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Cyberespionage operation ‘The Mask’ compromised organizations in 30-plus countries

The attack campaign is highly sophisticated and bears the marks of being a state-sponsored operation, the researchers said

Microsoft gives multifactor authentication to all Office 365 users

The company also plans to add multifactor authentication for Office 2013 client apps

Intel’s 15-core Xeon server chip has 4.31 billion transistors

The 15-core high-end server chip, code-named Ivytown, will run at clock speeds from 1.4GHz to 3.8GHz

Microsoft adds critical IE, XP fixes to Tuesday’s patch slate

Two more updates boost the total for today's security patches to seven -- four of them with Microsoft's highest-level threat rating

Hands on: Trying a 3D printer — a beginner’s tale

Learning to use a 3D printer for the first time is not complicated, but learning to do it well comes with a significant learning curve

Icahn says ‘I can’t’ and stops $50B fight over Apple stock buyback

'We see no reason to persist,' says investment agitator after proxy advisor nixes proposal and Cook spends $14 billion on more stock buybacks

Hiring managers advise job seekers to contribute to open-source projects

'Code is the new resume' for some hiring managers

Gates muses on NSA, bitcoin, his new role at Microsoft

During a Reddit online chat he also praises new CEO Satya Nadella, saying he is 'off to a great start'

Scorecard: Windows 8.1 Update 1 fails the Windows Red test

In the battle of Windows 8 fixes, Microsoft falls far short of InfoWorld's expectations in its latest OS update