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Microsoft won court approval to pursue cybercriminals infiltrating its supply chain as part of an ongoing investigation into malware-infected computers. The company's Digital Crimes Unit bought computers from PC malls in China only to find brand-new laptop and desktop computers infected with preinstalled malware that may have spread to millions o...

Motorola Mobility has introduced a desktop all-in-one computer running the Android operating system. The Cloud Broadband is being launched in China in partnership with WASU Digital Group The device is being touted to Chinese consumers as a combination of an HD digital TV with live and on-demand capability, and a touchscreen tablet/PC running Androi...

Who doesn't stop twice to check out a letter from the Internal Revenue Service delivered in traditional snail mail paper form? Communications from the IRS or other federal agencies -- such as health information from the Centers for Disease Control, or consumer alerts from the Federal Trade Commission, are serious business "Across government, agen...

3G Watchdog Pro, an app from Richard Gruet, is available for US$2.99 at Google Play....

There will be no shortageof two-wheeled vehicles at next week's Interbike trade show in Las Vegas. The largest bicycle trade show in North America remains very much about pedal power, but in addition to thehigh-end Tour de France-worthy road bikes, go-over-anything mountainbikes, and hipster- and messenger-friendly fixed gear bicycles, there arethose that are juiced up with electric motors and batteries...

A new chapter is beginning in the antipiracy wars: A so-called six-strike warning scheme will be put into action by the end of this year, Jill Lesser of the Center for Copyright Information told Ars Technica The CCI was born as a result of widespread revulsion over the ham-handed tactics deployed in the 2000s by the Recording Industry Association ...

Storage manufacturer HGST, a division of Western Digital on Thursday demonstrated a helium-filled hard drive enclosure This platform will let HGST design seven-platter drives in a standard 3.5-inch form factor. The company currently has five-platter drives in that form factor....

It's been a long time since the video game faithful lined up for the midnight release of Nintendo's Wii video game console, which arrived back in November of 2006. Now Nintendo no doubt hopes its next-generation console will enjoy the same level of anticipation as its game-changing Wii ...

Cablevision recently invested in upgrading its cable television network to improve the quality of service. Now it is launching a curious marketing and advertising campaign to let customers know about it. It wants to shine up its Optimum brand. Good idea, but the funny part is, it is poking fun at itself in the process. Why -- and will it work?...

With Salesforce.com's Dreamforce 2012 conference ready to kick off next week, there is little doubt the company has several new products ready to debut. Just in case, though, CEO Marc Benioff made sure the CRM world would be primed for the news In a wide-ranging interview with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington at TechCrunch Disrupt on Tuesday, B...

During a recent apartment move, I became aware of how much stuff I had that was redundant.It was with great pleasure that I was able to dump a lot of it rather than paying guys tomove it all across town -- again Books and CDs were the principal weighty items I got rid of, along with asvelte cherry laminate IKEA CD rack that my girlfriend told me ma...

The long-awaited unveiling of the iPhone 5 may not be the only Apple news in circulation. Also expected to make headlines Wednesday will be the news that Samsung is filing suit against Apple in Europe and the United States for infringing on several patents it holds relating to LTE Samsung has decided to take immediate legal action, The Korea Times...

Microsoft apparently is looking to make so-called virtual reality anactual reality with what it calls an "immersive display experience," based on a patent application published last week ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated the feasibility of using all-optical switches for possible use in computing Their research, published in Nature Nanotechnology, demoed all-optical switching in individualcadmium sulfide nanowires....

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended his company Tuesday and outlined plans for growth in the mobile space in his first public appearance following Facebook's botched IPO and stock plunge Since Facebook's debut on the public market in May, its value has halved and investors have worried the world's most popular social network can't sus...

Intel announced the Intel Perceptual Computing Software Development Kit, which will let devs bring gesture interaction, facial and voice recognition, and augmented reality features to Intel Core processor-based Ultrabook systems and PCs, on Tuesday. This will be released early next quarter Intel Vice President David Perlmutter, who made the announc...

If Apple gets its way, Samsung will no longer be able to sell any cell devices that it claims infringe on Apple's patents. This could be devastating, since as of July 2012, Samsung owned 25.6 percent and Apple just 6.3 percent of the mobile market, according to a comScore report. However, the Apple v. Samsung battles will continuefor quite some time, and just because the jury gave a US$1 billion verdict to Apple in California does notmean the end is near.

I made a decision this week that pleased me and will drive some of my thinking about the CRM business well into next year. I opened up a contest called the WizKids Award. That might not seem like much and it might seem self-serving for me to write about it but maybe there's more WizKids is an informal competition I have held most years for emerging...

The VectorLinux distro does an impressive job of blending a traditional Linux environment with the performance of other more mainstream offerings.VectorLinux is not a newcomer to the Linux desktop world. Despite its more than 10 years in development, this distro is not as well known as other Linux choices....

Web hosting company and self-proclaimed world's largest domain registrar GoDaddy suffered a major outage on Monday, taking down what's believed to have been millions of websites A hacker with the handle of AnonymousOwn3r claimed responsibility in a Twitter feed....