Manufacturing spending billions on IoT, but still can’t patch Windows or remember passwords

Much of the details from last year’s controversial bill stay the same, with a digital locks rule at the centre of the legislation. Plus, commentary from ITAC and Internet law professor Michael Geist

Plus, a look at whether Amazon is losing money on the Kindle Fire and a new social network for VARs

The Satellite L755-S5258 is a solid performer, but suffers from a cheap feel and a few hardware problems

A regulatory filing shows what HP will pay its outgoing and incoming CEOs

Court hears that former Apple CEO made contact in July last year

Dell’s XPS 14z is slated to arrive in other regions later this year

Plus, ultrabooks may be as hot as tablets and and Oracle executive moves to a start-up

Synnex acquires a real gem of a services company

Amazon enters the tablet wars with the well-priced Kindle Fire and ups the e-reader market ante with new e-readers

T-Mobile said a preliminary injunction on sale of Samsung products in the U.S. will affect its holiday sales

The company plans to close a factory in Romania and some operations in Germany and the U.S.

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Plus, leaked photos of the Xoom 2 and D-Link’s UK head leaves the vendor