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• Google Researcher Reveals Zero-Day Windows Bug

  May 24, 2013

  Bug hunter criticizes Microsoft's "great hostility" to outside security researchers, releases proof-of-concept exploit for unpatched zero-day...

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• iOS 7 Undergoing Ive-Led Transformation

  May 24, 2013

  Sweeping changes are in store for Apple's smartphone operating system.

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• Contender For U.K. Smart Meter Rollout: Game On

  May 24, 2013

  SmartReach, a joint venture comprised of several tech and communications companies, has developed communications technology for the U.K's planned...

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• Facebook Kills HTC 'First' European Debut

  May 24, 2013

  Facebook asks European partners to stall planned launch of HTC First smartphone as it scurries to revamp Facebook Home.

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• SAP Loses 'Cloud DNA' As Lars Dalgaard Steps Down

  May 24, 2013

  SuccessFactors founder and CEO resigns from SAP Executive Board and will leave the company June 1.

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• White House Announces Mobile Security Guidelines

  May 24, 2013

  U.S. CIO VanRoekel says future for government is one where mobile is the default computing platform; highlights accomplishments of Digital...

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• Joyent Matches Amazon Cloud Infrastructure Prices

  May 24, 2013

  Joyent expands instance types to match Amazon's in size and price, adds "reserved" instances to better compete.

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• Microsoft To Windows 8 Haters: Try This Mouse

  May 24, 2013

  Windows 8 has been a particularly big flop on the desktop. Can a mouse designed to make the OS friendlier help?

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• 5 Ways To Get Big Data Plans Moving

  May 24, 2013

  Are your analytics efforts getting bogged down in all the data streaming in from social, apps, surveys and other channels? Here's how to get unstuck.

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• Google Cuts Prices On New Datastore Service

  May 24, 2013

  Google reduces per-gigabyte pricing for Cloud Datastore by 25%, reflecting falling cloud storage prices; read operations are cheaper, too.

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• Salesforce.com Shares Slide Despite Revenue Growth

  May 24, 2013

  Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff takes the long view while Wall Street reacts to a lower-than-expected outlook.

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• NASA Crowns Space Apps Challenge Winners

  May 23, 2013

  Interplanetary weather app that integrates weather data from Mars and Earth is among the winners of the competition.

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• Apple Again Faces Mirror Worlds In Court

  May 23, 2013

  Defunct software company expands patent infringement suit to include Best Buy, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and Samsung.

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• Linux-Based Education OS Gets New Features

  May 23, 2013

  Edubuntu update includes several new packages, including a touch-typing tutor and a mindmapping tool.

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• Soros Invests $75M In London Fiber-Optic Startup

  May 23, 2013

  Hyperoptic plans to implement "fiber-to-the-home" broadband technology in more than 500,000 British households within 5 years.

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• Microsoft Cloud Gets Internet2 Expressway To Universities

  May 23, 2013

  Microsoft's cloud data centers get direct peering with Internet2, the high-speed network for education and research. This gives schools faster...

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• British Tax Authority Criticized On Data Handling

  May 23, 2013

  Weakness in the data handling capacity of the U.K.'s equivalent to the IRS is leading to billions being lost to error or deception it can't...

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• CIO Tough Love: Agility Demands Increasing

  May 23, 2013

  IT leaders, brace yourself for pain as you push for agility. Business needs are emerging so rapidly that tools don't exist to support them, said...

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• IBM Makes Case For 'Fast Government'

  May 23, 2013

  New report says federal agencies can improve performance by implementing gaming, mobile and other technologies that speed up operations.

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• DOD Seeks Commercial EHR

  May 23, 2013

  Hagel shoots down possibility of DOD adopting VA's Vista and sinks the joint iEHR. Epic Systems might win out.

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• 'Third-Wave' Tech Tools Reshape Agencies: Kundra

  May 23, 2013

  Cloud, social and mobile technologies are poised to help governments deliver new levels of customer service to citizens, says former U.S. CIO...

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• HP's New PCs: Everything But The Kitchen Sink

  May 23, 2013

  Wide variety of new hardware means HP is either adapting to consumer preferences -- or struggling to decide what will resonate.

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• Strike Back If China Steals IP, Companies Told

  May 23, 2013

  Bipartisan report argues that businesses should be allowed to retrieve stolen intellectual property from attackers' networks.

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• Mailbox For iPad Tames Gmail Inbox

  May 23, 2013

  Popular email app Mailbox competes directly with Gmail's own Gmail app for iOS.

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• CloudCheckr Monitors Amazon GovCloud

  May 23, 2013

  Amazon cloud performance monitoring system goes a step further than competitors with specialized version that complies with federal security...

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