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Alcatel-Lucent hopes shift to IP networking and ultra broadband will lead to profit by 2015

Posted June 19, 2013 - 4:52 am

Alcatel-Lucent will refocus on IP networking and ultra-broadband access in mobile and fixed-line networks as it seeks to return to profitability by 2015.
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Google asks to make surveillance orders public, citing First Amendment

Posted June 18, 2013 - 5:21 pm

Google has asked the court overseeing terrorism-related surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency to allow the company to publish information on the number of surveillance requests it receives.
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US officials: Surveillance programs helped stop 50 terrorist plots

Posted June 18, 2013 - 1:21 pm

U.S. law enforcement agencies have disrupted more than 50 terrorist plots in the U.S. and other countries with the help of controversial surveillance efforts at the U.S. National Security Agency, government officials said Tuesday.
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Hands-on with Skype's new video-messaging service

Posted June 18, 2013 - 11:20 am

Skype announced Monday that its video-messaging service, which allows users to send a video of three minutes or less to their Skype contacts, is now out of beta and free to all users.
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Jive boosts mobile capabilities of its enterprise social suite

Posted June 18, 2013 - 8:01 am

Jive Software is making a mobile push with new and enhanced mobile applications that have an emphasis on helping users of the enterprise social networking (ESN) suite create, not just view, content from their tablets and smartphones.
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NewsGator's SharePoint add-on tries to filter, reduce enterprise social noise

Posted June 17, 2013 - 10:37 pm

NewsGator has upgraded its Social Sites enterprise social networking (ESN) add-on for SharePoint to make the software better able to tailor the content, notifications and capabilities it displays for each user.
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Sprint sues Dish, Clearwire over takeover plan

Posted June 17, 2013 - 9:39 pm

Sprint Nextel sued Clearwire and Dish Network on Monday in a bid to block Dish from taking over Clearwire, Sprint's majority-owned network partner.
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US NSA can access data without court approval, leaker says

Posted June 17, 2013 - 2:06 pm

Analysts at the U.S. National Security Agency can gain access to the content of U.S. targets' phone calls and email messages without court orders, NSA leaker Edward Snowden said, contradicting denials from U.S. government sources.
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CERN retires proprietary video conferencing system in favor of Vidyo

Posted June 17, 2013 - 12:52 pm

International physics alliance chooses Vidyo video conferencing gear.
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Ten things I'm happy Apple is fixing in iOS 7

Posted June 17, 2013 - 11:30 am

iOS 7 -- previewed at this year's WWDC -- brings fixes for quite a few of my long-term quibbles. Here are the ten I'm most looking forward to.
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Posted June 14, 2013 - 5:30 pm

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Facebook to announce mysterious new product next week

Posted June 14, 2013 - 4:52 pm

Facebook appears to have a new product up its sleeve that it will unveil next week at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
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Posted June 14, 2013 - 4:15 pm

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Office for iPhone a belated, ambivalent move by Microsoft

Posted June 14, 2013 - 4:01 pm

Microsoft's release of an Office suite for the iPhone is too little, too late and yet another timid move aimed at protecting Windows 8 sales at the expense of customer demand for a product like this one for iPads, according to analysts.
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Does encryption really shield you from government's prying eyes?

Posted June 14, 2013 - 1:19 pm

If you're thinking about encrypting email in light of revelations about U.S. government spying, you may be wasting your time.
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Obama directs agencies to move toward sharing spectrum

Posted June 14, 2013 - 11:52 am

U.S. President Barack Obama has directed federal agencies to take new steps toward sharing their wireless spectrum with commercial operators, in an effort to meet growing demands for mobile data services.
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French appeals court confirms Twitter must identify authors of racist tweets

Posted June 14, 2013 - 10:28 am

A French court of appeal has rejected a move by Twitter seeking to shield the identities of those responsible for posts last year contravening French laws on hate speech and carrying the hashtag #unbonjuif (a good Jew).
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Some foreign-backed US phone companies reportedly excluded from NSA surveillance program

Posted June 14, 2013 - 9:59 am

At least two U.S. mobile operators, T-Mobile US and Verizon Wireless, reportedly do not participate directly in the U.S. National Security Agency's call metadata collection program because of their partial ownership by foreign telecommunication companies.
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Microsoft Office 365 lands in US iPhone App Store

Posted June 14, 2013 - 9:03 am

Microsoft released a version of its office suite for iPhones in the U.S. that is only available for Office 365 subscribers.
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Siemens looking to unload share in networking venture with Nokia, report said

Posted June 14, 2013 - 8:03 am

Siemens has started talks with private-equity firms about the sale of its share in Nokia Siemens Networks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Apple's crucial overscroll bounce patent claim is valid, US patent office says

Posted June 14, 2013 - 7:08 am

The USPTO has confirmed four claims of Apple's overscroll bounce patent, including claim 19 of the patent, according to a document filed with a Californian court on Thursday. That claim played a crucial part in Apple's US$1.05 billion dollar lawsuit against Samsung,.
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Myanmar braces for mobile phone boom as Internet access trickles in

Posted June 14, 2013 - 3:27 am

In Yangon, Myanmar, giant Samsung billboards hang overhead as dozens of handset shops line the crowded city streets and advertise the latest smartphones. Just a few years ago, you wouldn't have seen such a sight, said Soe Nyi Nyi, a local tech entrepreneur.
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New terms in Sprint contracts look toward WiMax shutdown

Posted June 13, 2013 - 6:50 pm

An amendment to Sprint Nextel's subscriber terms of service points toward the carrier's expected shutdown of its 4G WiMax service.
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10 iOS 7 features that could make enterprises smile

Posted June 13, 2013 - 2:06 pm

Now that developers have had a few days to delve into the iOS 7 beta, it's becoming clear that the iPhone version of the software could prove beneficial to enterprises.
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Yahoo to issue inactive mail accounts to other users

Posted June 13, 2013 - 12:28 am

Yahoo is resetting email accounts that have not been used for at least 12 months and issuing them to other users.
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