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What Disney World teaches us about mobile payments

Even in a highly controlled environment, the popular notion struggles to work as needed

Microsoft: Misery sure loves this company

In the car, in the cloud, in the executive suite -- Microsoft can't seem to catch a break this week

Microsoft aims to make Office 365 ‘smarter’ via social, APIs, machine learning

Office 365 is getting a new app called Oslo to automate interactions between colleagues, and offering new tools for developers

Linux group could hasten 64-bit Android for ARM mobile devices

The Linaro consortium is making contributions to the development of the Chrome browser for 64-bit Android

Microsoft: Use Laplink’s Windows XP migration tools, not ours

Laplink will provide free data migration tool to help users leave XP, a sign of how Microsoft is weaning itself off XP support

Second federal ‘kill switch’ bill introduced targeting smartphone theft

The bill in the House of Representatives follows similar proposals in the Senate and the California State Assembly

Microsoft announces extended Windows XP support in China — or has it?

Reports this morning that Microsoft will support Windows XP in China after April 8 have been disputed by Microsoft

Mirantis looks to open up OpenStack vendor certifications

But its new open-source certification compatibility initiative challenges a certification process put forward by Red Hat

IE11 still zaps Windows 7 gadgets

It's a common complaint about upgrading to IE11, but don't hold your breath on a fix from Microsoft

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