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eWeek: The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the highly controversial Cyber-Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). The bill, which Obama has threatened to veto, now heads to the Senate. Some technology companies, including AT&T, Facebook, Microsoft and Intel, have supported the bill, saying that it will make the Web a safer place. However, many […]

PCMag: A new report from mobile solutions vendor Good Technology finds that 97.3 percent of enterprise tablet activations in the first quarter were iPads. Android tablets fell from 5.2 percent market share in the fourth quarter of 2011 to a 2.7 percent share in the most recent quarter. However, the report suggests that Apple’s dominance […]

The New York Times: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has hired prominent litigator Beth A. Wilkinson for its antitrust investigation of Google’s search practices. Observers say engaging an outside attorney is a sign that the agency is getting ready to try its case in court. “It’s a watershed moment when you hire someone like this,” […]

Bloomberg: In the first quarter, Samsung passed Nokia to become the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer. The Korean company shipped 93.5 million handsets during the period, a 36 percent increase over 2011’s total. Finnish Nokia came in at number two with 82.7 million handsets shipped. Before this year, Nokia held the title of world’s largest […]

PCMag: Canonical has officially released Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. The update of the popular Linux distribution includes several features of interest to business users, including desktop virtualization support. The server version also extends Ubuntu’s support for cloud computing with the inclusion of OpenStack, open source software for building a private cloud environment, and Metal as […]

eWeek: A new report from Futuresource Consulting predicts that global tablet sales will climb over 200 percent over the next two years and reach 232 million units by 2016. Also by 2016, the company believes tablet app downloads will account for 20 percent of all app downloads. While increasing tablet sales have driven down netbook […]

CNN: Don’t expect Apple to start making tablet-laptop hybrids anytime soon. CEO Tim Cook made it clear that the company doesn’t plan to combine the iPad with the Macbook. “Anything can be forced to converge, but the problem is that products are about tradeoffs, and you begin to make tradeoffs to the point where what […]

The Verge: Mac users have long felt safe from cyberthreats because most hackers targeted Windows systems, but that might be coming to an end. Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of security vendor Kaspersky Lab, says that OS X users should expect to see a lot more malware aimed at the platform. He said that Apple is “10 […]

NetworkWorld: Hackers apparently stole source code for VMware ESX from China Electronics Import & Export Corporation and have posted it online, along with some internal VMware e-mails. However, VMware says customers shouldn’t be too concerned. “The fact that the source code may have been publicly shared does not necessarily mean that there is any increased […]

The New York Times: Apple’s profit nearly doubled in its second fiscal quarter, reaching $11.62 billion, or $12.30 a share, compared to $5.99 billion, or $6.40 a share, the previous year. Quarterly revenue totaled $39.19 billion. Strong sales of iPhones and iPads helped contribute to the good results. The company sold 35.1 million iPhones (an […]

Cnet: Wednesday morning at 5:30 a.m. PT, Apple announced that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) would take place June 11-15 in San Francisco. By 7:30 a.m., tickets for the event had sold out. “We have a great WWDC planned this year and can’t wait to share the latest news about iOS and OS X […]

CNBC: Unnamed sources who are “familiar with the matter” tell CNBC that Facebook’s IPO could be delayed until June. The company was expected to begin trading publicly in May, but now that seems less likely. The sources say that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been focusing on running the company in recent weeks instead of […]