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U2 tours with all-flash array to rock latest video effects
A ruggedized EMC VNXe3200 drives giant transparent LED screensNews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, July 16
Qualcomm hit with European antitrust probe…Intel slows down Moore's Law…Law enforcement shuts down hacking forumNews
Google, ISPS offering free broadband to low-income families
The U.S. government's ConnectHome program will target families with children and get 275,000 households onlineNews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, July 15
Intel's Q2 unlikely to shine… Hacking Team CEO says customers shouldn't worry… Google "forget" requests mostly cover plain folksNews
T-Mobile’s latest family data plans are a downright bargain
The latest promotion from T-Mobile undercuts Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint by a wide margin.News
Wi-Fi Aware aims to help devices find each other without hotspots
A new technology from the Wi-Fi Alliance offers efficient, peer-to-peer service discoveryNews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, July 14
Microsoft shares new enterprise tools at partner meetup…Flash is sinking under weight of security flaws…IoT protocol Thread gains steamNews
9 things you didn’t know about Google’s undersea cable
The high-speed Google-backed FASTER system will link the U.S. with Japan next year at 60 TbpsNews
Here’s what to takes to lay Google’s 9,000km undersea cable
The French ship René Descartes is loading cable for the transpacific FASTER systemNews
Comcast’s 2-gigabit service will cost $300 plus $1,000 for installation and activation
That's $300 per month for 2Gb service. And don't even think of discontinuing service—that'll cost you, too.News
FCC looks to protect customers during voice switch to IP
Carriers would be required to give customers warning before retiring their copper-based networks, under an agency proposal.News
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, July 10
Facebook lets you organize your news feed… OPM leaked personal data on 21.5 million people… OpenSSL bug less serious than fearedNews
Two US telecom companies to pay $3.5 million for data breach
Sister telecom carriers stored personal information on servers accessible on the InternetNews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, July 9
NYSE down but it's no cyberattack… Microsoft slims down phone business again… IBM makes world's smallest chipsNews
United’s woes show what’s hard about networking
SDN and cloud technology may cut down on big glitches, analysts sayNews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, July 8
Google drives to Austin… Survey Monkey names new CEO… Microsoft may announce more layoffsNews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, July 7
Privacy group wants Google to forget more… Programmer escapes vampire squid… Self-driving cars evade human menaceNews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, July 6
Surveillance firm gets hacked… Minecraft on Windows 10… Giant robots to do battleNews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, July 3
Windows 10 close to finished… Intel reshuffles leadership… Microsoft, Kyocera strike Android patent licensing dealFeature
5 free Wi-Fi tools that help maximize your home network
Wi-Fi is wonderful, and even more so when you use these free tools.News
PayPal to acquire money transfer service Xoom for $890 million
The deal comes as PayPal prepares to split itself off from parent company eBay
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FCC tells TracFone it must allow phone unlocking
The provider of prepaid mobile service reached a settlement with the agencyUpdated
Sprint reverses course on plans to limit new ‘All In’ plans to 3G video speeds
$80 per month for a high-end smartphone and unlimited data? Sounds good, until you get to the fine print.News
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, July 1
Court says NSA can keep collecting phone records… Vandals cut cables again… Leap second largely trouble-freeNews
Surveillance court extends NSA’s phone records collection
The program was extended for five months as it winds down.
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Fon keeps adding Wi-Fi hotspots, but struggles to crack the US
Deals in Australia, Spain, Italy and Japan are fueling growthNews
Google asks for, and gets, extra time to respond to European antitrust charges
Google now has until mid-August to respond, likely delaying a settlement until after the long summer vacationNews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, June 30
Security flaw pushes OPM web app offline… Oracle can charge Google for Java in Android… Microsoft mapping tech finds its way to UberNews
Blistering fast fiber broadband can drive up your home’s value
A new study says having fiber broadband access can drive up your home's value by more than 3 percent.News
Red Hat builds on its open source storage portfolio
Red Hat has updated both its Ceph and Gluster file systems for enterprise usageNews
5G networks look to new frequencies to deliver gigabit speeds
The telecommunications industry is looking for new frequencies in which to operate a new generation of mobile networksNews
How the next Java update could make Yahoo your default search provider
Yahoo has cut a deal with Oracle to promote Yahoo alongside its Java technologyNews
US lawmakers back Amazon.com’s bid for .amazon domain
Amazon.com's bid for what's known as a gTLD has been blocked by some countries in the Amazon region.News
House votes to slow ICANN transition away from US oversight
The DOTCOM Act would add new requirements to the move away from the NTIANews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, June 24
Ford drives into car-sharing… U.S. government ranked last on app security… Google intros free music streamingNews
Legacy telcos make peace with Internet services in Africa
Telecom execs face the facts and believe Web-based services are here to stay, an Ovum poll indicatesNews
Google’s 60Tbps Pacific cable welcomed with champagne in Japan
Scheduled to be ready in 2016, FASTER will have the highest-ever capacity across the Pacific Ocean.News
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, June 23
Privacy group demands Uber probe… Europol hunts Isis online…Oracle goes all-in on the cloudNews
Getty Images a party in European antitrust investigation into Google
Getty claims Google promotes its own images service at the expense of the commercial images company
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Even among poor, mobile Web is big in Africa
Messenging apps provide cheap way to communiacte, especially in rural areasNews
Netgear’s Nighthawk AC1900 is a gigabit cable modem and Wi-Fi router rolled into one
Tired of renting a crappy cable modem from your service provider? This DOCSIS 3.0 device bonds 24 downstream channels and 8 upstream channels to help you beat network congestion.News
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, June 22
Taylor Swift shames Apple into paying musicians royalties during streaming trialNews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, June 19
Google offers a look inside its data centers…Facebook won't have a Moment in Europe just yet…Samsung promises to fix Galaxy holeNews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, June 18
Microsoft reshuffles executives… Uber goes to court to deny driver rights… AT&T faces $100M fine over unlimited data limitationsNews
FCC plans to fine AT&T $100 million over ‘unlimited’ data plans
The government says AT&T should have made throttling clearer to customers.News
Cisco to make $10 billion investment in China
The pledge comes despite the fact that Cisco's sales are weakening in China, amid cybersecurity concerns over U.S. techNews
New modems to fuel superfast broadband over copper
The first commercial g.Fast services are expected next yearNews
The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, June 17
Baseball gets a hacking scandal… Airbus plans Internet satellites… European court holds site liable for commentsNews
Etsy dips toes into crowdfunding
Fund on Etsy, now in pilot phase, will let backers fund projects pre-selected by Etsy
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