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Microsoft Is Building a New Datacenter in Dublin

Microsoft is spending about US$130 million to build a new datacenter in Dublin, as it needs more room to run cloud services there, the company said on Thursday.

Gadgets

Toshiba and SanDisk Shrink 128Gbit Memory Chips

Toshiba said Thursday it has shrunk the size of its 128Gbit NAND flash memory chips, in the race to bring more and tinier storage to products like USB storage...

Internet

Routing Error Knocks 3 Million Telstra Customers Offline

An Internet traffic routing error by a rival ISP is suspected of causing up to 3 million Telstra customers to be knocked offline for around 35 minutes on...

Cell Phones / VoIP

Etisalat to Stop Indian Network After Losing Mobile Licenses

Middle-East mobile operator Emirates Telecommunications, known as Etisalat, is suspending its network and services in India, following a court order cancelling...

Internet

White House Pushes for New Privacy Codes of Conduct

The U.S. White House will push for online businesses to adopt new privacy codes of conduct, including consumer rights to control what information websites...

Laptops

HP Envy 15 Laptop, $897

Get $450 off an HP Envy 15 laptop with an instant rebate and coupon code.

Business Center

Chinese Writers Demand Apple Pay up More in Piracy Case

A group of Chinese writers has nearly doubled the amount of compensation it is seeking from Apple in a lawsuit that alleges the U.S. tech giant has been selling...

Phones

Top Smartphone Apps for Pet Lovers

Use these 12 apps to treat, manage, photograph or even save the life of your cat or dog. There are some for both Apple iPhone and Google Android smartphone users.

Tablets

Weird and Wonderful Music-Making Apps and Toys

A guitar eats an iPad, a tablet becomes a dance-music powerhouse, an iPhone makes like a theremin, and a guitar made of five phones and a cheap speaker cranks out 'Cracklin' Rosie.' And the fun may be just beginning.

Desktops

Whitman Gives HP Harsh Report Card, Outlines Recovery Plan

Hewlett-Packard has underinvested in its business and become "too complex and too slow," President and CEO Meg Whitman said Wednesday, offering a three-part...

Data Protection

Mobile App Stores to Require, Disclose Privacy Policies

Apple, Google and other mobile platform providers will present privacy policies for all the apps offered in their stores as part of an agreement with the state...

Productivity

Now You Can Edit Collaboratively with Google Docs for Android

Google Presentations get an update as well, including a new discussions feature.

Security

Apple, Google, and Others Agree to Limit App Privacy Invasions

The State of California and six big tech companies--including Apple, Google, and Microsoft--agree to keep mobile apps from leaking your personal information without telling you.

Windows

Windows 8 Will Deliver a Cloud Service to Rival or Beat iCloud

In Windows 8 Microsoft will merge its free online storage service SkyDrive and syncing software Mesh to provide the backbone for what looks to be a service that will rival or beat iCloud.

Storage

Huddle Launches Intelligent Sync Tool to Rival Sharepoint

Huddle CEO claims that the company's new tool is the first to offer enterprise-grade cloud file sync

Security

Kevin Mitnick 101: How Heartland Leaker Got Confidential Documents

The Heartland Institute document release shows just how effective social engineering continues to be.

Apple

Apple Store Thief Can't Hold Out for iPhone 5

News reports out of Charlotte, N.C., indicate a "known suspect" swiped 25 iPhones from an Apple Store at Northlake Mall between Dec. 1 and Jan. 11.

E-Readers

Is the Kindle Getting a Color Screen?

Amazon may be making a color Kindle.

Tablets

Air Force Abruptly Scraps iPad Plan for Special Ops

The U.S. Air Force has abruptly cancelled a plan to buy nearly 3,000 iPad 2 tablets, just days after a news site raised questions about including a Russian-developed app for encrypting and reading documents.

Search

Why Google Digital Glasses Are a Prescription for Disaster

Doesn't it seem like a bad time to develop digital displays in front of our eyes when they don't want us even texting on our phones in autos?

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