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SAP buying Concur for $8.3 billion to boost cloud portfolio

The travel and expense software vendor had reportedly been shopping for a potential buyer

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison steps down as CEO; Catz, Hurd named co-CEOs

Oracle's Larry Ellison steps down as CEO

3 make-or-break interview questions for developers

Code mastery is the tip of the iceberg for acing a programming job interview

Red Hat ventures into mobile app dev with FeedHenry buy

Pink slips rain down on Microsoft

Another 2,100 employees were let go on Thursday

Apple updates privacy policy, sets up site to guide users

Move comes as Apple embarks on health tracking and mobile payments that have potential privacy implications

Google lets Apps users bypass admins and install third-party Marketplace tools

Google risks upsetting Apps admins with this change to the workplace email and collaboration suite

Reports of another wave of layoffs rekindle bad press for Microsoft

A second wave of layoffs is reportedly coming today, as Microsoft moves to eliminate a total of 18,000 jobs by June of 2015

Apple needs a smarter argument to sell Apple Pay

People will need a lot of convincing before they’ll use their smartphones to pay at retail. Security and widespread adoption -- not convenience -- will be keys

4 ways Docker fundamentally changes application development

How Docker containers streamline development and deployment, encourage best practices, and enable a new breed of micro-services based applications