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Latest Malware Trap: Bogus Celebrity Deaths
After mastering the art of rigging search engine results to spread malware when breaking news and celebrity gossip is trending hot, hackers have decided to just cut out the middleman.
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Btrfs Linux Filesystem Nearing Mainstream
For at least two years, excitement has surrounded the Btrfs Linux filesystem as a successor to current systems, but new improvements could take it over the top.
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Verizon, Free Press Deepen Net Neutrality Feud
War of words escalates between Verizon and Free Press, as the telecom giant defends its net neutrality compromise with Google, which the outspoken advocacy group sees as a death knell for the open Internet.
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Microsoft Pushes Out Exchange 2010 SP1
After a summer of refinements, Microsoft says it is ready to take the wraps off of Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 1, offering updates to the Outlook Web App and a revamped management user interface.
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Dell Matches HP With $1.8B Counteroffer for 3PAR
Sparring continues between the two computing giants in the courtship of storage heavyweight 3PAR, with Dell matching HP's latest offer in a bidding war that could top $2 billion.
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Say What? The Week's Top Five IT Quotes
Why develop for Android, the battle over 3PAR heats up, the U.S.'s cybersecurity shortcomings, and more.
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Intel Snags Infineon Wireless Unit in $1.4B Deal
Chip giant signals its ambitious designs on the mobile sector with the purchase of Infineon's Wireless Solutions division for $1.4 billion in an all-cash deal.
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Microsoft Scores Virtualization Win Over VMware
Microsoft has notched a significant win over rival VMware in the ultra-competitive virtualization space, landing the business of engineering giant CH2M Hill.
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Applicants Alerted to UConn Data Breach
More than 10,000 people who applied to the University of Connecticut between 2004 and 2010 are learning that a stolen laptop has exposed their contact information and Social Security numbers.
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Google Debuts Gmail VoIP Service
New feature builds on Google's recent communications play, enabling users to place calls to landline and wireless phones through the Gmail Web interface.
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Deloitte Finds Shortfall in Business Analytics
Despite the steady proliferation of business analytics and intelligence technology, a large portion of technology firms and other companies are still housing information in separate buckets, according to a new survey from Deloitte.
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Juniper Ramping Media Flow Content Delivery
Networking vendor augments existing software integration with dedicated, Linux-based hardware aimed to broaden the reach of the Media Flow technology Juniper picked up in the Ankeena acquisition.
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Dell Sweetens Offer for 3PAR; Will HP Respond?
Dell did as expected and upped its takeover price for the storage vendor after HP bid up the price. Now the ball is in HP's court.
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Details Surface on Major U.S. Military PC Breach
A foreign spy, sensitive military data on Iraq and Afghanistan operations... and a flash drive. That was all it took for U.S. secrets to wind up in the hands of a rival country, and a senior defense official shares the lessons learned.
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Red Hat Talks Cloud App Management Tech
The Linux player says the cloud should be open and apps able to move between the cloud and the enterprise data center. And it thinks it has the technology that can help.
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Ethernet Switches Rise on Virtualization, Cloud
Latest market snapshot from research firm IDC saw robust growth in the second quarter for Ethernet switching and routing gear, both posting double-digit increases.
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More Security Holes in Software, Fewer Patches
According to IBM's X-Force security research group, vulnerabilities are proliferating, and while companies are getting better about reporting those flaws, the number of unpatched problems continues to rise.
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Microsoft Finalizes Yahoo Search Integration
With the integration of the engineering platforms complete, Microsoft will handle Yahoo search queries in the United States and Canada, while Yahoo wants the world to know that it hasn't given up on the search game.
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RIM Buys Cellmania to Improve App World
The BlackBerry maker snaps up a privately held developer of content delivery and app store infrastructure applications as it fights to keep pace with Apple and Google.
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