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Mon, February 06, 2012 - Anyone wanting to buy mobile-device management (MDM) software to manage Apple iOS devices will find they need a special digital certificate from Apple to activate it, a requirement that doesn't apply to the same MDM software that would be used to manage Google Android devices, for instance.

Mon, February 06, 2012 - Pennsylvania State University researchers have devised optical fiber with a built-in integrated electronic component

Mon, February 06, 2012 - Federal regulations forbid making calls from cell phones while aboard U.S. commercial planes in-flight, but Wi-Fi services could eventually permit voice and video calls over the Internet for a fee.

Mon, February 06, 2012 - Google's grand fiber network experiment is now one step closer to becoming a reality as the company announced that it is "ready to lay fiber" in Kansas City, Kan.

Mon, February 06, 2012 - The trusty telephone is emerging as one of the key elements in new multifactor authentication schemes designed to protect online banking and other web-based financial transactions from rapidly evolving security threats.

Mon, February 06, 2012 - Launched four years ago, the use of Wi-Fi on U.S. airlines has yet to catch on, with estimates that the wireless technology is still used by only 7% of the flying public.

Fri, February 03, 2012 - A question-and-answer session with former Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt.

Thu, February 02, 2012 - "It doesn't matter how good or bad the product is, the fact is that people don't read anymore ... Forty percent of the people in the U.S. read one book or less last year."

Thu, February 02, 2012 - A look back at how the newest dot-com stocks have fared since they hit the market

Thu, February 02, 2012 - Facebook outage on Thursday, a day after the company filed for its initial public offering.