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Smartphones attract organized, international, profit-driven scammers
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Innovation smackdown: Hurd vs. Torvalds
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Experimental broadband management app could keep ISPs honest
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Skype buy, Windows Phone 'Mango' update highlight Microsoft mobile strategy
The success of both the Apple iPad and Google's Android operating system has sent a clear signal to Microsoft that mobility is the future. Read More

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Samsung and Acer will begin selling notebook PCs running Google's Chrome OS in June, as Google presses ahead with its project to position this new operating system designed specifically for Web applications as a viable option for consumers and businesses. Read More


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Google's Android tablet update: Four key PC-like features
Google released an update to its Android 3.0 ("Honeycomb") tablet operating system today, with several features intended to make Android tablets function more like PCs. Read More

HP To Cisco: "We Try Harder"
Yesterday at Interop, HP General Manager and EVP Dave Donatelli did something unusual in his keynote address. Rather than go into the standard industry rhetoric around cloud computing and mobile device ga ga, Dave took the opportunity to call out industry big-wig Cisco Systems. Mocking Cisco for its lack of innovation and high pricing, Dave boldly announce HP as the new alternative to Cisco hegemony.... Read More

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The rising use of SSL raises new risks
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