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How two cities brought fiber to the home when the carriers couldn’t

Think government can't provide cheap, efficient, high-speed connectivity? Two very different locales show it can

For four-eyes only: The Google Glass future is here

Google started it; now the peeper parade has taken over CES, where several strains of smart glasses litter the show floor

Intel set to bring DDR4 DRAM to computers in third quarter

Intel is bringing support for DDR4 memory to its server chips code-named Grantley, which are based on the Haswell architecture

Riverbed may go private in a $3 billion deal

An investment company wants to acquire the WAN optimization vendor

Vendors demo wireless charging for iPhones

Apple has yet to bring native wireless charging to its lineup of iOS mobile devices, but third-party solutions were on display at CES

Citrix buys Framehawk to give virtual desktops a boost

Framehawk's technology will improve performance over Wi-Fi and cellular networks for XenApp and XenDesktop users

TOSHIBA’s 5-in-1 PC — YAHOO increases vertical — LINKEDIN sues parasites — USERS sue Google, LinkedIn, Yahoo — BIZ STONE’s new Jelly

Gartner gets bullish about Windows’ future

PCs may be stuck in a slump, but phones and tablets will drive Windows growth by 29 percent between now and the end of 2015, research firm forecasts

SNL cast helps Marissa Mayer launch Yahoo News Digest

Mayer also announced the first in a series of digital magazines from Yahoo

Report: Ford’s Alan Mulally says he won’t go to Microsoft

The Ford CEO said he wouldn't be leaving, at least not until after 2014