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A researcher says media coverage is a key reason why users patch zero-day Microsoft bugs faster, whether they are part of a standard patch Tuesday release or an out-of-band update.  read more »

Google has a bold strategy to tackle Android's biggest problem: that the OS is available in too many versions, spread across a range of devices. In a bid to end the fragmentation, Google will attempt to carve major features out of the OS into downloadable updates, according to Engadget .  read more »

With all the attention on smartphones, especially the iPhone and the Droid, it might seem odd that only 21% of U.S. wireless phone subscribers used a smartphone at the end of 2009.  read more »

IBM's former server chief, Robert Moffat, on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud in a case connected to an insider-trading scandal.  read more »

Oracle on Monday was hit with a counterclaim by Rimini Street, the third-party software maintenance provider it sued in January over alleged intellectual property violations.  read more »

Apple has exhausted the supply of iPads slated to arrive at customers' doorsteps this coming Saturday, according to the company's online store.  read more »

Just in time for the long-awaited iPad to go on sale, Apple has acquired the trademark on its name.  read more »

Mozilla confirmed a critical vulnerability in the newest version of Firefox, and said it would plug the hole by the end of the month.  read more »

Yesterday's statement from Palm's CEO, lamenting how Motorola's Droid beat the Palm Pre into Verizon stores, I was reminded of a famous Marlon Brando line from "On the Waterfront." Many people know the words, even of they don't know they come from a 1954 motion picture.  read more »

As the dirty details are exposed in Viacom's lawsuit against Google's YouTube, public statements from YouTube's lawyer try to make the case sound more consequential for users than it actually is.  read more »