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5 free Android security apps: Keep your smartphone safe
Worried that your smartphone may be vulnerable to malware or thieves? We look at five free Android apps that can help. Read More


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Introducing BlackBerry Mobile Fusion
Now all personal and corporate-owned BlackBerry® smartphone and BlackBerry® PlayBook™ devices can seamlessly access business data and applications on a single, secure management platform. Soon, Apple® iOS and Google® Android™ devices will be able to do the same. Learn how this new approach will end mobile chaos at blackberry.com/mobilefusion.

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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization:
1. Updated KVM hypervisor; 2. Industry-leading performance and scalability levels; 3. A power-user portal that lets you provision virtual machines, define templates, and administer your environments; 4.New multi-level administrative capabilities, improving product functionality for very large deployments Learn more

Apple moves toward digital unity with Mountain Lion
It was clear with the release of Lion in 2011 that Apple's OS X and iOS feature sets were joining forces; that trend will continue this year with the release of OS X Mountain Lion. Read More

Microsoft doubles support lifespan for consumer Windows 7, Vista
Microsoft has quietly extended support for the consumer versions of Windows 7 and Windows Vista by five years, syncing them with the lifespan of enterprise editions. Read More

Europe plans exascale funding above U.S. levels
The European Commission plans to double its investment in the push for exascale computing, even as European governments impose austerity measures elsewhere. Read More

FAQ: What's what in OS X Mountain Lion?
Last week, Apple took most Mac users by surprise when it released a developers preview of Mountain Lion, the company's upcoming desktop OS. We're here to fill in some of the blanks about the new cat. Read More

OS X Mountain Lion: A big cat for business?
OS X Mountain Lion is something of a mixed bag for enterprise environments: it adds some very useful features, but its tight integration with iCloud could raise red flags for CIOs and IT pros, says columnist Ryan Faas. Read More

From CIO.com: The Best Cities for Finding IT Jobs in 2012
With the help of three national IT staffing firms, CIO.com pinpointed eight U.S. cities that offer enterprising, mobile IT professionals the best chances of finding jobs. We also identified the industries in each of those markets that have the most openings, and the IT skills that organizations in those cities are seeking. Read More

The Agile Business: CIOs: Your next hire might not be an IT pro
In 2012 a preferred IT candidate might be someone with a background in business rather than technology, who has sought supplementary tech certifications. How can this be? Read More

U.S. lawmakers want FTC to probe Google over Safari cookies
Three lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives have asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether last week's report of privacy violations of Safari users by Google violated a consent agreement the company had reached with the FTC last year. Read More

Elgan: Rise of the 'phablet'
Sunday's launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note should be one of the biggest smartphone launches ever -- its screen is 5.3 in. diagonally. Read More


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Understand Your Data: The Future of Backup and Archiving
Join us to hear the impact of private and public cloud solutions, "big data" and your choices while market evolves. Learn More

Antenna Software launches cloud-based mobile app service
Antenna Software today unveiled cloud-based software called AMPchroma for designing, testing and managing mobile apps and mobile websites. Read More

Anonymous threatens to DDOS root Internet servers
An upcoming campaign announced by the hacking group Anonymous directed against the Internet's core address lookup system is unlikely to cause much damage, according to one security expert. Read More

Foxconn to increase workers' wages in China
Apple supplier Foxconn Technology said on Saturday it had raised wages for its assembly line workers in China by 16 to 25 percent, as the company faces public scrutiny for its working conditions at its factories. Read More

Mozilla gives CAs a chance to come clean about certificate policy violations
Mozilla has asked all certificate authorities (CAs) to revoke subordinate CA certificates currently used for corporate SSL traffic management, offering an amnesty to any CAs that had breached Mozilla's conditions for having their root certificates ship with its products. Read More

China's ZTE unveils two Android 4.0 LTE phones
Chinese handset maker ZTE announced two LTE smartphones on Monday, its first phones running Android 4.0. Read More

Apple files EU patent complaint against Motorola Mobility
Apple has asked the European Commission to intervene in its patent battle with Motorola Mobility, according to a filing with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) made by Motorola Mobility late Friday. Read More

DOJ files additional charges in Megaupload case
The operators of file-sharing site Megaupload are facing new charges, after the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a superseding indictment charging the nine defendants with additional counts of criminal copyright infringement and wire fraud. Read More

Congress passes bill that opens up TV spectrum
The U.S. Congress has passed legislation that will allow the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to set aside a piece of unlicensed spectrum before new mobile spectrum auctions, despite opposition from some lawmakers who wanted all the available spectrum to be auctioned. Read More

Jonny Evans: Collected: Video and news on Apple's OS X Mountain Lion
Apple has introduced Mountain Lion, its name for the next version of OS X, due to ship in summer. I've gathered some little-known news and a clutch of video guides to the new OS, take a look. Read More

IT Blogwatch: Apple greens up its image with solar, biogas
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) wants you to know it cares about the environment. It's telling us that its new NC data center has loads of solar panels, plus fuel cells powered by biogas. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers plan a pomaceous planet. Read More

 
 
 

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