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Two-thirds OK with hosting games on company gear: survey
Granted, we're talking about an online survey of self-selected participants, but more than a thousand people responded to our poll about the propriety of hosting private video games on company equipment, and a solid majority – about 65% -- said they are OK with the practice. You can details here. The survey was run in conjunction with last week's story headlined: "On the company... Read More


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McAfee's website full of security holes, researcher says
The McAfee.com website is full of security mistakes that could lead to cross-site scripting and other attacks, researchers said in a post on the Full Disclosure site on Monday. The holes with the site were found by the YGN Ethical Hacker Group, and reported to McAfee on Feb. 10, YGN says, before they were publicly disclosed to the security/hacking mailing list. Read More

No joy for would-be baby shakers and drunk drivers
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Microsoft denies intentionally shutting off Hotmail encryption in Arab countries
Microsoft says it did not "intentionally limit" access to Hotmail's HTTPS encryption service in foreign countries where freedom of expression is under attack. Read More


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Should smartphones be allowed in the courthouse?
Federal courts have been debating about how much freedom users of smartphones and portable wireless devices in general, should have in a federal courthouse.    Read More

Companies pick and choose which data breaches to report
One in 7 information technology companies have not reported data breaches or losses to outside government agencies, authorities or stockholders. Read More

Dedicated hardware now available in Amazon's cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers can now run their cloud applications on hardware dedicated to them, the company said on Monday. Read More


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Microsoft Hyper-V Is Ready For Tier-1 Application Workloads
Large and small organization have embraced server virtualization technology as a way to consolidate workloads like web applications and file/print services but what about Tier-1 application workloads? You know, transactional applications that depend upon high performance and multi-tier application communications? Virtualizing these types of applications is just beginning, even at organizations with... Read More

Apple WWDC 2011, set for June 6-10, to highlight iOS and Mac OS futures
Apple has announced that its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2011)  will be held June 6-10 in San Francisco, and promises to unveil the future of the iOS software used in its iPad and iPhone as well as the Mac OS X software at the heart of its computers. Read More

NFC gains traction as Google eyes system with MasterCard, Citigroup
Google, MasterCard and Citigroup are reportedly working together on Near-Field Communication technology inside Android phones to allow quick, contact-less payments at 150,000 NFC-ready terminals in the U.S. Read More

Java founder Gosling joins Google
Java founder James Gosling has taken a job with Google, he revealed in a blog post on Monday. Read More



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Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show
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Firefox 4 has finally arrived, after months of delays and after rival Web browsers Internet Explorer 9 and Chrome 10 already shipped. The browser gets a speed boost and several feature enhancements that are so significant that they all have their own proper names, like Panorama, JaegerMonkey and Firefox Sync. Were they worth the wait? Let's take a look.

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