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Well, that was fast. About 24 hours after Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he would move to bring the once-failed Cybersecurity Act of 2012 to the Senate floor for a vote, its opponents shot it down again. Reid's procedural motion to move the bill forward was rejected 51-47 on Wednesday....

Samsung is gearing up to produce plastic flexible displays for mobile devices, the Wall Street Journal reported. The screens are lightweight, nearly unbreakable, and could result in flexible devices down the road. The displays, made from flexible organic light-emitting diodes, reportedly will be released in the first half of 2013....

The plot thickened in the Microsoft saga involving Steven Sinofsky as the former head of Windows took to the blogosphere to set the record straight on rumors he attempted to make a power grab. Among the questions now being debated is whether Sinofsky initiated discussions about merging the Windows and Windows Phone divisions ...

Worldwide mobile phone sales are continuing to take a hit in the sluggish economy even as smartphone figures rise, according to a Gartner report released Tuesday The mobile device industry sold 428 million units in the quarter, a 3 percent drop from the same time last year. Smartphone sales are up 47 percent to 169 million units, however, accountin...

Skype on Wednesday fixed a vulnerability that allowed users' accounts to be hijacked using the password reset process The vulnerability was published two months ago on the Russian site Xeksec....

In a year when precious little seems to have gone right for Facebook, Wednesday was the day an employee lockup on selling some 800 million shares expired. The stock was expected to drop, perhaps dramatically, as a result -- but it didn't. For the most part, Facebook shares hung tough -- increasing by some 11 percent to close the day at US$22.36 a...

Military strikes between Israeli forces and Gazan militants have been particularly intense in recent days, and that aggression has spilled over onto Twitter The verified Twitter account of the Israeli Defense Forces has been tweeting a running commentary about its campaign against militants in Gaza. Militants in Gaza -- both literally and figurativ...

Zynga's chief financial officer is departing for Facebook, yet another blow to the social game-maker, which has been languishing for months and recently trimmed its 2012 outlook The departure of CFO Dave Wehner apparently set into motion a number of changes in the company's executive ranks. David Ko has been named chief operations officer. Barry Co...

Researchers at Stanford University have created a new flexible skin-like material that has the ability to heal itself, which could pave the way for a new generation of prosthetics. Further development could also lead to regeneration of organs and limitless other possibilities Led by Zhenan Bao, Ph.D., a Stanford chemical engineer, the research team...

Last week, AT&T held a meeting for investment analysts. It will increase capital spending by about 16 percent to US$22 billion a year over the next three years to upgrade its wireless and wireline networks. As executives discussed the company's plans, I had an idea. This would be a perfect advertising campaign AT&T should consider creating an enti...

For those who aren't familiar with the acronym SWOT, it means, "strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats." Wikipedia defines this strategy as "a strategic planning method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses/limitations, opportunities, and threats involved in a project or in a business venture. It involves specifying the objective of ...

Last week, AT&T held a meeting for investment analysts. It will increase capital spending by about 16 percent to US$22 billion a year over the next three years to upgrade its wireless and wireline networks. As executives discussed the company's plans, I had an idea. This would be a perfect advertising campaign AT&T should consider creating an enti...

I love CRM as a discipline, but I have no illusions about its ability to survive in the cruel world. The reality is that customer relationships are fragile things; they need the right environment to flourish and be profitable. There are a host of things that can scuttle these relationships, and most of them are entirely out of the control of the p...

Easy sharing and streaming of media and other assets among computers at home or inthe workplace is a good reason to get networked. Other benefits include sharing Internetconnections If you've been using email as a method for distributing files among family members or asmall business, or are simply taking the Windows 8 plunge, Microsoft has never ma...

App developers, and especially developers of mobile games, are familiar with the cutthroat world of the app store. To get attention, developers must deploy marketing campaigns. However, it's essential for developers to do more than just app store promotions to drive mobile game downloads, concludes a report released Tuesday by Inside Network "Mobi...

Nokia on Tuesday introduced a revamped maps application, Here, that will be available across several platforms and could compete with Google and Apple maps The cloud-based maps application will feature LiveSight technology that offers worldwide 3D views, voice-guided navigation tours, and driving directions including traffic notices for more than 5...

Surveillance of Internet users by governments around the world is on the rise, Google concludes in its latest Transparency Report, which details government requests it receives for information about its users. The United States tops the list of countries making requests for user data "This is the sixth time we've released this data, and one trend h...

A Microsoft lawsuit against Motorola Mobility went to trial on Tuesday in Judge James Robart's U.S. District Court of Western Washington's courtroom. The case is focused on allegations made two years ago by Microsoft that Motorola Mobility demanded unreasonable royalty rates for its patented wireless and video standards standards-essential technologies.

eBay is taking another stab at the Chinese market According to Tech In Asia, eBay's new Chinese site, which is a joint venture with luxury retailed xiu.com, is "low-key but stylish" and focuses on mid-range to high-end products such as clothing, handbags and accessories. Banana Republic, Clinique and Guess are among the estimated 5,000 brands alrea...

Do you really believe your Web-based email is private? Let's start with Terms of Service (ToS) or Privacy Policies, which few people actually read -- maybe even less so for webmail accounts. As a reminder, take a look at previous columns I have written here on ToS provisions and Privacy Policies. I won't belabor those issues again....