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If Windows 8 = Vista, what’s Microsoft’s next move?

Microsoft, Vista, and the bastard child problem

Wall Street pushing APPLE to phablet — NSA likes Angry Birds — BITCOIN exec charged with money-laundering — 2013: 1B smartphones served

VPN bypass vulnerability affects Android Jelly Bean and KitKat, researchers say

Malicious apps can exploit the Android vulnerability to bypass an active VPN connection

Sweet! Researchers create powerful batteries that run on sugar

Cheap, refillable, and biodegradable, these batteries could power smartphones and tablets by 2017, say engineers at Virginia Tech

Power to the portable: 3 high-performance mobile workstations

While most laptops are reasonably priced and powered, sometimes you need a little extra. We test three high-end Windows mobile workstations

Microsoft contributes cloud server designs for Facebook’s Open Compute Project

Microsoft also aims to set up an open-source software community in the Open Compute Project

Telerik lets developers choose between building Web, hybrid or native apps

A complete version of Telerik Platform costs from $149 per user and month

Old-school Wi-Fi is slowing down networks, Cisco says

Cisco engineers propose standards change to pare down traffic sent using old, slow forms of Wi-Fi that clog channels

Lavabit to have its day in federal appeals court

The now defunct secure email service is standing up for the right to protect encrypted communications

Obama administration forges deal with tech companies over data requests

The agreement with Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and others lets them give more information on the government's data requests