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Google rethinks webmail with Inbox, raising questions about Gmail’s future

The new app is built from the ground up to deal with email overload

Software developer shortage transcends international boundaries

The need for qualified software developers is going global, making STEM education an international priority

Lawmakers call on FCC to reclassify broadband for Net neutrality

Eshoo calls on the agency to use old telecom regulations, but take a light touch toward applying the rules

Microsoft extends its win streak with IBM cross-cloud deal

The deal brings IBM's middleware to Azure and Microsoft's .Net to Bluemix, but Microsoft enjoys an edge with third-party apps on Azure

Jive integrates enterprise social suite with Google Docs

The enterprise social networking company already has 'connectors' for Gmail and Google Drive

Amazon takes aim at Microsoft’s Active Directory with new service

AWS Directory Service, which costs from $36.50 per month, both competes and integrates with Microsoft's Active Directory

Windows 10: What you need to know about the new build 9860

Build 9860, said to encompass 7,000 changes from the original Tech Preview, holds few surprises but offers tantalizing hints about new features

Microsoft discloses zero-day flaw in PowerPoint, publishes quick fix

Attacks are under way using a PowerPoint flaw that affects nearly all versions of Windows, the company says

Workers use their own devices at work, without boss’s knowledge

Line between work and play is getting more blurred, Gartner survey indicates

China attacks lead Apple to alert users on iCloud threats

Apple says the iCloud servers are secure, but advises users to always verify they've connected to an authentic iCloud website

Microsoft sued as lawsuits over employee no-poach deal mount

Software developer shortage transcends international boundaries

To solve the talent crunch, more technology education is needed at the grade school level

What’s the value of OpenStack leadership? $100M and counting

With 'the largest Series B open source investment in history', Mirantis must see how much growth it can sustain

SAP offering customers ‘simpler’ way to buy its Hana in-memory platform

The company wants to increase uptake of its Hana platform

Ex-Microsofter Muglia melds SQL analytics, data warehouse as a service

Snowflake's new data warehouse is designed from the ground up for the cloud and is aimed at analytics users who need high elasticity

Complaints mount about Yosemite crippling Wi-Fi

There has been a steady stream of reports from users whose Wi-Fi connections were affected after installing the latest version of Mac OS X

Data warehouse-as-a-service startup Snowflake comes out of stealth

Snowflake wants to do for the data warehouse what Salesforce did for CRM

One week after patch, Flash vulnerability already exploited in large-scale attacks

The Fiesta exploit kit bundles an exploit for the CVE-2014-0569 vulnerability in Flash Player, researchers found

Mac revenue tops iPad as Apple sells record 5.5M computers

Mac revenue outpaces iPad's by 25 percent; 'Obvious cannibalization' of the iPad, says CEO Tim Cook

Apple’s Yosemite OS shares Spotlight search terms by default

Mac OS X has always respected user privacy by default, and Yosemite should too, says an engineer who's studied the new OS

First products from Apple-IBM deal to come next month

The initial offerings will target banking, government, retail, and three other sectors

Microsoft, Dell team up for all-in-one stack-and-rack system

What do you get with Microsoft and Dell's hybrid cloud hardware setup? Microsoft's Azure experience and a turnkey hybrid cloud

16 tips for thriving as an IT contractor

Companies continue to supplement their full-time technical ranks with temporary contractors. Here’s how to make it work.

RoboVM beckons Java 8 programmers to iOS

An interview with RoboVM project founder Niklas Therning

GopherJS nudges Google Go past Dart in JavaScript Web development

With GopherJS, front-end code can be written in Go language, then compiled to JavaScript

Three ways IBM can shine after shedding its CPUs

With its processor division on the way out, IBM turns software and services to stay profitable and relevant, but there's no magic wand for Big Blue

Ask Watson or Siri: Artificial intelligence is as elusive as ever

Salesforce.com's expert on AI assesses the state of machine smarts at O'Reilly Strata + Hadoop World

IBM re-creates itself with focus on research, software, and advanced systems

With the sale of its semiconductor business, IBM emphasized several important things about its business, research, and jobs direction

Microsoft warns users to kill botched KB 2949927 patch

Microsoft yanked SHA-2 patch KB 2949927, and now goes further and cautions users to uninstall the update

GlobalFoundries to take over IBM’s semiconductor unit in $1.3 billion deal

The chip maker is getting factories, patents, employees — and a $1.3 billion payment from IBM

Is your Ethernet fast enough? Four new speeds are in the works

Cloud providers, carriers, and fast Wi-Fi users are all looking for fatter pipes

BI startup’s cloud service makes big data understandable

ClearStory Data's Collaborative Storyboards offers a way to present data in a series of live visualizations

RoboVM beckons Java 8 programmers to iOS

RoboVM lets developers use lambdas and defaults, and it provides full access to the hardware and native iOS APIs

5 ways Docker is fixing its networking woes

Networking for Docker containers has never been easy, but these five projects offer ideas for improvement

Tech industry likes Obama nominee for patent office

Tech groups praise the nomination of former Googler Michelle Lee to fill a post empty for a year and a half

Microsoft yanks botched patch KB 2949927, re-issues KB 2952664

Windows 7 upgrade compatibility patch gets a tweaked installer, while the SHA-2 hashing patch is summarily removed without explanation

Apple SIM has great potential, but widespread changes will take time

Apple SIM lets iPad users choose between data plans from different operators just by touching the screen

Chipmaker AMD will cut staff by 7 percent

AMD's layoff news comes just a week after Lisa Su took over as CEO

Apple and other tech giants now have to pay their fair share

Ireland puts an end to a tax loophole that saved Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook billions in taxes

Docker 1.3 tightens container security with digital signatures

The newest revision of Docker verifies digital signatures on containers, for deeper authentication and security features

Joyent staves off talk of a Node.js fork

Joyent form advisory board to open up the process of evolving the popular server-side JavaScript platform

Patent trolls have one fewer legal loophole to hide behind

With one subtle stroke, the Judicial Conference of the United States retires an old rule — and denies patent trolls a major weapon

Apple releases OS X Yosemite

The free upgrade runs on all Macs sold since 2009, as well as some even older models

Building a Hadoop cluster? Start with these five vendors

If you're building a Hadoop cluster in-house and want more than the white-box experience, these hardware makers offer a gamut of Hadoop bundles

Browser makers spell out anti-Poodle plans

Mozilla will disable SSL 3.0 in Firefox 34, but Google and Microsoft haven't set timelines for Chrome or IE

Four more botched Microsoft patches: KB 3000061, KB 2984972, KB 2949927, KB 2995388

Windows users are reporting significant problems with four more October Black Tuesday patches

Tablet sales growth slows dramatically

Tablet growth in the US will be just 1.5 percent this year, and will slow to 0.4 percent in 2015, IDC says

Startup builds on Wi-Fi chips for faster, cheaper ‘last mile’ broadband

Mimosa Networks wants to help service providers reach customers without laying fiber or copper

Oracle sued over employee no-poaching agreement with Google

The former Oracle employee charges the company with restraining competition in a bid to keep salaries low

OpenStack Juno packs in features, pursues wider adoption

The newest iteration of OpenStack smooths upgrades and adds Hadoop management