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VMware brings Suse Linux to newly launched cloud service

Users of Suse Linux can purchase a fully supported version of the OS directly from VMware by year's end

Lapsing of Moore’s Law opens up opportunity in chip design

DARPA microsystems chief asks engineers to look forward, redesign conventional chips

Amazon lets developers make money by selling physical goods from Android apps

The Mobile Associates API integrates Amazon's store with mobile apps

Larry Ellison to talk in-memory database, Oracle PaaS at OpenWorld

The CEO will deliver two keynotes at Oracle's annual conference next month

Microsoft Surface naming debacle about to get worse

If rumors about 'Surface 2' and 'Surface Pro 2' are true, Microsoft better prepare to write off another $900 million

Windows 8.1 RTMs — but developers won’t get it until October

Microsoft sends 'final' Windows 8.1 to hardware manufacturers, but eager MSDN and TechNet subscribers won't get same bits

WIN 8.1 RTMs — ANDREESSEN-GELSINGER brawl at VMWORLD — FTC investigating GOOGLE-Waze tie-up — NSA hits corporate bottom line — THE ONION’s Miley Cyrus linkbait primer

Samsung claims Ericsson is demanding billions more for patent licenses

Ericsson wants the ITC to block the import of Samsung smartphones and tablets in the US

HP, Juniper to help VMware take on networks with NSX

The two Cisco rivals announced partnerships around software-defined networking to help flesh out VMware's upcoming network hypervisor

IBM’s new Power8 doubles performance of Watson chip

IBM has also included a CAPI port so third-party components are easier to connect