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Florida university plan to 'decimate' computer science draws protest
The University of Florida in Gainesville is on the verge of dismantling its computer science department through budget cuts and restructuring, a move that has shocked students. Read More


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Infosys says it's 'target' of federal probe
One of India's largest IT services firm, Infosys, is warning investors that it is facing a government probe over its use of work visas, and it "cannot predict the final outcome." Read More

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The Grill: SuperValu's Wayne Shurts on 'intensely business-focused IT'
Wayne Shurts, executive vice president and CIO at SuperValu, talks about how he's working to help the IT department at the grocery retailer better support the company's overall business. Insider (registration required) Read More

Intel's Ivy Bridge chips raise the bar for rivals
With the arrival of Intel's Ivy Bridge processors, the chip maker has just given its competition a new bar to shoot for. Read More

Hitachi announces new unified file, block storage array
HDS's new midrange Hitachi Unified Storage system, which is similar to EMC's VNX array and NetApp's Fabric Attached Storage, can serve up both file- and block-based data through a single management framework. Read More

EMC gives Oracle admins backup control, deduplication
EMC has announced a new Data Domain Boost integration with Oracle Recovery Manager, offering data deduplication on database servers and for Oracle administrators to have direct control of Oracle backup and disaster recovery operations. Read More

From CIO.com: 10 Coolest Tech Devices to Bring to Work
While smartphones and tablets have stirred the bring-your-own-device crowd to action lately, employees have been bringing their own tech gadgets to work for years. Here's a look at some of the coolest BYOD tech, past and present. Read More

Andy Rubin spars with Oracle attorney over old emails
Andy Rubin, the head of Google's Android development team, took the witness stand for the first time Monday in Oracle's lawsuit accusing Google of patent and copyright infringement in its Android OS. Read More


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Motorola wins round in Xbox patents dispute
The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that Microsoft infringed on patents of Motorola Mobility in its Xbox games console. Read More

Russian cybercriminals earned $4.5 billion in 2011
Russian-speaking hackers earned an estimated $4.5 billion globally using various online criminal tactics, Russian security analyst firm Group-IB said in a report published on Tuesday. Read More

Facebook profit falls as sales increase by 45%
Facebook announced on Monday that its total revenue rose 45% year over year in the first quarter of 2012, but its profit fell 12%. Read More

Guardian Analytics unveils fraud detection software
Security vendor Guardian Analytics launched on Tuesday a product for financial institutions that detects possible fraudulent online banking transactions executed with a mobile device. Read More

Intel aims for 100 Thunderbolt devices by year's end
About 100 peripherals based on the Thunderbolt connector technology will become available by the end of the year, a big jump from a fraction of the devices available today, if Intel meets its target, a company executive said on Monday. Read More

Matt Hamblen: Quick! Dispatch out that gazpacho, Ms. Siri
Apple's new TV ads for Siri exaggerate what's clearly beta technology Read More

Darlene Storm: Interview with SANS' Ed Skoudis: America losing the cybersecurity war to hackers
As much as we don't like to hear about it, America is not winning the cyberwar. Malicious hackers are winning and China has penetrated "every major U.S. company." But there are elite cyber warriors who protect the world from cybercrime and the USA desperately needs more Cyber Guardians. In advance of the second annual Cyber Guardian information security training event in Baltimore next week, April 30 - May 7, 2012, I had an opportunity to interview Ed Skoudis about hacking and the SANS Cyber Guardian program. Read More

 
 
 

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