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Microsoft joins ARM server effort

ARM versions of products like Windows Server and Hyper-V could be in the works

Yahoo reports another sales decline as ads sag

CEO Marissa Mayer cited the company's investments and acquisitions as laying a foundation for revenue growth

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German government faces legal action over NSA spying

Several people and organizations are suing the German government for allegedly aided the NSA in its data collection program

MSVCR80.dll errors and other problems plague iTunes 11.1.14 on Windows

Windows-based iTunes customers report problems with the latest update, and solving the issues can be a complex process

Facebook uses 10,000 Blu-ray discs in low-power storage system

Blu-ray fits the bill for infrequently accessed data, reducing costs by 50 percent and energy use by 80 percent, Facebook says

Lenovo restructures to focus on enterprise products, software after IBM deal

Lenovo is creating two new business groups devoted to its enterprise products and to developing a software ecosystem

Obama touches on NSA reform in State of the Union address

The president also called for patent reform and for faster broadband in schools

Nutanix NX-3000 review: Virtualization cloud-style

Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform brings resilient, cloud-like server and storage infrastructure to traditional virtualization deployments

Open Compute pushes GPL-like license for ‘open source hardware’

Facebook's open hardware effort adopts 'prescriptive' license requiring altered designs to be contributed back to foundation when sold