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PC laptops and accidental damage: Best and worst warranties 2014
Whoops, I broke it again. When shopping for a new PC, laptop, or ultrabook, make sure you investigate the terms of your warranty and the optional accidental damage coverage policies...
AT&T: We don’t have to disclose any NSA co-operation, not even to shareholders
The cellular giant says any such co-operation with the U.S. government in its mass surveillance operations would almost certainly be classified, despite concerns from shareholders. AT&T shareholders are being shut...
Microsoft Windows 7 support and sales cutoff dates worth knowing
Don't worry, though, Windows 7 fans: There's still another year until PC makers won't be allowed to sell new machines with Windows 7 preloaded. The long, slow march toward end-of-life...
Microsoft: US government is an ‘advanced persistent threat’
Microsoft's EVP of Legal and Corporate Affairs outlined the company's new data protection strategy on the basis that the US government is an "advanced persistent threat" — a label used...
Governments planning to control security tech exports
An international arms control regime is planning to create export controls for some software security tools on the grounds that they might be used for nefarious purposes. An international arms...
Open source may be next on Facebook’s mobile agenda
After spending the last 18 months retooling Facebook as a "mobile company," the next front is pushing those developments to the open source community. If there were two themes that...
European Commission clears Microsoft’s Nokia purchase
The EU has approved Microsoft's planned purchase of Nokia's mobile devices and services business. The European Commission concluded that the transaction would not raise any competition concerns The European Commission has...
Java, Reader and Flash are most-exploited Windows programs
A new long-term study by malware research group AV-Test shows that Adobe's Reader and Flash and all versions of Java are together responsible for a total of 66 percent of...
Two million stolen Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, ADP passwords found on Pony Botnet server
Trustwave's SpiderLabs found a Pony Botnet Controller server holding over two million passwords and account credentials for ADP payroll, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo and more belonging to victims around the world....
Red Hat is OpenShifting into the cloud
Best known for its Linux distribution, Red Hat's introduction of OpenShift Enterprise 2 shows that the open-source giant has its eyes on the cloud. Two years ago, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst...
The future of Microsoft Windows: One core and many SKUs
Is Windows RT dead? Is the desktop going away ? What's 'Threshold' got to do with it? Here's my latest attempt to try to make sense of where Microsoft's Windows...
U.S. Department of Justice gives Microsoft-Nokia deal the OK
The U.S. Department of Justice has given its approval to Microsoft's planned $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's devices and services business. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has given its approval...
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