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Bruised Apple: Buggy products and user censorship

The steady stream of problems with OS X Mavericks, iOS 7, Safari, and Retina MacBook Pros won't go away no matter how many forum comments Apple deletes

BYOD? Sure! BYOPC? Not so fast…

The forces that propelled use of employee-owned smartphones and tablets don't apply so much to PCs and Macs

Oracle shareholders vote against Ellison’s compensation package

The vote is nonbinding, but it expressed the board's disapproval with Ellison's performance of late

IBM to nix SmartCloud Enterprise, migrate users to SoftLayer cloud

IBM is offering free migration to customers off its SmartCloud platform

FAA to allow use of electronics for entire flights

Each airline will need to get FAA approval before offering their passengers gate-to-gate use of their portable electronics

Samsung updates mobile, TV, and gaming SDKs to attract more developers

The leading maker of smartphones is trying to create its own ecosystem à la Apple

Microsoft needs your help to nail the Windows 8.1 update 0xc1900101 Blue Screens

Two weeks into a vexing bug, people trying to upgrade to Windows 8.1 are still reporting Blue Screens

NSA taps Yahoo, Google data flows — SALESFORCE offers DIY app store — Kids flee FACEBOOK — SCHILLER: Goldman better than Google for grads

Outlook.com calendar maintenance enters its second week

The work may be affecting the performance of the Webmail service's calendar function

Update: Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud hit by worldwide interruption

The issue was related to a management feature used to deploy services on Azure