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10 vendors that could power Star Trek

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Star Trek technology may not be that far from reality. Here are the vendors who could capture the market.

Amazon Web Services: We’ll go to court to fight gov’t requests for data
- Posted Jun 19, 2013 - 1:39 pm
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AWS said it will disclose government requests for data to customers and help customers fight such requests
How much do data breaches cost? More than you think
- Posted Jun 19, 2013 - 12:50 pm
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According to Symantec, data spills cost US companies nearly $200 per record lost -- a good reason why organizations need to do a better job of protecting our data.
The best place to work in IT: Quicken Loans
- Posted Jun 17, 2013 - 10:59 am
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IT employees enjoy the company's relaxed atmosphere and culture of innovation, but they're equally thrilled to be part of the revitalization of downtown Detroit.

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Scorecard: Best Android office suite shoot-out
- Posted Jun 17, 2013 - 11:08 am
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Which package of office apps provide the best mobile productivity experience on Android devices? We put the leading contenders to the test to find out
The technology of WarGames
- Posted Jun 17, 2013 - 7:54 pm
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The classic hacker movie, which just turned 30, also featured some classic computer hardware, both on-screen and off
Science Class: How a quantum computer works
- Posted Jun 17, 2013 - 1:03 pm
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Video provides a quick look at how quantum computers work and why they are faster for only a few specific calculations.
Intel unveils ambitious supercomputing plans
- Posted Jun 17, 2013 - 2:36 pm
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The Xeon Phi will be the basis of the company's supercomputing plans, and it's already making waves in supercomputing circles.
Unix: Rewriting history
- Posted Jun 16, 2013 - 3:35 pm
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The history feature in Unix shells can save you a lot of time when typing long, fairly repetitious commands, but don't count on it to accurately represent history.
The $200,000 software developer: We can build him, we have the technology
- Posted Jun 13, 2013 - 6:00 am
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It’s unusual for a software developer to make $200,000 per year, but not unheard of. Here’s some advice about what it takes to get there
Snowden's big truth: We are all less free
- Posted Jun 12, 2013 - 8:00 am
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Has Mr. Snowden, in his youthful naiveté, helped expose our own passivity, and complicity with a massive surrender of our Constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties? If it prompts much needed changes to privacy protections, then we all owe Mr. Snowden a debt of gratitude.

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