Review: 5 power-line devices that take you online where Ethernet or Wi-Fi can't

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Hackers Attack Antivirus Firm's Tech Support Site
Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab admitted that a database containing customer data had been exposed for almost 11 days -- until the security firm learned of the breach from Romanian hackers.

Aster Data launches cloud edition of analytic database
Aster Data Systems' nCluster relational database for high-end data analysis can now be deployed on the cloud infrastructure platforms from Amazon Web Services and AppNexus, Aster said Tuesday.

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Experts weigh in on job boards
There are more than 60,000 job boards on the Web. Experts answer questions on which ones should you spend your time searching.

Microsoft unveils mobile apps store, backup service
Microsoft planned to unveil an application store with its newest version of Windows Mobile software as well as a limited beta for its My Phone data backup offering. The announcements were taking place at this week's Mobile World Congress.

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Outsourcer Aragon buys Krugle
Software outsourcing company Aragon Consulting Group has acquired Krugle, which has specialized in code search and analysis.

Mozilla backs move to decriminalize iPhone jailbreaking
Mozilla is backing a move that would nullify copyright infringement charges against people who "jailbreak" their iPhones, a practice Apple considers against the law.

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Computer thefts prompt Los Alamos security review
The Los Alamos National Lab is reviewing its security policies in the way of disclosures that dozens of computers taken offsite have been lost or stolen over the past year.

Several charges dropped in Pirate Bay case
Half of the charges brought against the BitTorrent file-sharing Web site The Pirate Bay have been dropped.

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Mozilla backs move to decriminalize iPhone jailbreaking
Mozilla is backing a move that would nullify copyright infringement charges against people who "jailbreak" their iPhones, a practice Apple considers against the law.

Cisco, Trend Micro put security in some Wi-Fi routers
Cisco is building a Trend Micro Internet security service into some home Wi-Fi routers to help protect families and small businesses from fraud, phishing and predators.

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Outsourcer Aragon buys Krugle
Software outsourcing company Aragon Consulting Group has acquired Krugle, which has specialized in code search and analysis.

Storage startup Copan gets $18.5 million investment
Investors have poured an additional US$18.5 million into Copan Systems, a storage startup that sells cheap disks to reduce the cost of storing copies of data.

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Verizon to roll out LTE in two U.S. cities this year
Verizon said it will start to roll out its LTE network in U.S. two cities late this year, and then expand to 25 to 30 markets in 2010 and launch commercially.

DRM a drag on e-book growth, say critics
The widespread use of digital rights management technology -- and competing formats -- could be serving as a drag on the nascent e-book industry, critics say.

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After complaints, Facebook backtracks on terms of use
Facebook has removed controversial language from its terms of use that appeared to give the company vast, perpetual control over any data posted to the social networking site.

Verizon to roll out LTE in two U.S. cities this year
Verizon said it will start to roll out its LTE network in U.S. two cities late this year, and then expand to 25 to 30 markets in 2010 and launch commercially.

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Microsoft expected to wrap up IE8 within weeks
Microsoft will finish work on Internet Explorer 8 next month, according to a Web site that has accurately predicted other moves by the company.

Hackers jump on newest IE7 bug
Attackers are already exploiting a bug in Internet Explorer 7 that Microsoft patched just last week, security researchers warned today.

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Computer thefts prompt Los Alamos security review
The Los Alamos National Lab is reviewing its security policies in the way of disclosures that dozens of computers taken offsite have been lost or stolen over the past year.

After complaints, Facebook backtracks on terms of use
Facebook has removed controversial language from its terms of use that appeared to give the company vast, perpetual control over any data posted to the social networking site.

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Data Center design: Form follows function
American architect Louis Sullivan, the father of modernism, is widely credited with the key axiom of 20th century modern architecture: "Form follows function." That adage is also vital to data center design.

Microsoft unveils mobile apps store, backup service
Microsoft planned to unveil an application store with its newest version of Windows Mobile software as well as a limited beta for its My Phone data backup offering. The announcements were taking place at this week's Mobile World Congress.

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Outsourcer Aragon buys Krugle
Software outsourcing company Aragon Consulting Group has acquired Krugle, which has specialized in code search and analysis.

Adobe's new e-book software ratchets up fight against Amazon Kindle
Adobe Systems this week unveiled its second major move in the e-book market in recent months as it looks to build a consortium to take on Amazon.com's market-leading Kindle e-book reader.

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Storage startup Copan gets $18.5 million investment
Investors have poured an additional US$18.5 million into Copan Systems, a storage startup that sells cheap disks to reduce the cost of storing copies of data.

Why Toshiba is buying Fujitsu's HDD business
Toshiba's proposed acquisition of Fujitsu's hard disk drive business positions it to become the leader in 2.5-in. hard drives and gives it a leg up in the enterprise-class hard drive marketplace.