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Microsoft ships IE11 for Windows 7

It will start pushing the new browser version as an auto-upgrade 'in the weeks ahead'

This time, it’s personal: Government spying hits Google where it hurts

Google is truly mad over revelations about government spying on its networks. Finally, some good comes from Snowden's leaks?

Amazon’s expertise may save CIA cloud from HealthCare.gov’s fate

Now that IBM is out of the running for CIA contract, AWS has a real opportunity to change government IT forever

Can Samsung become Apple? Only if it executes well

The company has the resources and the consumer goodwill, but it also has struggled to get software and services right

Is the diversity of Linux its greatest strength?

Today in Open Source: Celebrate the diversity of Linux. Plus: An easy way to customize Android, and a tour of Ubuntu Touch 1.0

Cisco, EFF call on Congress to target patent-troll demand letters

Patent assertion entities are trying to extort settlements from small businesses, witnesses tell senators

Report: CIA pays AT&T for international call data

Carrier turns over information about international calls on its network under voluntary contract, New York Times says

Microsoft Office Web Apps takes great leap toward Office equality

Newest version of Office Web Apps boasts live collaborative editing, but still trails Office for Windows in other areas

Twitter goes public at $45 a share

Actor Patrick Stewart rings opening bell, as Twitter tweets '#Ring!'

TWITTER goes public, SQUARE may follow — Yammer & co-authoring added to OFFICE — MICROSOFT makes $2B annually on Droid patents — FACEBOOK likes open source