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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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• Twitter Two-Factor Security Combats Takeovers

  May 23, 2013

  Authentication measure comes in wake of Syrian Electronic Army account hacks, further security steps coming.

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• Samsung Touts Galaxy S 4's Quick Rise

  May 23, 2013

  Samsung's Galaxy S 4 is its fastest-shipping smartphone, the company says. HTC's One also moving briskly.

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• HP CEO Whitman Keeps Calm, Carries On

  May 23, 2013

  Hewlett-Packard's second quarter sees big sales declines, but profits exceed forecast and CEO Whitman says problems are under control.

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• Amazon Will Pay Writers Of Fan Fiction

  May 23, 2013

  Kindle Worlds publishing platform promises to let writers of fan fiction share in revenue from the sale of derivative works.

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• How Server Vendors Can Compete In Storage

  May 23, 2013

  Imagine if every server you bought already included all the storage capacity and performance you needed. Here's how server vendors could make it...

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• Why Young IT Pros Should Consider Higher Ed

  May 23, 2013

  In the battle for tech talent, small colleges and universities have a lot to offer Gen Xers and Millennials.

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• Windows 8.1 Timing All Wrong

  May 23, 2013

  Windows 8.1 should be coming out now. Here's why Microsoft can no longer afford to target the fall for new releases.

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• Google's Amit Singh To Talk Enterprise Focus At E2

  May 23, 2013

  Amit Singh, president of Google Enterprise, will give the opening keynote at the upcoming E2 conference. We'll drill down with him on enterprise...

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• Apple Adds Samsung's Galaxy S4 To Lawsuit

  May 22, 2013

  Apple files new complaints against Samsung alleging that the company's Galaxy S4 smartphones violates its Siri patents.

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• Google Search Gets Smarter

  May 22, 2013

  Update to Chrome for Android and desktop computers offers faster speed and better query understanding.

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• Salesforce Debuts Mobile Tools For Government

  May 22, 2013

  Four cloud-based products connect federal, state and local governments with citizens.

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• Dell Launches New Cloud Products For Citrix Users

  May 22, 2013

  Dell's new converged infrastructure and thin client products expand the company's enterprise portfolio -- but can they distract from buyout drama...

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