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Ciena plunged deeper into the red following its acquisition of Nortel Networks' metro Ethernet business, with sales of its legacy products stagnating, it reported Wednesday.

Just under two-thirds of all Internet users have been hit by some sort of cybercrime, and while most of them are angry about it, a surprisingly large percentage feel guilt too, according to a survey commissioned by Symantec.

Salesforce.com is working on a series of native mobile applications for its Chatter collaboration software, the company announced Wednesday. Supported platforms include Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, Google Android and Reseach in Motion's BlackBerry.

Red Bend, a mobile software management company, has acquired VirtualLogix to stake its claim in the emerging field of mobile virtualization.

Oracle called Hewlett-Packard's lawsuit against its former CEO "vindictive" and said it threatened the companies' close relationship.

Google's Android mobile operating system proved a formidable rival to the wildly popular iPhone in a recent real-world test.

Cisco Systems and distributor Westcon Group North America have agreed to pay the U.S. government US$48 million to settle charges that they misrepresented prices in contracts with the U.S. General Service Administration and other agencies.

After losing out to HP on 3Par, will Dell now make a play for Brocade?

Facebook today said it has fixed the bug that allowed a spamming worm to automatically post messages to users' walls earlier this week.

Symantec on Tuesday announced a new de-duplication appliance based on its existing software product. It also announced a cloud storage service for NetBackup and Backup Exec customers.

The U.S. government is asking the public for help with some of its most vexing problems with the launch of a new website that offers rewards for the best ideas.

Hewlett-Packard is suing its former CEO, Mark Hurd, who was named co-president of rival Oracle on Monday, according to a report on the Wall Street Journal's website.

IDC is increasing its earlier projection for 2010 smartphone shipments by 10% to 270 million.

Apple's U.K. site over the weekend revealed that the iOS 4.1 update will be launched tomorrow.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the company will launch its TV service in the U.S. this fall.

The ascendancy of former Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd to a co-president slot at Oracle could give the vendor's strategy of selling integrated systems a boost, according to some industry observers.

Symantec Tuesday unveiled updated storage and backup gear, giving Enterprise Vault 9.0 a way to integrate archiving and discovery-related legal requests with Microsoft's cloud-based Business Productivity Online Services.

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland is delivering one of the strongest attacks yet on offshore outsourcing, calling it not only a threat to jobs but an IT security risk.

Google's Chrome 6 is 17% faster than the version it replaced, putting it in a virtual dead heat with the speed leaders, Opera and Safari, according to benchmark scores.

HP paid roughly 11 times what 3Par made in revenue in 2009, so perhaps Dell should be wiping sweat from its forehead after losing the bidding battle for the storage vendor. Still, HP could make hay with 3Par in a big way.