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New Windows 10 SDK prods devs to embrace Windows’ future

The new Windows 10 SDK is all about moving beyond the Windows legacy, into the Universal Windows Platform, then the eventual multi-OS workflows

Toshiba’s in chaos, but not quitting PCs — yet

Toshiba is selling part of its memory chip business to cover the billions it lost building nuclear power plants

Intel ships latest Itanium chip, called Kittson, but grim future looms

HPE will ship high-end Itanium servers in the second half of the year, and the chip will be supported by HP-UX and OpenVMS

Should you run Linux without a desktop environment?

Also in today’s open source roundup: Second build of ChromX released for desktops and laptops, and is 8 GB too much RAM for a smartphone?

Microsoft’s president wants a Geneva Convention for cyberwar

Brad Smith calls for international agreements on digital rules of engagement

A Look into the Future of IT: Composability

Worried about hacks, senators want info on Trump’s personal phone

Two senators on the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs are worried President Donald Trump’s Android phone is unsecured

Smartphone CPUs put desktops to shame

The latest smartphones sport multicore processors of dizzying complexity

Amazon Chime goes after WebEx, Skype for Business, and GoToMeeting

The cloud provider just entered the unified communications business with a new service

Chips coming by June will herald the next generation of Wi-Fi

Qualcomm is getting ready to ship sample chips for IEEE 802.11ax, promising higher speed and efficiency