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10 likely nightmares for 2014

From China hacking the cloud to Oracle becoming open source enemy No. 1, these dark predictions should be allowed to marinate slowly

Hackers claim to expose phone information of 4.6 million Snapchat users

A security firm had pointed to a vulnerability that could help attackers find the phone numbers of many users

Skype’s social media accounts targeted by hacker group

User information was not compromised, Skype says

Apple to shareholders: Vote Icahn off Buyback Island

Board urges vote against trader's proposal for a nine-month, $50 billion stock repurchasing plan

More Microsoft exec departures mark end of a Windows era

With Jon DeVaan and Grant George officially retired and most of rest of Windows 8 team out to pasture, Microsoft silently acknowledges complete lack of faith in Windows 8

Road warriors’ essential mobile toolkit

If you spend more time with your smartphone and tablet than a computer, here's what you should have with you

10 likely nightmares for 2014

From China hacking the cloud to Oracle becoming open source enemy No. 1, these dark predictions should be allowed to marinate slowly

Apple, Cisco, Dell unhappy over alleged NSA back doors in their gear

Germany's Der Spiegel reports that the NSA has compromised a wide range of hardware for years to enable its spying

The 5 mobile technologies to watch in 2014

64-bit apps, motion coprocessors, iBeacons, Miracast, and MBaaS all could be on the brink of achieving great things