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Article | 4/02/2012 AMD's move could pave the way for ARM in future chips

Advanced Micro Devices has loosened its commitment to the x86 architecture, announcing a new design strategy that could pave the way for using ARM tec...

Article | 4/02/2012 Facebook malware scam takes hold

A "worrying number" of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the U.S. has attacked Iran and Saudi Arabia, ...

Article | 4/02/2012 Micron CEO dies in plane crash

Steve Appleton, chairman and CEO of memory and semiconductor maker Micron, was killed in a small plane accident in Boise, Idaho, on Friday.

Article | 4/02/2012 Office 365's Lync Online to gain interop with consumer IM networks

Lync Online, the instant messaging, online meeting and PC-to-PC voice and video communications tool in Office 365, will gain interoperability with non...

Article | 4/02/2012 Systems management, cloud services likely in Dell's software acquisition plans

Dell's formation of a new software group, which was <a href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/careers/3334951/dell-forms-software-group-names-john-...

Article | 4/02/2012 Apple removes, than replaces products from German online store

Apple on Friday removed some of its products from its online store serving Germany due to a court injunction in its dispute with Motorola, but shortly...

Article | 4/02/2012 Who really was behind the SOPA protests?

Some critics have blamed Silicon Valley tech firms for the massive online protests last month against two controversial copyright bills. Other groups ...

Article | 4/02/2012 Leaked EU memo highlights concerns over data retention law

Digital rights groups in Europe have called for a ban on blanket data retention after a leaked internal memo from the European Commission admitted tha...

Article | 4/02/2012 Anonymous releases recording between FBI, UK law enforcement

The politically-motivated hacking group Anonymous released on Friday a 17-minute recording of a conference call between U.S. and British law enforceme...

Article | 4/02/2012 PHP 5.3.10 fixes critical remote code execution vulnerability

The PHP Group <a href="http://www.php.net/archive/2012.php#id2012-02-02-1">released PHP 5.3.10</a> on Thursday in order to address a critical security...

Article | 4/02/2012 India to auction 2G spectrum from scandal-tainted licenses

India initiated plans Friday to auction 2G spectrum, a day after the country's Supreme Court ordered licenses and spectrum issued in 2008 to be cancel...

Article | 4/02/2012 Google won't delay new privacy policy despite EU concerns

Google does not plan to delay its new privacy policy despite calls from Europe's data protection watchdog.

Article | 3/02/2012 Symantec warns of Android Trojans that mutate with every download

Researchers from security vendor Symantec <a href="http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/server-side-polymorphic-android-applications">have identified...

Article | 3/02/2012 RIM offers free PlayBook to attract Android developers

Research in Motion is trying to woo developers by giving a free BlackBerry Playbook tablet to coders who port their Android application for its BlackB...

Article | 2/02/2012 Gaming Top 5: The gaming industry's most disastrous promotional stunts

Video games are big business and convincing consumers to buy the latest game is a challenge many developers and publishers have to contend with. Compa...

Article | 3/02/2012 Wall Street Beat: Facebook rides wave of tech, Internet IPOs

Facebook may end up being the biggest name on the IPO calendar this year, but it's also part of a trend in which technology, and particularly Internet...

Article | 3/02/2012 Dual-mode 3G M2M asset tracking can span regions

Enterprises can track assets all over the world using one M2M (machine-to-machine) device with both CDMA and GSM radios, announced on Thursday by Spri...

Article | 3/02/2012 World Tech Update, February 3, 2012

World Tech Update

Article | 3/02/2012 World Tech Update, February 3, 2012

World Tech Update

Article | 3/02/2012 AMD puts the brakes on adding more cores to server chips

Advanced Micro Devices has put the brakes on adding more cores to its server chips, stopping at 16, the company said Thursday during a financial analy...