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If you need personal or enterprise cloud file storage -- or more of it -- it's not just a Dropbox world anymore. Use our guide to choose wisely.

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Computer networks at banks and television stations in South Korea froze after targeted malware deleted data from numerous PCs. Was North Korea involved?

Windows Phone 8 Support To End In 2014
Microsoft is making the right move by offering OS updates more frequently. But that may not be enough in the competitive smartphone race.

IRS Leaves Taxpayer Data Insecure, GAO Finds
Annual audit of the agency's financial and tax systems notes that some earlier problems remain and identifies new ones.

Microsoft Bolsters Ties Between Yammer, Office 365
Three-stage process weaves Yammer's enterprise social network capabilities into Office 365, with additional bridges to SharePoint.

Gartner Skeptical On BlackBerry Comeback
The Z10 is about to debut in the U.S., but BlackBerry will struggle to reclaim as much as 5% of the smartphone market, analysts say.

MOOCs Are Here To Stay, Profs Say
Professors who teach massive open online courses predict they will reduce the cost of higher ed -- but should MOOCs offer credits?

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The adoption rate of Software as a Service (SaaS) applications has been dramatic. Trials of applications like Salesforce.com, WebEx, or NetSuite have transitioned into enterprise-wide deployments, and many organizations have adopted a SaaS first policy. Read this whitepaper to learn the three different options for integrating Active Directory with your SaaS applications.
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What will Apple's next iPhone, or iPhones, look like? As the rumors fly, we separate the likely from the ludicrous for the iPhone 5S.

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Developers creating apps that interact with Google Drive now have a simple way to integrate real-time collaboration.

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10 Space Technologies That Help On Earth
NASA nurtured many innovations, from a portable communications system to an ultrasound machine for telemedicine, that have made the leap from space to Earth.

 

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Bob Metcalfe Plans Ethernet's 40th
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