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CNN: Just days after announcing that it would no longer be manufacturing its TouchPad tablet PC, HP has changed its mind. The company “decided to produce one last run of TouchPads to meet unfulfilled demand,” said a spokesperson. The company did not offer any other details about when or where the mobile devices would become […]

Bloomberg: The U.S. government has sued to block AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile. The complaint alleges that the $39 billion deal would “substantially lessen competition” among wireless carriers. It adds, “AT&T’s elimination of T-Mobile as an independent, low- priced rival would remove a significant competitive force from the market.” AT&T counters that the deal would bring […]

PCMagazine: On Tuesday, the WikiLeaks website became the target of a DDoS attack that lasted several hours. While users were reporting difficulty accessing the site, the organization took the opportunity to ask for donations. It tweeted, “Want to really help WikiLeaks fend off attacks? Send us money to pay the bills. Many people x $5 […]

The Register: Security researchers say that someone has been using a fake secure socket layer (SSL) certificate to impersonate secure Google websites. DigiNotar, a Dutch certificate authority, issued the faulty certificate on July 10, meaning its unknown holders have had it for more than 40 days. The problem came to light when an Iranian Google […]

International Business Times: Although Amazon’s tablet PC hasn’t even been released yet, a new report from researchers at Forrester suggests that it could take over the lead from Apple’s iPad. Analyst Sarah Rotman Epps said that if Amazon’s tablet offers a significantly better price than Apple’s device, Amazon could sell three to five million units […]

Wired: Google has confirmed that it is exploring the possibility of incorporating +1 data into its search algorithm. “Google will study the clicks on +1 buttons as a signal that influences the ranking and appearance of websites in search results,” the company said. “The purpose of any ranking signal is to improve overall search quality. […]

InfoWorld: In a blog post, Microsoft has released more information about its forthcoming Windows 8 operating system. Specifically, it has revealed that it will give Windows Explorer a “riboon” interface similar to the one that is currently in Office. In addition, Microsoft has released a number of screenshots and videos that show off other new […]

Computerworld: Security experts at Microsoft and F-Secure say that a new piece of malware called “Morto” is infecting corporate networks. The worm spreads via the remote access software known as Remote Desktop Protocol that’s built in to Windows. Infected PCs attempt to login to other PCs on the network using a list of common passwords, […]

CNN: The website WikiLeaks has released a slew of new U.S. diplomatic cables, among them documents which detail Apple’s efforts to fight piracy in China. According to the reports, Apple recruited staff from Pfizer who had previously helped to crack down on fake Viagra sales in China. However, despite three years of effort, Apple’s progress […]

NYTimes: Supporters of the “Anonymous” hacktivist group may be surprised to learn that their actions could be contributing to the bottom line of one of America’s largest corporations. Every time someone buys one of the Guy Fawkes masks favored by the group, Time Warner gets a licensing fee. Anonymous supporters have worn the masks at […]

TechCrunch: Citrix has announced that it has merged the Cloud.com and CloudStack code bases, and the resulting code is available under the open source GPL v3 license. Previously, the Cloud.com code used by paying customers was different than the open source CloudStack code. Citrix purchased Cloud.com (which also owned the CloudStack project) for $200 million […]

GigaOm: Dell has announced that it will launch a public cloud computing service this year, with a beta available next month. Called “Dell Cloud,” the infrastructure-as-a-service offering will initially be built on top of VMware technology, but the company says that Azure- and OpenStack-based versions will be coming soon. Dell Cloud will have three pricing […]