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Appolicious - HTC was one of the first developers to get aboard the Android train. When Google first launched its original operating system a few years ago, HTC were there. This weekend, we learned that HTC reported a significant loss in the final quarter of 2011 and offered guidance that things might not get any better.

Symantec warns of mutating malware in Android Market (Appolicious)

Appolicious - The world of mobile device malware is getting a little more dangerous with the announcement from tech security company Symantec that it has discovered malware programs that mutate every time they’re downloaded.

Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats? (AP)

AP - A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teeth.

UPDATE : Computer Hacker Job Applicant Earns Marriott Platinum Courtroom and Prison Yard Bonus Points

Hungarian hacker of Marriott gets federal prison term

Feature in Windows offers a peek at your computer's power

If you have ever wondered just how robust your computer is under the hood, Microsoft has a built-in feature in Windows Vista and Windows 7 that measures the hardware's capability.

CommVault says will go it alone, despite M&A buzz (Reuters)

Reuters - CommVault Systems Inc has managed to skirt rampant consolidation in the fast-growing storage software market, and CEO Bob Hammer is planning to keep it that way.

Researchers Develop Computer Modeling to Read Words in People's Thoughts

The system is seen as a future way to help comatose and locked-in patients to communicate.

Singapore's Artivision says in tie-up with Intel (Reuters)

Reuters - Artivision Technologies Ltd, a Singapore firm that specializes in online video advertising, said on Sunday its technology may be incorporated into a software kit being developed by Intel Corp.

Life without a computer

My computer keyboard stopped working Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. I'm pretty sure that's a date I'll remember for quite a while. My computer is just over three years old.

All About Computer Aided Design

Computer-Aided Design or CAD, as it is also known, is the use of computer software and systems to design and create 2D and 3D virtual models of different types of products and goods.

Earnings Preview: Computer Sciences

Computer Sciences Corporation is scheduled to announce its third quarter 2012 results on February 8, 2012, and we witness a negative bias in the analysts' estimates.

Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)

AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.

Micron CEO Appleton dies in plane crash (Reuters)

Reuters - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a plane crash on Friday, a major loss for the U.S. semiconductor industry.

Forbes Earnings Preview: Computer Sciences

Analysts expect decreased profit for Computer Sciences (CSC) when the company reports its third quarter results on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Although Computer Sciences reported profit of $1.54 a year ago, the consensus estimate calls for earnings per share of 57 cents.

Computer Programs & Systems Goes Ex-Dividend Soon

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 2/7/12, Computer Programs & Systems Inc (NASD: CPSI) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.46, payable on 2/24/12. As a percentage of CPSI?s recent stock price of $61.24, this dividend works out to approximately 0.75%. Below is a dividend history chart ...

Android OS rules in U.S., gets a Bouncer to keep malware out the Market (Appolicious)

Appolicious - The Android platform expanded its dominance in the U.S. smartphone market during Q4 of 2011, according to the latest ComScore report. Apple may have boosted its share of the mobile handset market with the release of the iPhone 4S, but Android’s still the clear winner in terms of OS use, powering 47.3 percent of surveyed subscribers. That’s up from 44.8 percent last year, growing by slightly more percentage points than Apple’s increase to 29.6 percent from 27.4 percent.

TouchPal Keyboard Tablet tops Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)

Appolicious - The touchscreen keyboard gets an upgrade with TouchPal’s Keyboard for Android tablets. It lets you easily switch between swiping and tapping, as well as gestures to get the most out of your finger follies. This week also brought some big name updates to the Android Market, including special upgrades from McAfee Security and Mint’s personal finance app. Salesforce debuted its Rypple app this week, as did Eventbrite for managing events on-the-go.

Google tightens security in Android app store (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware's growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software.

Google tightens security in Android app store (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware's growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software.

Exclusive: Hacked companies still not telling investors (Reuters)

Reuters - At least a half-dozen major U.S. companies whose computers have been infiltrated by cyber criminals or international spies have not admitted to the incidents despite new guidance from securities regulators urging such disclosures.

AMD's CEO prepares chipmaker for a fight (Reuters)

Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices' new chief executive delivered an enthusiastic pitch in his debut before Wall Street analysts, saying he was getting the struggling PC chipmaker "fit to fight" in a quick-changing computer industry.

Man indicted on software copyright charge arrested (AP)

AP - Federal prosecutors say a former Baltimore man has been arrested in the U.S. after fleeing to Pakistan before he was indicted on a software copyright infringement charge.

Android “malware” turned out to be benign (Appolicious)

Appolicious - Consumers got a lesson in malware safety this week when Symantec and Lookout security companies presented different perspectives on “Android.Counterclank.” Symantec identified the string of apps as malware, but Lookout insisted the apps weren’t malicious but merely annoying adware Trojans. After several days of debating the semantics of malware, Symantec retracted its original statement, falling in line with Lookout’s assessment after all.

More than 50 percent of Facebook’s monthly active users are on mobile apps (Appolicious)

Appolicious - We already knew Facebook’s various mobile apps were popular, be they on Apple’s iPhone or iPad, on devices running Google’s Android operating system, or even on BlackBerry devices and feature phones.

Intel CFO faces fewer worried investors (Reuters)

Reuters - Intel Chief Financial Officer Stacy Smith likes the questions he is receiving from Wall Street these days a lot more than the concerns many investors voiced last year about the PC chip giant's ability to adapt to consumers' growing preference for smartphones and tablets.

AVG Technologies prices at $16/share: source (Reuters)

Reuters - Anti-virus software maker AVG Technologies NV priced its initial public offering at $16 per share, at the low end of the expected range, according to a market source.

AVG Technologies prices at $16/share: source (Reuters)

Reuters - Anti-virus software maker AVG Technologies NV priced its initial public offering at $16 per share, at the low end of the expected range, according to a market source.

Hynix expects weaker chip shipment growth in Q1 (Reuters)

Reuters - Hynix Semiconductor Inc sees mid-single digit percentage growth for shipments of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and flash memory chips in the first quarter from the previous quarter, an executive told a conference call.

Nokia revamp will hurt most of 2012 results: Chairman (Reuters)

Reuters - A major revamp at Nokia that includes a deal to use Microsoft Corp software in its smartphones will impact the earnings of the Finnish handset maker throughout most of this year, Chairman Jorma Ollila said on Wednesday.

Open Text Q2 profit jumps 28 percent (Reuters)

Reuters - Business software company Open Text posted a 28 percent jump in second-quarter profit on Wednesday on solid demand from services, technology and financial customers.

Apple engineers ‘heavy into’ near-field communication for iPhone 5, rumor says (Appolicious)

Appolicious - Near-field communication seems poised to be the next major technology to sweep the smartphone market. Already there are smartphones running Google’s Android operating system that contain the technology, and we recently heard about a chip embedded in a smartphone case that brings the capability to any current iPhone.

Ukraine shuts down top file sharing website (Reuters)

Reuters - Ukrainian police on Tuesday shut down the former Soviet republic's most popular file sharing website, Ex.ua, accusing its owners of illegally distributing copyright-protected software, music and videos.

Virtual Computer's Market Momentum Accelerates Growth of Intelligent Desktop Virtualization

WESTFORD, MA-- - Virtual Computer, the market leader in intelligent desktop virtualization , announced that it dramatically accelerated the growth of the IDV market in 2011 and is poised to continue driving ...

Gaming firms 888, Caesars extend licensing deal to U.S. (Reuters)

Reuters - 888 Holdings Plc said a unit of private equity-owned Caesars Entertainment Corp extended its UK software licensing agreement with the British online gaming company to the United States.