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SAP’s Business Objects update focuses on stability, data source support

Version 4.1 of the business intelligence software suite supports more than 140 data sources

Intel ships power-efficient Haswell processors for tablets

Fourth-generation Core i3 processors include a new chip that draws as little as 4.5 watts power in some tablet usage

Report: UK and US spies have cracked BlackBerry’s BES encryption

Documents leaked by Edward Snowden indicate that the NSA can read certain targets' BES-encrypted communications

Wireless USB to get high-speed jolt from WiGig

Deal between Wi-Fi Alliance and USB-IF means WiGig high-speed wireless standard will power a new wireless version of USB starting next year

MICROSOFT brain drain? — INSTAGRAM tops 150 million — NSA tapping smartphones — No free AMAZON smartphone — SPOTIFY valued at $5.3 billion — TECHCRUNCH #epicfail

The end of Windows as we know it

A massive reorganization currently underway in the Windows unit foresees a wholesale change in the venerable OS

Facebook offers real-time feed of user data to online and TV news

Facebook launches two new tools to allow news organizations to include user comments in real time

VMware refreshes Workstation 10 for Windows 8.1 and more

Desktop virtualization update soups up performance with added support for virtual machines and a new Virtual SATA disk, as well as faster startup times

Dell sticks with Windows 8 for business tablets

Dell plans to roll out more Windows 8 products later this year despite sluggish uptake of the operating system

Elop moves from long shot to shoo-in as next Microsoft CEO

Betting firms shorten odds on the former Nokia chief executive, make him the front-runner by far