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A second major cyber breach that might reveal far more personal and damaging information appears to have hit the U.S. government's Office of Personnel… mehr
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The U.S. Department of Labor plans to investigate whether H-1B workers can be used to replace U.S. IT workers, according to U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill) and… mehr
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Google is more willing to cooperate with UK intelligence agencies' requests for data than some of its competitors, according to former GCHQ director Sir… mehr
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules went into effect Friday, after an appeals court denied multiple requests to delay them… mehr
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Beleaguered smartphone manufacturer Blackberry could go Android with its next device, abandoning development of its own platform in the interest of getting a… mehr
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Amazon Web Services has launched new, more powerful general-purpose and data-warehouse virtual servers as it works to stay ahead of the competition by offering… mehr
A bill aimed at making it more difficult for so-called patent trolls to file unfair patent-infringement lawsuits has passed in a U.S. House of Representatives… mehr
Nokia never joined the smartwatch craze before it got swallowed up by Microsoft last year, but that doesn't mean the company had zero plans to do so. mehr
During your time on LinkedIn, you've probably come across a few egomaniacal profiles that made you roll your eyes, maybe even laugh out loud, U.K.-based… mehr
Dragons' Den star James Caan this week urged people to go out and start a business, adding that it's possible to create billion pound companies with… mehr
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Microsoft will breathe life into Windows Live Writer by open sourcing the eight-year-old blog-publishing tool, a company manager said earlier this week. mehr
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, ranked as the most authoritative science and technology think tank in the U.S. (second in the world… mehr
Last week, the IRS released an updated damage estimate of the hack of the tax transcript request website -- cyberthieves used the transcripts to file… mehr
Apple singlehandedly turned the digital music marketplace on its head when it launched the iTunes Store in 2003, and now it's going after the current… mehr
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UK domain registry Nominet has shown off a striking new visualisation tool called 'turing' that large organisations can use to peer into their DNS… mehr
Dem Computersystem des Bundestags droht der totale Crash. Viele Parlamentarier fühlen sich in ihrer Arbeit massiv eingeschränkt. Andere geben sich ganz… mehr
Dell has revealed it will launch a a dedicated Internet of Things (IoT) lab in Limerick, Ireland to focus on creating end to end IoT software, hardware and… mehr
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It's too soon to call 3D imaging affordable for the masses, but with this $299 3D Capture Stage (the small, silvery cylinder supporting the dinosaur),… mehr
The road to Contently Summit is lined with the homeless who live in the shadow of City Hall's towering dome. Along Market Street, the sour stench of urine… mehr
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has cautioned PayPal that provisions in its new user agreement for contacting customers with autodialed or… mehr
The number of LTE subscriptions will pass 1 billion before the end of the year, prompting operators to invest in technologies such as small cells to keep up. mehr
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A deal for Taiwanese PC maker Asustek Computer to buy struggling phone-maker HTC makes sense to some, and on Friday Asus's chairman said he wouldn't… mehr
Amazon will mit einem neuen Standort in Berlin die Chancen der Digitalisierung ausloten. Auf rund 6000 Quadratmetern arbeiten Hunderte Software-Entwickler an… mehr
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Just two weeks ago, the Disney ABC Television Group told a team of approximately 30 to 35 application developers that they were being laid off. Their jobs were… mehr
Nach dem 13 Zoll Macbook Pro mit Retina Display bringt Apple nun auch das 15 Zoll Modell auf einen neuen Stand – allerdings nicht ganz so konsequent. mehr
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has cautioned PayPal that provisions in its new user agreement for contacting customers with autodialed or… mehr
Chinese search giant Baidu has fired one of its researchers, after the company found he had deliberately broken the rules of an artificial intelligence contest. mehr
Xbox One sales in April gave Microsoft a glimmer of hope in the console market, but the PlayStation 4 retook the top position in the U.S. last month, according… mehr
Speculation about whether the Islamic State (IS) group is using bitcoin intensified Thursday in the U.S. when government officials said a Virginia teenager… mehr
The OpenSSL project has released several patches for moderate flaws, including an additional defense against the Logjam vulnerability revealed last month. mehr
Dick Costolo has stepped down as CEO of Twitter after five years on the job, relinquishing his post amid longstanding problems including sluggish growth and… mehr
A union representing U.S. government workers says it believes detailed personal information on millions of current and former federal employees that was stolen… mehr
It's been two years since Google first disclosed Project Loon, and while the company continues to keep most details of the project secret, the technology… mehr
