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Report on NSA ‘secret’ payments to RSA fuels encryption controversy

RSA denies report; key issue is whether RSA overlooked crypto algorirthm's weaknesses to generate revenue from government contracts

Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants

Bitcoin, HealthCare.gov, and gaudy tech IPOs were also hot stories this year

Give thanks for technology that actually works

With an occupation that's immersed in solving problems, it's not a bad idea to contemplate now and again what goes right

Your next job, next year, may be self-employment

Tech industry sees a shift to independent workers -- and different kinds of opportunities for IT pros

IBM adds a fancy scheduler to its OpenStack stack

IBM modifies its Platform Computing Scheduler to work with OpenStack

You shouldn’t have! Secret Santas of Silicon Valley

They're (relatively) young, smart, and loaded -- so what gifts might tech's secret Santas hand out this year? Here's a guess

Debate over NSA surveillance shifts with judge’s ruling, task force report

Critics of the agency's surveillance programs say momentum has shifted in the debate

Oracle buying marketing software vendor Responsys for $1.5 billion

The marketing software market is heating up as CMOs get IT purchasing power

BlackBerry CEO: We’d love to try iOS, Android

John Chen said he's very interested in taking the BlackBerry experience to rival platforms

MAC supply chain breaks — EU wants GOOGLE to pay up — VERIZON stands up to feds — WHATSAPP hits 400M users — More calls for Valley to SECEDE