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Verizon to begin trials of 5G wireless next year

No 5G standard is expected until 2020, but Verizon plans to trial technology targeted for cellular's next generation

Microsoft Edge browser gets its first critical patches

Microsoft Edge gets 4 security fixes in its first patch Tuesday, while older sibling Internet Explorer got 17

Microsoft headed to court to protect Irish data from DOJ search

Microsoft will ask an appeals court to scotch the U.S. Department of Justice efforts to search emails stored in a company facility in Ireland

iOS 9 solves the dilemma between iPad and laptop

New features -- some that riff off Windows tablet PCs -- lend the iPad a more laptoplike feel

Know-it-all newbies learn a red-hot lesson

For a seasoned techie, it's tough to find the right balance of assisting or letting young IT pros learn their own lessons through trial and error

First look: Run Docker in Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3 debuts support for Docker and container management with PowerShell, with a few wrinkles

Review: Software-based NAS options for the storage do-it-yourselfer

Microsoft puts the focus on focus in Dynamics CRM 2016

Delve functionality will also arrive for the first time

Debian Linux versus the CIA

In today's open source roundup: How Debian plans to stop backdoors and the CIA. Plus: Adblock Plus launches Adblock browser for Android. And Raspberry Pi touch display released

Microsoft to strengthen cloud security with acquisition of Adallom

The growing popularity of cloud services is putting pressure on vendors to improve management tools