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12 predictions for the future of programming

We gaze into our coding crystal ball to find the sure bets and intriguing developments developers should target in the next five years

Watch the utter destruction of hard drives holding Snowden’s data

In newly released footage, computer equipment belonging to the Guardian is destroyed by order of the U.K. government

Happy privacy news even paranoids could love

Perk up, buttercup -- the Blackphone and MIT researchers offer glimmers of hope amid our NSA- and hack-filled landscape

Twitter buys 900 IBM patents, dodging a potential infringement suit

The patents likely cover a range of software and tools of interest to Twitter

SequenceL language takes the pain out of multicore coding

Project eliminates many steps in multicore programming, allowing developers to write to C++ and automatically distribute to any number of cores

IBM to consolidate communication and collaboration wares into Connections suite

Connections' scope will extend beyond enterprise social networking to include email, productivity apps, and video conferencing

Office 365 turns one, but success is tough to tally

Beware of misleading numbers, says one analyst; look at Office Web Apps' progress, argues another

Nadella in, Gates out @MICROSOFT — GOOGLE stumbles, splits — AMAZON forced to raise Prime price — BOX sneaks IPO filing — Reset YAHOO email password!

The case against Nadella as Microsoft’s next CEO

With everybody announcing definitively that Satya Nadella will be the next Microsoft CEO, it's time for a little devil's advocacy

Google revenue rises despite Motorola slip

The company saw a healthy 17 percent rise in revenue for Q4, but had mixed results in its ads business