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Google and VMware advance plans for the death of the desktop

VMware's Horizon View partners with Google's Chromebooks as both outfits seek to make the most of the waning desktop PC

Samsung joins IBM, Google in OpenPower Consortium

It is not clear yet if Samsung will license the Power architecture

Video: John Oliver chews up, spits out techies at TechCrunch Awards

Uber, commuter buses, out-of-touch execs -- 'The Daily Show' vet leaves no target untouched in Crunchies opening remarks

SAP user group says members will pull back on IT spending growth this year

Despite SAP's hype, HANA is not yet a major priority for German-speaking SAP User Group members

Denial-of-service vulnerability puts Apache Tomcat servers at risk

DOS vulnerability is located in Apache Commons FileUpload

Is Android too open for Google to retain control?

Today in Open Source: Android's openness may cause problems for Google. Plus: Make Linux look like Windows 8, and the beards of Linux users

Microsoft needs to explain changes made in Windows 8/8.1 apps

Microsoft doesn't publish changelogs for updates, with chilling implications -- because there's no way out of a bad Metro patch

Largest-ever DDoS strike rocks CLOUDFLARE — China’s censors to enlist MICROSOFT? — KLOUT scores $100M — ALIBABA coming to America — TWITTER apes Facebook

Marissa Mayer says Yahoo investing in search

The Yahoo CEO explains her vision of contextual search on mobile devices

HP says security updates not included under new firmware policy

The company said it will continue to provide security and safety updates to all server users, even after restricting access to firmware updates