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Symantec to shut down Backup Exec.cloud
Symantec plans to close down its Backup Exec.cloud service, saying it lacks mobile and content-sharing features and wouldn't be the right...
Google brings automatic voice search to computers running Chrome
Laptop and desktop users can now do a Google search without typing just by speaking aloud, with a Chrome extension that Google made available on...
Google maps airports, train and subway stations with Street View update
Google is taking its cameras indoors in an effort to map international transit hubs, starting with 16 airports and more than 50 train and subway...
Oops -- YouTube's new commenting system actually increased spam
Call it a work in progress. YouTube is now trying to stanch the increased flow of spam on its site, just weeks after a new system was employed to...
Can a celebrity news team help revive Yahoo?
Yahoo has been hiring hotshot journalists to boost its news cred, and Monday's addition of Katie Couric could help with the company's efforts...
Integrating CRM and Analytics Key to Next-Gen Customer Loyalty Programs
Rather than giving away free stuff, The North Face and Red Robin create customized "experience" rewards for faithful customers
Salesforce.com will do 'full review' of hackathon after controversy, Benioff says
Salesforce.com has come under fire from critics who say the "hackathon" it held at last week's Dreamforce conference was judged...
Did Satoshi Nakamoto transfer 1,000 bitcoins to the Silk Road?
Two computer scientists in Israel say a bitcoin transaction now worth more than US$1 million suggests a possible link between a creator of the...
Bitcoin gets new friends, but still a bit player
Bitcoin scored several big wins this week, including endorsements from U.S. federal officials and Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, signalling...
HealthCare.gov to double capacity by end of month
HealthCare.gov, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' troubled insurance-shopping website, will double its user capacity by the end...
Microsoft adds load balancing as Azure availability stutters
Microsoft struggled this week with multiple performance problems on its Azure cloud platform, while it also made the hosted load balancing service...
Google Apps admins get more control over Hangouts
Google Apps now offers administrators more IT controls over Hangouts, the communications tool that includes IM, audio chats and video conferencing.
Apple takes first small step to return iWorks' chopped features
Apple has begun adding back features to iWork after stripping them from the Mac versions last month.
Microsoft preps mobile app for Office 365 admins
IT administrators of the Office 365 cloud email and collaboration suite will now be able to check their management console from their mobile devices.
Mozilla banked $274M in '12 from Google-Firefox search deal
Mozilla today said that income from search partners jumped 88% last year, with the portion attributed to its 2011 deal with browser rival Google...
Facebook Open Sources Its Embedded Database Code
Hot on the heels of Facebook's release of its Presto distributed SQL query engine to the open source community earlier this month, the social...
With iOS app update, Microsoft wants SkyDrive to displace "camera roll" tools
Microsoft has sharpened the photo management capabilities of its SkyDrive app for iOS, a step intended to make the cloud storage product the de facto...
Facebook goes open source with its workhorse embedded data store
Continuing its practice of sharing internally developed software, Facebook has released as open source RocksDB, the embedded data store the company...
For CMOs Big Data Can Lead to Big Profits
It's become a common refrain that marketers need to become more data-driven. This infographic breaks down the pressures that chief marketing...
Trojan program steals log-in credentials, other sensitive data from SAP client applications
A recently discovered malicious program steals log-in passwords and other sensitive information from SAP client applications and allows...
Integrating CRM and Analytics Key to Next-Gen Customer Loyalty Programs
