Free cloud-based service allows small companies to wipe data from BlackBerry smartphones for security.

Intel exec admits Apple's warning was 'a real wake-up call'.

Acer and HP are set to offer new 7-inch tablets. Compact versions may be the next tablet battleground.

Analysts disagree on consequences for company's IPO.

Cisco's sales rose slightly but net income dropped from a year earlier

Intel hopes to rejuvenate interest in the PC market with Ultrabooks, which will bridge the gap between tablets and PCs.

The German court's ruling applies to all European Union countries except the Netherlands.

Baidu retreats from China's booming microblogging market.

The New York Times says Kim Jong-Il and the North Korean gov't are using MMO gold farming schemes to fund their operations.

The fire will almost certainly have an impact on supply of Sony entertainment products in the U.K. and Ireland.

While still not great, the operating systems behind Apple desktops, laptops and phones are getting more secure, researchers at Black Hat say. While not recommended for corporate use unless it's in islands within larger networks, the OSX operating system has made strides, says Alex Stamos, who lead a team of researchers from iSec Partners that researched the OSX and Windows 7 operating systems.

Microsoft researcher and Harvard Berkman Center fellow Danah Boyd didn't mince any words.

STEC is joining the ranks of vendors selling solid-state storage for caching within servers.

The move caters to enterprise users.

As Google+ grows in popularity--now with more than 20 million users--the new social network is triggering a number of questions with legal implications from businesses about potential policy changes, data retention issues and more, according to Joshua Kubicki, senior director of legal and corporate practices at Applied Discovery, an e-discovery provider that works with corporations preparing for and responding to legal actions.

The breach of RSA, the security division of EMC, last spring in which sensitive information related to RSA SecurID tokens was stolen, can be traced back to an attack originating in China, a security researcher strongly believes based on a close look into malware associated with the RSA breach.

Ever wonder which up-and-coming tech skills are catching the attention of IT hiring managers? Careers site Dice.com keeps track of the most popular terms that employers search for, and it also notes when emerging skills start appearing in keyword searches with greater frequency.

Facebook said it isn't planning to get into the digital books business, and will use the technology on its site.

Numerous fixes and stability improvements mean companies need no longer hesitate to use the Microsoft Office alternative.

Microsoft's decade-old OS officially hits minority status.