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Interplanetary weather app that integrates weather data from Mars and Earth is among the winners of the competition.

Defunct software company expands patent infringement suit to include Best Buy, Dell, HP, Lenovo, Microsoft and Samsung.

Edubuntu update includes several new packages, including a touch-typing tutor and a mindmapping tool.

Hyperoptic plans to implement "fiber-to-the-home" broadband technology in more than 500,000 British households within 5 years.

Microsoft's cloud data centers get direct peering with Internet2, the high-speed network for education and research. This gives schools faster access to data.

Weakness in the data handling capacity of the U.K.'s equivalent to the IRS is leading to billions being lost to error or deception it can't afford, say MPs.

IT leaders, brace yourself for pain as you push for agility. Business needs are emerging so rapidly that tools don't exist to support them, said CIOs at MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.

New report says federal agencies can improve performance by implementing gaming, mobile and other technologies that speed up operations.

Hagel shoots down possibility of DOD adopting VA's Vista and sinks the joint iEHR. Epic Systems might win out.

Cloud, social, and mobile technologies are poised to help governments deliver new levels of customer service to citizens, says former U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra.

Wide variety of new hardware means HP is either adapting to consumer preferences -- or struggling to decide what will resonate.

Bipartisan report argues that businesses should be allowed to retrieve stolen intellectual property from attackers' networks.

Popular email app Mailbox competes directly with Gmail's own Gmail app for iOS.

Amazon cloud performance monitoring system goes a step further than competitors with specialized version that complies with federal security regulations.

Authentication measure comes in wake of Syrian Electronic Army account hacks, further security steps coming.

Samsung's Galaxy S 4 is its fastest-shipping smartphone, the company says. HTC's One also moving briskly.

Hewlett-Packard's second quarter sees big sales declines, but profits exceed forecast and CEO Whitman says problems are under control.

Kindle Worlds publishing platform promises to let writers of fan fiction share in revenue from the sale of derivative works.

Imagine if every server you bought already included all the storage capacity and performance you needed. Here's how server vendors could make it happen.

In the battle for tech talent, small colleges and universities have a lot to offer Gen Xers and Millennials.

Windows 8.1 should be coming out now. Here's why Microsoft can no longer afford to target the fall for new releases.

Amit Singh, president of Google Enterprise, will give the opening keynote at the upcoming E2 conference. We'll drill down with him on enterprise users' desire for forward-looking information.

Apple files new complaints against Samsung alleging that the company's Galaxy S4 smartphones violates its Siri patents.

Update to Chrome for Android and desktop computers offers faster speed and better query understanding.

Four cloud-based products connect federal, state and local governments with citizens.