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Lenovo's Fiscal Q4 Profit Up 59 Percent
Study: Patriot Act Gives US Government No Special Acess to Cloud Data
Wed, May 23, 2012 - Other countries also can obtain personal data stored in the cloud, an international law firm found
Facebook to Settle Class-action Suit Over Sponsored Stories
Tue, May 22, 2012 - The parties say they have agreed 'in principle' to settle
Steve Jobs Biopic will be Filmed in the Garage Where Apple Began
Tue, May 22, 2012 - jOBS, the Steve Jobs biopic, will be filmed in actual locations such as Jobs' childhood home and the garage where Apple began, it has been revealed.
The Best Phones From Every Carrier
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Whether you're on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, or Verizon, terrific handsets abound. Here are the best bets to replace your old clunker.
"Liberating" Your Data from Google, and What that Really Means
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Google Takeout, which lets you download a copy of your Google presence, turns one year old next month.
Facebook Vs Google: By the Numbers
Tue, May 22, 2012 - With the world's largest social networking website, Facebook, going public it is quite obvious that comparisons with Google will crop up. We have collated some figures and here is a list of numbers comparing the two giants.
Amazon's Android Appstore Allows Users to Test Apps on Phones
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Amazon has more than 5,000 Android apps ready to use the Test Drive feature, and it aims to make the entire Appstore catalog available.
Youtube Appeals German Content Filtering Verdict
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Both YouTube and the music royalty collecting agency GEMA are appealing the verdict
Google Seals the Deal on $12.5B Motorola Acquisition
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Google has officially closed its acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, putting the search giant in charge of a major smartphone, tablet and set-top box maker.
Google Becomes Hardware Company with $12.5B Motorola Buy
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Company pushes Android and aims for enterprise with the Motorola Mobility acquisition.
Via Announces $49 PC with Android OS
Tue, May 22, 2012 - The new PC is a mini-motherboard designed to run basic Internet tasks.
10 Years Later, Alcatel-lucent Revisits Cisco and Juniper in the Core
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Alcatel-Lucent is set to give Cisco and Juniper another run for the money in core routing 10 years after its initial attempt failed.
Windows 8 Touchscreen Devices to Be Priced Higher, Dell Says
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Windows 8 PCs and laptops with touchscreens will cost a bit more to buy, Michael Dell says
Facebook Stock Slumps for Third Day
Tue, May 22, 2012 - In its third day of trading, Facebook's stock is still in a slump, taking the shine off the frenzy that led up to the company's initial public offering (IPO) last week.
Facebook Tests Timeline Redesign
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Facebook's Timeline profiles may be getting a redesign, but this one probably won't trigger a backlash.
5 Things to Look Forward to in Linux Mint 13 "Maya"
Tue, May 22, 2012 - There's been much attention focused lately on Canonical's recently released Ubuntu Linux 12.04 "Precise Pangolin," but it's by no means the only popular Linux distribution out there with a major update in the offing.
Ballmer: Windows 8 Will Bring "Rebirth" of Microsoft OS
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer thinks that Windows 8 is the most important piece of work the Redmond-based company has ever done.
Updated SDK From Soti Allows Businesses to Remotely Control Apple Mobile Devices
Tue, May 22, 2012 - IPads, iPod Touches and iPhones will gain a feature that has been available in PCs for years, Soti's CEO says
SAP buying e-commerce vendor Ariba for $4.3 billion
Tue, May 22, 2012 - The move expands SAP's presence in cloud software
Verizon Looks to Alcatel's New Core Router for Capacity, Efficiency
Tue, May 22, 2012 - The carrier is first to say it will use the 7950 XRS platform announced on Tuesday
Dell's Profit Shrinks in the First Quarter
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Dell's overall revenue falls by 4 percent and consumer revenue falls by 12 percent.
CIOs Mull How to Innovate and Tighten Belts Simultaneously
Tue, May 22, 2012 - Run IT like a business, says one panelist at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
NFC Use Growing Outside Smartphones
Tue, May 22, 2012 - NFC antennas and stickers are making their way to cases, multimedia gateways, ultrabooks and stickers
Microsoft Beats Data-sorting Record with New Approach
Tue, May 22, 2012 - A new approach, called Flat Datacenter Storage, pushes computational sorting to each data server


