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Microsoft urges customers to ditch XP, Office 2003

Individuals and businesses sticking with the OS and suite after support ends in April face security risks, technical obsolescence, it warns

Carriers say they support mobile kill switch effort

However, the executives stop short of endorsing a Senate bill requiring them to install kill switches on mobile devices

IBM wants to see your Watson mobile apps

Watson Mobile Developer Challenge aims to see who can put IBM's cognitive computing platform to the most creative uses on mobile devices

Cloud service providers fight back, challenge NSA

Facing a real business threat from the fallout from the NSA's intelligence gathering, tech sector luminaries are lobbying for surveillance reforms

Munich opts for open source groupware from Kolab

Munich aims to use as much open source software as possible, and already completed a switch from Windows NT to its own open source Linux distribution

Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 1 in 5 Macs vulnerable to attacks

Twice now Apple has bypassed Snow Leopard when it patched newer editions

US House passes bill allowing mobile phone unlocking

Some former supporters criticize the bill's prohibition on bulk unlocking

Internet Explorer ‘SnowMan’ zero-day spreading: Use alternative or patch with KB 2934088

Attack first noted on VFW website is spreading, say Symantec researchers. If you must use IE9 or IE10, get patched now

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Samsung debuts new Exynos chips, questions linger on 64-bit plans

Samsung announces new 32-bit Exynos mobile chips for smartphones and tablets with six- and eight-CPU cores