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Windows Store Gives App Developers More Control

Developers who make their apps available on Microsoft's Windows Store now have new options that offer them more control over an app's availability. The...

Google Explains Cause of Service Outages Last Friday

A software bug was at the heart of the 30 to 60 minute Google services outages on Jan. 24 that affected users of Gmail,...

Microsoft SkyDrive Rebranded as OneDrive

Last year, a court in the United Kingdom ruled that the SkyDrive brand, Microsoft's cloud storage product, infringed on the British Sky Broadcasting Group's...

Google, Samsung Patent Deal Deepens Their Relationship

Google and Samsung, which have been close partners in combining Google's Android mobile operating system and Samsung's mobile device hardware in the last few...

Skyfence Builds a Wall for Cloud Security

Time and again, the top concern for many organizations about moving to the cloud is security. Last week, security startup Skyfence emerged from stealth...

Snowden Warns NSA Surveillance Undermines Democratic Institutions

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden answered questions about the pervasive collection of data by the intelligence agency and his reasons for leaking...

EHRs Could Divert Too Much Doctor Attention

Nonverbal cues may get overlooked and affect doctors’ ability to pay attention and communicate with patients when physicians spend too much time looking at...

Google Testing Its Same-Day Delivery Service in Santa Monica

Google is now testing its fledgling Google Shopping Express same-day ordering and delivery service in the Los Angeles suburbs, starting with a new pilot...

Password Security Requires Multiple Layers of Protection

All week, friends and family have asked me if I had heard about the story on the most commonly used password. It's a story...

eWEEK at 30: Glory Days of Nokia, Motorola, BlackBerry Ended With iPhone

The history of mobile phones is the story of a single lesson repeated: Don't get comfortable.Or, put more bluntly, as it often is, you...