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Oregon is suing Oracle over its failed healthcare enrollment website

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum is taking Oracle to court. The state of Oregon is unhappy with the performance of the website that Oracle built for its Obamacare rollout. The...

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eBay sold over $2 billion in Apple products last year in the U.S. alone

Apple just announced its earning results for the third quarter of their 2014 fiscal year, but it is not the only one raking in cash via sales of its products....

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Researchers at MIT have developed a 36-core processor

We are more or less familiar with the presence of mobile devices these days that sport dual-core and quad-core, and in some cases, octa-core chipsets, but what about this new...

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This man is facing jail-time and deportation for leaking Microsoft software

Earlier this week, a man accused of stealing trade secrets from Microsoft and handing them to a French blogger was sentenced to three months in jail and a $100 fine...

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Google intends to spend $20 to $30 billion on international acquisitions

A recent document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shows that Google has a mountain of funds it plans to use for potential international acquisitions. The SEC recently...

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Australian customs seize numerous tasers disguised as iPhones

Given how used we are at seeing smartphones in everyone’s hand these days, we don’t really give it much thought, except that it is possible that the next iPhone 4 you see...

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People could soon turn to the black market for Windows XP updates

Microsoft ended general support for Windows XP earlier this month and now anyone who wants to get continued patches has to fork over extra cash to Microsoft. However,Computerworld’s Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols points out that...

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Google considers deploying Wi-Fi networks in Fiber cities

Google is planning to offer Wi-Fi networks in the cities where it supplies fiber internet,according to documents being circulated to the next 34 cities on Mountain View's broadband hit list. Earlier this...

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NTT Communications announces browser-to-browser chat service

NTT Communications, the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, announced today the immediate start of a free trial for its “WebRTC Chat on Skyway” web application, which...

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HP to pay $108 million fine for bribing officials in Mexico and Eastern Europe

Hewlett-Packard has agreed to pay a $108 million fine to resolve allegations that its subsidiaries bribed officials in Poland, Russia and Mexico to win business contracts, the company and federal...

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Devices using Intel chips to receive exclusive content

Everyone including Intel probably knows that they’re late to the mobile game which is currently dominated by ARM and companies that rely on their technology and architecture, such as Qualcomm,...

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Hackers can steal money from ATMs by sending them a text message

When you think of hackers hacking ATMs, you probably envision them holding tools that plugs into the ATM, or perhaps create ATM card skimmers that lets them steal account information...

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