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Software-defined infrastructure: Cloud services do SDN one better

Adara Networks has been selling SDN equipment to service providers for years. Adara's chief software architect explains how SDN's advantages extend across the data center

New in iOS 7: What developers need to know

The revamped UI, dynamic type, new multitasking modes, and 64-bit support point to new classes of apps -- and devices

Heavy traffic hampers healthcare exchanges

The exchange for the state of New York alone saw 2 million visits in the first 2 hours of the site's launch

Public release of IE exploit could spark widespread attacks

Exploit module for yet-to-be-patched Internet Explorer vulnerability added to Metasploit

Review: Xcode 5 makes better, faster, stronger iOS and OS X apps

Xcode 5's most impactful upgrades are under the hood

Windows 7 growing slightly faster than Windows 8

NetMarketshare reports both OSes posted gains in September, but growth was slower than in August for the soft desktop system market

Cisco, Intel push ‘trusted geolocation in the cloud’

Companies using IaaS clouds should be aware of controls that exist to keep virtual workloads on servers within country borders

The SHUTDOWN effect on tech — BITTORRENT building server-free message client — All FACEBOOK posts now searchable — SPACEX explosion — MCAFEE hallucinates secure network

Another bad Windows 8 decision reversed

Microsoft just announced it's backing off a Windows 8 policy that made no sense: limiting Windows accounts to five devices

Intel to acquire network security firm Sensory Networks

The company provides software pattern-matching technology for network security applications