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NSA spying scandal accelerating China’s push to favor local tech vendors

Revelations about U.S. secret surveillance have put a strain on the China business of Cisco and Qualcomm, the companies say

Botched Outlook 2013 patches KB 2837618 and KB 2837643 break Out Of Office reply, Free/Busy, and more

Installing KB 2837618 causes slew of problems, and addition of KB 2837643 makes it impossible to fix them through a simple uninstall

JetBrains builds on Google Android collaboration for new IntelliJ IDEA

IntelliJ IDEA 13 has improved supports for the Java Spring framework

JetBrains builds on Google Android collaboration for new IntelliJ IDEA

IntelliJ IDEA 13 has improved supports for the Java Spring framework

BlackBerry upgrades BES to improve Android, iOS management

Version 10.2 of the management platform gives IT staff more flexibility when managing iOS and Android-based devices

GOOGLE expands Cloud, cuts price — APPLE buys Twitter fire hose — MICROSOFT’s grand cross-OS plan — SALESFORCE capitulates — U.S. students 36th in MATH

Microsoft’s Desktop Optimization Pack gets Win 8.1 management capabilities

The suite of IT management tools also gained the ability to virtualize Office 2013

D-Link issues fixes for firmware backdoor in routers

Firmware coding goof means an attacker could change a router's settings and steal information if remote management is enabled

Google Compute Engine goes live

The company has cut the prices, improved reliability, and expanded options for its GCE IaaS

Apple buys Topsy for at least $200 million, gaining deep access to Twitter

Topsy analyzes social data across the Web, including all of Twitter's stream