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Pay no attention to that widget recording your every move
Ever wonder how much of a time suck Bejeweled is? Or how often your legitimate work-related research on the Web deteriorates into recreational browsing? Now there is software that will tell not only you, but also your boss and your coworkers. Read More


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Modems in the Movies: The Early Years
In 1980s movies, modems had the power to change high school grades, wreck laboratories, and even spark global nuclear conflict. Here are some classic and silly modem movie moments from a time before the technology caught on. Read More

Familiar faces, new names step up at Pwn2Own hacking contest
The Pwn2Own hacking competition returns next month with a record number of contestants looking to break Web browsers and smartphones. Read More

Huawei calls US "bluff," invites probe to clear reputation
Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei wants to clear its reputation and has asked the U.S. government to investigate the company for concerns that it poses a national security risk. Read More

LTE-Advanced mobile standard gets go-ahead from industry
Major handset makers meeting on Friday in Taipei gave their nod to a final version of the world's first advanced LTE mobile data standard, which will raise transfer speeds to 1Gbps. Read More


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Microsoft reveals what went wrong and right on Windows Phone 7 update
Two days after it Windows Phone 7 users began reporting problems due to a "relatively small" firmware update, Microsoft has revealed some of the causes for what went wrong, and right, in the process. Samsung phone users have to wait a bit longer. Read More

Is IT skills gap keeping companies from hiring?
There is a disconnect between students getting high tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. Read More

Anonymous hacks church Web site during live interview
The Anonymous collective today claimed credit for hacking the Web site of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas. Read More

FBI: Internet crime high; types of misdeeds changing
The FBI's 10th annual Internet crime report finds that complaints and money losses are at an almost all-time high with non-delivery of payment or merchandise, scams impersonating the FBI and identity theft leading the top 10 online complaint parade. Read More


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This white paper explains why, contrary to popular belief, modular UPS designs provide superior availability even though they typically contain more parts that could potentially fail. Read More

Amazon wants to make it easier to build complex clouds
With the launch of CloudFormation, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is hoping to make it easier for enterprises to put together stacks of applications and resources for its cloud computing service, the company said on Friday. Read More

802.11u: Wireless 'superglue'?
There's been a lot of talk about the mobile operators using Wi-Fi offload to economically plug coverage gaps in their wireless WANs. So how do the network-to-network transitions actually happen? Read More

Enterprise trade show welcomes back consumer tech
Not only are consumer IT products finding their way into the enterprise, they're also finding their way back into Cebit, one of the world's biggest professional IT shows, which opens in Hanover, Germany, next week. Read More

Discovery blasts off on final NASA space mission
NASA's space shuttle Discovery lifted off on its 39th and final mission into space from Kennedy Space Center late this afternoon. Read More



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