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With co-CEO Jim Snabe, McDermott's set a vibrant new strategy, restored growth and profitability, and exorcised some wicked demons and ghosts.

DOJ investigation into Big Blue 's mainframe licensing policies ongoing even as European authorities ramp up their own probe.

"Meaningful personal details" weren't disclosed when Google's cars collected publicly broadcast Wi-Fi network names and MAC addresses, finds British government authorities.

Gartner finds the Indian mobile phone industry dominated by low-cost devices and inexpensive prepaid voice and SMS plans.

The Federal Communications Commission has recently approved some of the first devices to use Long Term Evolution 4G technology, including a phone and a laptop dongle.

Shoppers with iOS devices may soon have access to an Apple Virtual Closet that will facilitate buying, sharing, and washing clothes.

Sprint on Thursday announced that it will be the first wireless carrier in the U.S. to distribute Android 2.2 Froyo to the HTC EVO 4G starting on August 3.

APC2, the Army Private Cloud, will be a cornerstone of a broader data center consolidation initiative that aims to reduce the number of Army data centers from 200 to less than 20.

Werner Vogels used the micro blogging service to respond to reports that Eli Lilly, a leading EC2 customer, was "dumping" Amazon Web Services.

A teardown analysis of the handset found it so similar to the Google model, also built by HTC, that the Droid could be called "Nexus Two.'

The legislation would replace the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which has proven to be unenforceable.

The 4G wireless broadband service is currently available in 36 cities and is expected to add 24 more by the end of the year.

The suit contends Oracle misrepresented its commercial sales practices to give government customers deals inferior to those offered to commercial customers.

To mark an increase in allowable running time for non-partner videos, YouTube says it will promote a handful of video makers.

CEO Steve Ballmer tells financial analysts that catching Apple in the slate PC market is "job one" for the company.

Nuance Communications claims version 11 reduces set-up time required to 'train' the software to your spoken voice and boosts accuracy up to 15%.

Responding to the growing trend of accessing content on mobile devices, the Government Accountability Office reports are now accessible to BlackBerry, iPhone, Android and other mobile device users.

The Wi-Fi only electronic reader and a $189 third generation model of the original Kindle with Wi-Fi and 3G are Amazon's latest bid to spur digital book sales.

Housed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the 14-cabinet, 260-teraflop system is the most powerful supercomputer operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.

A survey of mobile app security for iPhone and Android reveals that information disclosure isn't always obvious.

Adding SMobile's Junos Pulse software platform for smartphones, tablets, netbooks and notebooks, helps position Juniper to better compete in the mobile client security market.

Federal report raises numerous questions about whether electronic health records and other technologies can advance the patient centered medical home model.

An emphasis on mobile products, including a successful wireless kiosk program in Target stores, helped drive $53 million in profits for the second quarter.

It's been hard to escape the cavalcade of leaked information about unannounced BlackBerry devices of late. Find out what the latest scuttlebutt is here.

Peak traffic congestion at night causes most stalling, according to Bytemobile, and coming network upgrades likely won't help.

Discussions with online gaming companies and a job listing for a games project manager suggest Google is prepping its Facebook-competing social network.

Expanding on its social media, instant message and email archiving offerings, Smarsh has launched a mobile message archiving module for BlackBerry, Android and Windows with iPhone support due later this year.

Still stinging from "antennagate," the company is now looking into reports its new mobile operating system is buggy.

Changing the company field name from Sun to Oracle in latest Java update caused the Eclipse software development environment to fail.

Platform-as-a-service, Microsoft Office, and SharePoint may be delivered to military agencies from the Defense Information Systems Agency's private cloud.

Developer of the malware, used to create almost 10,000 unique pieces of malicious software, was busted in Slovenia.

LG on Thursday confirmed that it is working on a tablet-style device that will run Google's Android platform. It also showed off the Optimus Z smartphone.

Focus remains on the recovery of Motorola's mobile phone operations as the company preps for a split early next year.

4,000 employees at DOE research facility will have new calendaring system when they show up for work Monday.

Best Buy on Wednesday announced that it will offer free invisible shields for those who purchased an iPhone 4 at a Best Buy location.

Barnaby Jack of IOActive demonstrated attacks that would allow a criminal to compromise ATMs.

This broad variety of platforms and applications provides many holes for hackers to get through, says the US-CERT Director.

Two tiny makers of mainframe knockoffs are joining forces with the always-eager EU to try to browbeat IBM into unearned submission.

The 8.4 version includes protection against SQL injection attacks and compatibility features to make it easier to migrate Oracle applications.

A new licensing service for Android apps aims to limit misuse.

Most healthcare organizations must leverage past investments and don't have the luxury to rip and replace in pursuit of "perfect world" IT scenarios.

The marketing video highlights user interface enhancements, including a new ribbon that presents users with the commonly used controls, the template gallery and email improvements.

The interchangeable lens is actually two small lenses that transmit slightly different viewpoints of a subject to the camera's image sensor.

Facebook Questions, launched in a limited beta, allows crowdsourcing of answers to questions on any topic from the 500 million users of the social network.

Research In Motion recently purchased a new domain name: BlackPad.com. Can RIM's BlackPad and HP's PalmPad take on Apple's iPad?

Wave's auditable multi-user collaboration turns out to be well-suited for health records, as long as patients don't mind a bit less privacy.

The Bouncer client enforces a whitelist of approved applications at the kernel level and provides list administration through a central management application.

Researchers from Lookout will present their findings thus far in study of freebie Android, iPhone apps.

As part of its effort to improve IT project management across federal agencies, OMB will require that designated projects devise improvement plans and get executive backing.

Despite reporting a $720 million quarterly loss, the wireless provider's announcement of a net customer gain after three years of subscriber attrition drove its stock up 4%.