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A federal judge’s decision last week to reduce damages in a music piracy case has give a Boston University student reason to be optimistic that his $675,000 fine will be lowered. Original post:  Student facing $675K music piracy fine hopeful award will be lowered  Read More →

For all the cloud computing hype, few business customers are actually storing data on Web-based platforms. More here:  Cloud storage hype: Customers not buying it  Read More →

A federal judge’s decision to substantially lower the damages in a music piracy case involving Jammie Thomas-Rasset should come as no surprise considering the massive size of the original $1.9 million jury award against her. More:  Reduced award called too high in music piracy case  Read More →

The Harvard Law School professor who defended a Boston University doctoral student in a music piracy case plans to seek a new trial. Original post:  Lawyer in Tenenbaum music piracy case to seek retrial  Read More →

Nokia today released two smartphone models in the U.S. where the worldwide leader still lags behind some rivals Excerpt from:  Nokia launches two new smartphones in the U.S  Read More →

Microsoft and NetApp have signed a three-year development deal to better enable a single console management view of their respective software and hardware. Original post:  Microsoft, NetApp ink three-year collaboration deal  Read More →

SecureWorks has acquired DNS Limited, a U.K.-based provider of security services. Here is the original post: SecureWorks moves into Europe with DNS buy  Read More →

Siemens’ Enterprise Networking group has tapped a Deutsche Telekom executive to serve as its new CEO. Read the original post:  Siemens enterprise group hires new CEO  Read More →