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Wed, February 22, 2012 - Google has expanded the functionality of its Docs word processing application on Android devices while simultaneously improving the Docs presentation application for desktop browsers.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - Adobe today said that it would stop offering direct downloads of Flash Player for Linux, telling users to move to Google's Chrome browser, which bundles Flash with its updates.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - The company's latest access point can be fitted with an integrated cellular radio

Wed, February 22, 2012 - In the real world, leaks cause you to sink, but in the iOSsphere they cause you to float, higher and higher.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - Thirty-six state Attorneys General Wednesday questioned Google's decision to change its privacy policies.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - Officials with the U.S. government have asked a New York judge to extend an impending deadline that could sever ties to the Internet for hundreds of thousands of users infected with the "DNS Changer" malware.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - Apple has purchased a 160 acre sprawl for $5.6 million

Wed, February 22, 2012 - ServiceKey and DLT Federal Business Systems Corporation are named in Oracle's complaint

Wed, February 22, 2012 - When online marketing firm Hubspot started in 2006, the company's IT needs were not very taxing, but they expanded quickly as the company realized success.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - An organization that represents CIOs and other healthcare IT leaders is protesting government plans to delay a deadline requiring a new medical coding system.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - Microsoft's desktop OS has let users install additional display languages since Windows 2000. This made Windows computers accessible to billions of people, but installing and switching languages on a PC wasn't easy. Businesses generally assigned only one language to a computer, limiting its use to those who understood that selected language.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - A new variant of the ZeuS computer Trojan no longer relies on 'command and control' servers for instructions from attackers

Wed, February 22, 2012 - Broadband providers should notify subscribers when their computers are infected with malware, Genachowski says

Wed, February 22, 2012 - PCWorld's Damon Brown says yesterday's Office for iPad tease by The Daily is probably just hype, and he's in good company -- Microsoft itself said in a recent New York Times story that the purported screenshot was bunkum. But The Daily's tech editor, Peter Ha, has fired back on Twitter, claiming the screenshot's the real deal.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - What we usually hear is that the "bring your own device" concept brings problems for IT but is cool for users. But is it really that good an idea for them?

Wed, February 22, 2012 - Apps that enable companies to reward customers with freebies or discounts for purchases or social-media sharing are relatively new, but already a hit with businesses. Some merchants claim that they offer better ROI than credit card loyalty programs or daily deal sites such as Groupon.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - Foxconn, the consumer electronics maker that handles assembly for a number of high-tech companies including Apple, was thrust into the spotlight Tuesday night as a national network news program took its cameras into the Chinese factory. The report airing on ABC's Nightline painted an interesting picture of Foxconn--but not necessarily interesting for the reasons you'd expect.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - Amazon's newest offering, announced Wednesday, is designed to ease application development and automate business processes.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - RIM this week rolled out a major software update for its BlackBerry PlayBook tablet PC, with new native e-mail and PIM apps, a number of cool new productivity features and corporate server support that's sure to have significant IT implications. CIO.com's Al Sacco details five things IT managers should know about PlayBook OS 2.0.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - News reports out of Charlotte, N.C., indicate a "known suspect" swiped 25 iPhones from an Apple Store at Northlake Mall between Dec. 1 and Jan. 11.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - Today Google's homepage sports a mesmerizing animated GIF of rolling waves, dolled up in Google's colors, in celebration of the 155th birthday of Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, the German physicist who proved the existence of electromagnetic waves.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - Verizon's 4G LTE network has been knocked offline again just two months after its last serious outage.

Wed, February 22, 2012 - DDR3 DRAM prices will continue to fall and possibly stabilize in the second half, analysts said

Wed, February 22, 2012 - The U.S. Air Force has abruptly cancelled a plan to buy nearly 3,000 iPad 2 tablets, just days after a news site raised questions about including a Russian-developed app for encrypting and reading documents.