Technology Industry

Microsoft: Talks with U.S. gov’t on surveillance transparency break down

Microsoft and Google will proceed with their lawsuits asking that they be able to publish surveillance request numbers

In case you need another reason to hate Google Glass

Wearable PC stars in a Silicon Valley scandal involving Google co-founder. Say, Sergey, how do you feel about privacy now?

Benioff lays out Salesforce.com’s future strategies

Salesforce.com will focus on vertical markets, marketing software, and an expanded partnership with SAP

Report: NSA pays millions for US telecom access

The Washington Post reports the NSA paid telecom companies $278 million this fiscal year to intercept phone calls, email, and instant messages

Offshoring will kill 1.5 million IT jobs by 2017

Report: Half of 2002's IT jobs in North America, Europe will be gone by 2017 due to offshoring, productivity improvements

Sinofsky joins BOX to take down Office — Microsoft courting FOURSQUARE — FACEBOOK user pix for facial recognition — PC nosedive accelerates

Salesforce.com mobile app developers gain security tools

Salesforce.com's Mobile SDK is now compatible with Good's containerization technology

Samsung starts mass production of DDR4 memories

Samsung is targeting the new memory at enterprise servers in next-generation data centers

Microsoft sets $100 Surface Pro discounts in stone

Permanent price cut is tacit admission that original prices for the tablet were too high

Windows 8.1 won’t rescue PC market this year, IDC says

Global PC shipments are expected to drop by 9.7 percent in 2013, but lower-priced laptops and convertibles will ultimately help the market recover