for DDR3 DRAM

By Agam Shah

Apr 12, 2013 5 mins

Technology Industry

Dell: Little momentum in ARM servers until 64-bit processors

There's more to an ARM server than just running the LAMP stack, says one of Dell's top system designers

By Agam Shah

Apr 12, 2013 4 mins

Dell Technology Industry

Windows XP’s looming retirement won’t shake PC business out of sales funk

But it might help Microsoft offset Windows revenue declines as companies splurge on pricy in-place upgrades for existing hardware.

By Gregg Keizer

Apr 12, 2013 4 mins

Small and Medium Business Software Development

New data center survey shows mediocre results for energy efficiency

The 'average' large data center has a PUE of 2.9, worse than previous studies had indicated

By James Niccolai

Apr 12, 2013 4 mins

Technology Industry

Startup aims SDN technology at Cisco WANs

SDNs aren't just for data center networks, despite the best-use-case-scenario arguments for network virtualization and flow management pervading the industry.

By Jim Duffy

Apr 12, 2013 3 mins

Technology Industry