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The true root causes of software security failures

May 21,2013 20:56

Developers being overly trusting is one of them.

Microsoft may be scanning your Skype messages

May 21,2013 20:40

If you have any expectations about the privacy of your Skype communications, you may want to reassess them.

Touchscreen notebooks snag 10 percent of the laptop market, report claims

May 21,2013 20:40

Windows 8 was rebuilt from the ground up with a finger-friendly focus. That proved to be a problem during the operating system's early days. In the months immediately after launch, touchscreen Windows devices cost an arm and a leg, and that's if you could even find one; during the 2012 holiday season shoppers were hard-pressed to find a touch-based laptop.

Awesome video shows Leap Motion's Windows 8 gesture control capabilities

May 21,2013 20:40

Leap Motion doesn't have to replace your PC's mouse, but it certainly can.

Google trumpets small speed boost to Chrome 27

May 21,2013 20:36

Google today upgraded Chrome to version 27, touting it as 5% faster as it patched 13 vulnerabilities.

Cyborgs arrive! Scientists build 3D printed ear

May 21,2013 17:24

Merging electronics with human tissue, scientists at Princeton University have used 3D printing tools to build a functioning ear. Yes, an ear.

Mageia Linux 3 brings a raft of key updates

May 21,2013 16:24

Mageia has long been what you might call a "best-kept secret" of the Linux world, consistently residing among the top five distributions in DistroWatch's page-hit rankings despite minimal marketing and hoopla.

Pentagon clearance for iOS could open even more doors for Apple in the private sector

May 21,2013 16:24

The Pentagon's decision to grant Apple the security clearance required for iOS 6 devices to go head-to-head with BlackBerry 10 and certain Samsung Galaxy S4 devices on secure military networks could have with a cascading effect that spills over into the private sector.

10 tech patents that should have been rejected

May 21,2013 16:23

Welcome to the wacky world of tech patents--a place where you'll find not just the crazy-sounding ideas that inhabit any category of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but some ideas that seem so minute or so obvious that you wonder how they ever qualified as patentworthy.

The whole enchilada: Integrated compute platforms steamroll across IT

May 21,2013 15:50

Vendors are rebuilding the mainframe with converged infrastructure, collapsed kit or integrated compute platforms -- whatever you want to call it. And customers are loving it.

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