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17 September 2013
News: Computer science major ranks No. 8 for salary potential

PayScale ranked 129 college majors based on earning potential. Engineering, math, science and technology fields dominated the rankings.
News: Top 20 colleges for computer science majors, based on earning potential

Among computer science grads, alumni from University of California, Berkeley, led the pack with a median mid-career salary of $141,400, PayScale says.
News: Navy Yard shooter was IT worker with resume of gun violence

The man police suspected of a mass shooting Monday at the Washington Navy Yard, was employed by an IT subcontractor working on a government network project. He got that job despite having an arrest record for gun violence.
News: Customer growth helps TPG's bottom line

ASX-listed TPG Telecom has grown its consumer broadband and mobile subscriber base during the 2013 financial year, ending July 31.
News: Google buys Bump for smoother file sharing

Android, Chrome, and maybe even the iPhone could get a jolt in the file sharing department with Google's acquisition of Bump, which was announced Monday.
16 September 2013
News: Tesco backs Rainmaking Loft tech hub on fringe of London's Tech City

The UK's largest supermarket is looking to capitalise on London's technology entrepreneurs through a start-up incubator on the fringe of Tech City, next to Tower Bridge.
News: Lockheed Martin buys Scottish IT provider Amor Group

Lockheed Martin has acquired the Amor Group, the Glasgow-headquartered IT systems specialist operating in the energy, transport and public services sectors.
News: Study: Net neutrality policies vary in EU countries

European Union member states have adopted a range of stances on net neutrality, and the E.U. should look to the countries' examples as it attempts to move forward with new regulations, said one advocacy group.
News: Hong Kong slow to adopt flexible working

Thirty-six percent of workers in Hong Kong work remotely as compared to the global average of 48 percent, according to a newly released research report by global workplace provider Regus.
News: CIOs Look to Shared IT Services for Government Agencies

In a bid to contain costs and glean greater efficiencies from their IT operations, department and agency federal CIOs are looking to consolidate commodity services in a more centralized framework.
News: China's Tencent expands search engine presence with Sogou deal

Competition in China's search market is heating up with a new US$448 million deal that will bolster Internet giant Tencent's presence in the country's search market.
How-Tos: Six great TextEdit tricks

If you don't write all the time, then you probably don't need a full-featured word processor, such as Microsoft Word () or Apple Pages (). But you still may want a flexible tool for handling text that lets you compose résumés and recipes, letters and flyers. You know what? You already have one: Apple's TextEdit.
News: HTC cutting jobs at US operations

In another sign of trouble at HTC, the Taiwan-based smartphone maker started downsizing its U.S. operations on Friday, cutting an undisclosed number of staff.
13 September 2013
News: Twitter's going public: Who cares?

Unless you work on Wall Street, news of Twitter's IPO probably did little to pique your interest. Executives and financiers make a lot of money when companies go public, but regular folks don't benefit that much.
News: Challenges faced by Australian businesses are similar to the US: Ancile

Australian businesses are dealing with the same challenges that organisations do in the US, according to Ancile sales and professional services vice president, Patrick Dunlap.
News: Wall Street Beat: Twitter grabs spotlight, but tech IPOs were already hot

Even before Twitter's initial public offering announcement grabbed the spotlight Thursday, the market for tech IPOs had been heating up thanks to a general rise in stocks.
News: FCC to auction H block spectrum in 2014

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will sell 10 megahertz of spectrum in the 1900MHz band for commercial mobile services in an auction beginning Jan. 14, the agency announced Friday.
News: Rogue hardware used in attempted cyberheist at Santander bank branch

A criminal gang attempted to plant a rogue hardware device on the network of a Santander bank branch in London to remotely control a computer and steal money.
News: ATF CIO Pushes for a More Mobile Government

The CIO of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives outlines efforts within the government to mobilize the workforce, noting the benefit of increased productivity and collaboration as well as progress made addressing the security challenges.
News: Vodafone gets approval for €7.7 billion Kabel Deutschland takeover bid

Vodafone is close to acquiring Kabel Deutschland, Germany's largest cable operator, for €7.7 billion (US$10 billion).