“Inappropriate” to regulate cloud services market at this stage; concerns cloud regulation could stifle innovation, duplicate existing consumer protections…….

New submitter hmilz writes “I’ve been using procmail for years to filter my incoming mail, and over time a long list of spam patterns was created. The good thing about the patterns is, there are practically no false positives, and practically no false negatives, i.e. I see each new spam exactly once, and lose no…

First a rover, next a taikonaut, then a colony……

Ballmer bowing out as ValueAct storms in……

You’ll be shocked (literally shocked) to realize how much time you spend on Facebook. Plus, a couch that can balance on one leg, and the worst celebrity-branded tech products ever…….

Amazon says customers who previously purchased books from the publishers involved in the Apple e-book settlement are estimated to receive between $0.73 to $3.82 per Kindle book…….

A flaw in Apple’s text-handling routines may cause a number of OS X and iOS programs and services to crash and could be used for potential nefarious purposes…….

Daniel_Stuckey writes “Now, an EU-funded, £7.2 million ($11 million USD) collaborative project, called Strands, is underway in England to develop 4D, artificial intelligence for security and care applications. It aims to produce intelligent robo-sentinels that can patrol areas, and learn to detect abnormalities in human behavior. Could their project eventually replace security guards with robots?…

Windows Server 2012 R2 tries to rehabilitate PaaS tech……

Initiative will see the acceleration of 120 early-stage ventures by the end of 2014……