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Will Congress require social networks, VoIP, and Webmail providers build in backdoors that FBI could tap for electronic surveillance purposes? Explore the main issues at stake.

FTC and Mozilla applaud as Twitter gives consumers tools to opt out of tracking.

Nokia's investors have long had reason to worry, and new analysis points to trouble ahead. Can Windows Phone turn things around?

Samsung's premier device for 2012 has received 9 million preorders weeks ahead of launch.

Facebook's IPO brings the world's most popular social network into Wall Street's big league. After a wild ride, Facebook's future depends on profiting from an increasingly mobile user base.

Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff says as social enterprise trend diversifies company's sales, he's hiring aggressively to keep up with customer demand.

Unless HP can turn enterprise software, cloud services, or some other line into a high-volume, high-margin business, it's in for a world of hurt.

Facebook's $16 billion IPO will have direct and indirect effects on companies evaluating and deploying social business solutions.

Google renewed its pitch to embrace cloud IT at its Atmosphere roadshow. But its count of companies going Google Apps doesn't add up.

Facebook consulted with users on Timeline more than on any previous product change. Users hated it, but Facebook gave it to them anyway.

Significant updates to The Weather Channel iPhone app and Flipboard app for iPhones and iPads tap into the social reach of Facebook and Twitter.

StorCenter px12-450r networked attached storage appliance features Intel Ivy Bridge processor and incorporates McAfee VirusScan Enterprise for security.

SAP forges closer ties with Intel, IBM, analytics vendors, and systems integrators to jump start its in-memory database.

New polymorphic Android malware, meanwhile, disguises itself as a free virus scanner.

The Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs are involved in new research that demonstrates how an advanced prosthetic arm can be controlled by the human brain.

Sen. John Cornyn proposes replacing visa lottery with program that allocates more permanent resident visas to foreign STEM students at U.S. universities.

David Hemendinger is both COO and CIO of the midmarket firm Summer Infant--and likes it. Here's why he thinks a hybrid COO/CIO/CTO role will become an increasingly common IT strategy at SMBs.

Google is preparing to revamp how "pure Android" smartphones are sold in a move that will surely appeal to diehard Android users.

Many small practices like the software-as-a-service approach to electronic health records because it removes tech headaches and offers low upfront costs.

Every IT pro, no matter how senior, must always be in learning mode, but especially in a lackluster economy.

Commercial forensic software from ElcomSoft lets investigators download someone's iPhone or iPad data without physically accessing the device; technique works via iOS device backups on iCloud.

After the IPO hoopla, there's work to do. Facebook might have 845 million users, but that does not mean building a business out of user attention will be easy.

Banner Health Network joins forces with the insurance giant, taking advantage of analytics tools needed for its new role as an accountable care organization.

With its Facebook presence growing, Chuck E. Cheese's sets its sights on Foursquare and Pinterest.

IBM expands private, public, and hybrid cloud options for customers with its SmartCloud offerings, including IaaS in IBM data centers with dedicated servers.