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Can artificial intelligence save Windows Phones?

Microsoft's mobile AI assistant may put Apple's Siri and Google Now to shame, even make Windows Phones sexy. Did I really just write that?

Microsoft kicks off iPad buyback deal in latest effort to juice Surface sales

Wants customers to give up their iPads and switch to Surface; will offer minimum of $200 per tablet

TWITTER IPO speeds move to real-time ad network — NSA impersonates GOOGLE — DuckDuckGo goes parabolic — ARRINGTON up to his old tricks

‘Loud and clear’ user requests prompt Microsoft to add IMAP to Outlook.com

Support for the email retrieval protocol is also being used by developers to link their apps with Outlook.com

Apple issues final non-security update for OS X Mountain Lion

Patches 30 vulnerabilities, also ships updates for Lion and aged Snow Leopard

Microsoft and Apple: Dueling disappointments

Apple’s new iPhones and Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 operating system vie for top billing this week -- but not in a good way

Open source influence for sale? In defense of sponsors

Communities have sponsors, patrons, advisory boards, even directorships, but they don't have the influence you may fear

Cisco shows how to manage 35,000 Macs

The iPhone and iPad have given the Mac new life in business -- but how to handle them puzzles many IT admins

Twitter files for IPO

The social network files with the SEC to go public.

New iPhones help lay groundwork for global LTE roaming

The iPhone 5s and 5c take a big step toward global LTE coverage with up to 13 LTE bands, but a handful more bands are still needed