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Samsung claims Ericsson is demanding billions more for patent licenses 27 Aug 2013 | 05:26 pm
Samsung Electronics claims that Ericsson demanded billions more for patent licenses after their license agreement expired in 2007. The company made its claim in a document filed with the U.S. Interna...
HP, Juniper to help VMware take on networks with NSX 27 Aug 2013 | 05:08 pm
VMware's big splash in software-defined networking with its NSX network hypervisor comes with partnerships already in place to flesh out its virtual networks. On Monday, as VMware formally announced ...
IBM's new Power8 doubles performance of Watson chip 27 Aug 2013 | 04:56 pm
IBM for the first time revealed details on Monday of its 12-core Power8 chip, which is twice as fast as the Power7 chip used in the Watson supercomputer. To make the chip faster, IBM has turned to a ...
US regulators explore rules for Bitcoin 27 Aug 2013 | 04:43 pm
A Bitcoin trade group met with representatives of several U.S government agencies Monday as regulators debate whether the online currency should comply with currency rules.
Sept. 23 deadline looms for business compliance with HITECH Act on patient privacy 27 Aug 2013 | 04:28 pm
Organizations handling protected health information (PHI) have until Sept. 23 to comply with new security and privacy requirements that were included in the Health Information Technology for Economic ...
Microsoft will craft XP patches after April '14 -- but not for you 27 Aug 2013 | 04:03 pm
Just because Microsoft doesn't plan on giving Windows XP patches to the public after April 8, 2014, doesn't mean it's going to stop making those patches. In fact, Microsoft will be creating security u...
Finally, mobile management both IT and users can get behind 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Every week, some company pitches a better way to manage apps or content on mobile devices, but when I look at them I find the usual straitjacketed tools that users would deem too limiting to be worthw...
3 tips for Microsoft's next CEO: How to handle Windows Azure 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
By now, you've surely heard: Steve Ballmer is stepping down, after serving at Microsoft for 33 years overall, including 13 years as CEO. The move is due, at least in part, to the company's poor perfor...
Quantum cryptography is the last, best defense 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Quantum computing has long confused and challenged the best of us. You can read only so many technical details before your head explodes.
Understanding the software-defined data center 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
The tech industry absolutely loves its buzzwords. Once a buzzword is born, it seems to take on a life of its own. Eventually it will be stretched to the point where its original meaning is almost comp...
