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Promising protocol much easier to fingerprint than HTTPS Google's QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections) protocol, announced in 2013 as...

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At the end of the day, biz customers will buy the product they want Analysis   Christian Klein cut a lonely figure in front of mysteriously...

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Posts look to have evaporated along with employee privileges Oracle has done something a little odd: exhuming ancient blog posts about Sola...

India gets special attention with new rules for apps that tie loyalty and prize draws to payments Google has added 15 more countries to its...

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New security features in Chrome but can businesses do everything they need through the browser? Google has introduced BeyondCorp Enterprise...

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Scorches Flash for the very last time, too The Mozilla Foundation has scorched a pair of monstrosities in the new version 85 of its Firefox...

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Chip designer records bumper final quarter and full year, predicts more of the same to come, says supply flow will increase Sometimes, thin...

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Security eggheads discover their PCs chatting with Kim Jong Un's hackers North Korea's hackers homed in on specific infosec researc...

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Google is bringing back “offline mode” to its web-based version of Google Calendar—at least, for Workspace users. Most of you shouldn’t nee...

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