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FCC to auction H block spectrum in 2014

Auction will help mobile providers address a predicted spectrum shortage and deliver bandwidth-intensive mobile services and apps

DRAM shortage from Hynix fire to hit PCs hardest

Repairs to the fabrication plant could take three to six months

Twitter grabs spotlight, but tech IPOs were already hot

A strong market is fueling initial public offerings, especially among software and Internet companies

iOS 7 delivers some needed enterprise-friendly tweaks

The new mobile OS arrives Sept. 18 with enterprise single sign-on

The best laptops, convertibles, and Ultrabooks for Windows 8

From classic clamshell notebooks to next-gen touch hybrids, see how HP, Dell, Samsung, Lenovo, and Acer stack up in InfoWorld's reviews

Restore the right to privacy with self-signed certificates

If we can no longer trust the certification authorities, then we'll have to secure the Internet ourselves

Couchbase open source data store goes mobile

The JSON-based NoSQL database can work on mobile devices

Can artificial intelligence save Windows Phones?

Microsoft's mobile AI assistant may put Apple's Siri and Google Now to shame, even make Windows Phones sexy. Did I really just write that?

Microsoft kicks off iPad buyback deal in latest effort to juice Surface sales

Wants customers to give up their iPads and switch to Surface; will offer minimum of $200 per tablet

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