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Motorola Mobility is by far Google's biggest acquisition ever
Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility is far and away Google's biggest-ever purchase -- in fact, it's greater than Google's next 10 biggest acquisitions combined and only its third above a billion dollars. Read More


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Tips and tricks for protecting Android devices
Android doesn't rival BlackBerry when it comes to security and enterprise support. But Android devices can still be reasonably secure. Here are some tips to help you protect your investment, privacy, and data. Read More

US and UK zombies demand top dollar
Denizens of the malware underworld who sell access to compromised computers do so at varying rates depending on where the machines are located, researchers told the Usenix Security Symposium this week. Read More

Driver using two cell phones gets 12 month driving ban
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Google lashes out at patent trolls with Motorola buy
Google is apparently sick of being pushed around by patent attorneys from Microsoft and Apple. Read More

Has Google Shot Android In The Foot?
Big news today (as in 12.5B big) is that Google has bought Motorola Mobility Holdings, the company behind the popular Droid phones for 12.5 Billion dollars in cash. A good and quick result so soon after Motorola split itself in two just a short time ago. The deal was apparently attractive to Google on two fronts. Read More

Memo to Microsoft: Don't Panic over Motorola
Google made a defensive move against Apple and Microsoft. Microsoft should not have a knee-jerk response over this. Read More


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11 hard truths about HTML5
HTML5 heralds some nifty new features and the potential for sparking a Web programming paradigm shift, and as everyone who has read the tech press knows, there is nothing like HTML5 for fixing the Internet. Sprinkle some HTML5 into your code, and your websites will be faster and fancier -- it'll make your teeth white, too. But the reality of what HTML5 can do for those seeking native-app performance on the Web falls short of the hype. Read More

Smartphones and corporate websites, a required match
If I remember correctly, not long after the original Apple iPhone went on sale The New York Times ran a story indicating surprise that a relatively large number of poorer people were buying the expensive phone. After some pondering, the Times concluded that the cost of the iPhone was actually small when compared to a personal computer and Internet service. The iPhone was a way that people who could not otherwise afford to be on the Internet could get reliable, reasonable speed, access for not much more per month than they were already paying for their current cellphones. Read More

Clemson IT team embraces call to be entrepreneurial
Five years ago Clemson University named James Bottum chief information officer and gave him the mandate to overhaul the school's IT infrastructure and build out a high performance computing environment. The goal: catapult the school into a leading research university and help attract faculty and students. Read More

Pharmaceutical firm retires Microsoft environment for cloud services
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