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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

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

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

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

In Fibre Channel We Trust

Virtual reality gains a small foothold in the enterprise

Prototypes and simulations based on virtual reality can save companies millions

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

Skip the hub; your mobile device is your IoT gateway

Central hubs will entrap users, device makers, and developers alike, when IoT control is already in their hands