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How PaaS is changing enterprise app dev

'Platform as a service' may be the least understood cloud type, but enterprise dev shops are catching on big time, bringing cloud scalability and availability to their portfolio of applications

Microsoft sketches ambitious enhancements for Office 365

The most eye-catching innovation is a machine-learning capability to help employees identify their most important colleagues and content

RIP, RadioShack — we don’t know how good we had it

Supergeeks may scoff at brick-and-mortar stores, but these tech meccas were integral to hands-on interaction and discovery

Android malware detection boosted by university research

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found a way to monitor for Android malware with very low overhead

Eight eye-openers from Salesforce.com’s annual report

CRM still accounts for most of Salesforce.com's revenue, and the company is looking to increase both customer retention and profitability

Mounting BITCOIN mystery — Social gaming decline rocks DISNEY — DRONES free to fly — SPOTIFY’s checkmate move — Ex-NSA official’s MEA CULPA

ATMs will still run Windows XP — but a bigger shift in security looms

Banks caught in a major transition to embedded chip cards are sticking with XP and uninterested in upgrading to Windows 8

Don’t count your Amazon drones before they fly

Federal judge dismisses FAA ban on commercial drone use, but issues still stand in the way of U.S. airspace opening for business

NSA created ‘European bazaar’ to spy on EU citizens, Snowden tells European Parliament

National spy agencies across Europe are allowing the NSA to piece together their data into a larger picture, Snowden said

Facebook redesign mixes a bit of the old, a bit of the new

The social networking company heard user complaints and made changes to its News Feed