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Brocade exits network adapter business

The company says its future lies in data center fabrics and software defined networking

Hortonworks brings Hadoop 2.0 to Windows

Windows shops gain access to a distribution of Apache Hadoop 2.0 certified for production usage on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012

Chrome spammers duped users, developers — and Google too

Loopholes in Chrome's add-on technology allowed spammers to get past several security checkpoints -- including Google's

IBM drops $1.2B to significantly expand its global cloud footprint

Following a huge investment in SoftLayer, IBM plans to build 15 new cloud-based data center facilities worldwide

Update: Microsoft pushes firmware fix to more Surface Pro 2 owners

'Looks like the problem is fixed,' says one user referring to battery, sleep/hibernate glitches

BIG YoY jump in iPhone sales — HP launches Win7 PC promo — EBAY’s digital currency marketplace — YAHOO tops Google 6th straight month

Fon working with Qualcomm to expand Wi-Fi hotspots

The free Wi-Fi aggregator has also received new funding from the chip maker as well as from Google and Deutsche Telekom

Spammers buy Google Chrome extensions and turn them into adware

Two developers who sold their popular Chrome extensions saw them misused for aggressive advertising

Update: SAP expects revenue of $30 billion by 2017, driven by cloud

The company saw a dip in software revenue as its cloud business grew in the fourth quarter

Intel expects to reduce workforce by 5 percent this year

Company plans to cut staff by about 5,400 employees, as it sees the PC market stabilizing but a year of flat sales ahead