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Find out why EMC wants your head in a private cloud, and how the storage vendor plans to utilize its $9.8B in cash on hand to emerge from the recession as a stronger competitorrn

Kaspersky finds worm, rootkit on out-of-the-box M&A Companion Touchrn

They plan to invest $180 million over the next four years, expanding an existing partnershiprn

And it has an activity light to clue teachers in when students are surfingrn

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The suit claims patent infringement by companies in the U.S., India, and Taiwanrn

AMD did not profit from EU rulingrn

The affected batteries were sold in the U.S.rn