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Bye-bye Ballmer, hello open source? Microsoft’s upcoming options

Despite early 'cancer' slur, Steve Ballmer has been investing in open source. Could his departure open doors at Microsoft?

Windows 8.1 RTM leaks to Internet

After Microsoft policy change, illegal downloads are the only way for developers to get their hands on the near-finished code

Microsoft who? Sinofsky adds another scene to his second act, signs up with Box

The former Windows chief will advise Box as the company sharpens its cloud storage and file share service, and broadens its scope

Cisco fixes critical remote command execution vulnerability in Secure Access Control Server

The vulnerability could allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to take control of the underlying operating system, the company said

Pirated WIN8.1 in the wild — TWITTER adds Conversations view — GOOGLE agog over affairs — Top IOS APP publisher: Google

Mobile device management shifts to the cloud

MobileIron's Anyware cloud-based software provides a simplified Web interface that automates a lot of mobile device management tasks

Review: Firefox OS sputters on the ZTE Open

The open source challenger is meant to be simple, but it crosses the line into the less than functional

Whose self-driving car will you trust: Google or the automakers?

Driverless cars are coming, and Google wants to do more than design its software -- it wants to build the cars too

IBM starts restricting hardware patches to paying customers

Following an Oracle practice, IBM starts to restrict hardware patches to holders of maintenance contracts

It’s official: We all speak geek now

Geek domination steams along, as 'phablet,' 'srsly,' and 'selfie' land in Oxford Dictionaries Online's list of new words for 2013