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Why KitKat can’t help older Android hardware

Android 4.4's widely hyped smaller memory footprint won't bring Gingerbread devices into modern era on its own

New supercomputer uses SSDs as alternative to DRAM, hard drives

The new supercomputer, called Catalyst, has 281TB of SSD storage

Rockstar vs. Google and Samsung: The patent war goes to 11

Backed by Apple and Microsoft, Rockstar Consortium is latest patent troll on the block, with sights set on Android universe

HP porting venerable Nonstop server platform to x86

The company will offer both Itanium- and x86-based Nonstop servers

5 ways IT can prepare for wearable devices at work

Wearables will initially appeal to consumers, but as with smartphones and tablets, buyers will want to use wearables at work

BlackBerry ditches CEO and accepts $1 billion loan from Fairfax, others

Struggling smartphone maker fails to find a buyer after being on the block for months

Unwanted BLACKBERRY taken off block — COOK lobbies to protect gays in workplace — MAVERICKS eats external drive data — HealthCare.gov #FAIL deconstructed

Bye-bye, Big Red? Escaping Oracle’s not that easy

Open source databases PostgreSQL and MariaDB are making strides, but need more than technical edge or lower price to attract Oracle customers

Microsoft kills Skype third-party tools for the desktop

Skype has confirmed it's shutting down all third-party access to its desktop API at the end of the year

9 trends for 2014 and beyond

Who says enterprise IT is boring? Big ideas and bold new tech are shaking things up like never before, so it's time to consider the long-term implications