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Procter & Gamble Co. is letting several hundred of its employees use their own laptops at work as part of an experiment -- one of numerous efforts by companies trying to keep workers happy.

Twitter launched a new link-screening service on Tuesday aimed at preventing phishing and other malicious attacks against users of the popular microblogging service.

In another move to work its way into the enterprise, Google has unveiled an online store where users can buy cloud-based applications designed to work with Googles own apps.

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Some BlackBerry users are complaining of an inability to use data services for the second day in a row.

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The Association for Computing Machinery has awarded the 2009 A.M. Turing Award to Charles P. Thacker, for his work in pioneering the networked personal computer.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will propose a National Digital Literacy Corps to help U.S. residents get online as part of a national broadband plan due out next week.

LifeLock, an Arizona company promising customers protection from identity theft, has agreed to pay $12 million to settle charges that the company overstated its benefits and used "scare tactics" to gain subscribers.

Dell had better take a look over its shoulder -- rival Acer is coming up fast from behind and is on the verge of overtaking Dell as the No. 2 PC maker in the world.

Cisco's new CRS-3 core router, which the company has boasted will "forever change the Internet," will come with 100Gbps Ethernet interfaces and 322Tbps multichassis interconnect capability at first customer shipment.

Microsoft fixed eight flaws in Windows and Office today, but passed on patching one Windows component because it cannot be automatically updated.

A Procter & Gamble IT executive talks about the company's mega outsourcing pact with Hewlett-Packard and about how the consumer products company uses simulation to find ways to increase sales.

Trademark protection, costs and cybersecurity threats are some of the issues likely to derail the introduction of new Internet generic top-level domains, being discussed at a meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers Board this week in Nairobi.

In its second such admission in the past two months, Microsoft today warned of a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is already being exploited by hackers.

A study by BBC World service found that four-fifths of adults around the world believe that Internet access is a fundamental human right.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is considering ways that wireless technologies can be used to deliver free or low-cost broadband services, as part of its National Broadband Plan.

HP has accused a Taiwanese maker of printer ink cartridges with using stolen HP parts to make knock-offs and sell them in the U.S. through outlets such as Amazon.com.

The Association for Computing Machinery has awarded the 2009 A.M. Turing Award to Charles P. Thacker, for his work in pioneering the networked personal computer.