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SAP user group lobbying leads to more flexible on-premises licensing policy

SAP customers can now swap on-premises licenses for other on-premises products, with some catches

Browser-based ad blockers threaten free-for-all Internet

23 percent of browsers run ad-blocking add-ons that reduce revenue of free-content websites

4G: The new enterprise network

Adding 4G infrastructure has its own pain points, including getting coverage everywhere you need it. Three early adopters share their experiences and lessons learned

Software AG acquires JackBe for mashup tooling, real-time analytics

A new Intelligent Business Operations Platform is also in the works

DECLASSIFIED docs nail NSA domestic spying — HP way down, Donatelli out, VEGHTE in — YAHOO passes Google — UBUNTU Edge tanks — WINDOWS PHONE sweeps Latin America

5 big things to watch for at VMworld

The cloud, virtual networking, storage, OpenStack, and mobile computing are all expected to be hot topics at VMworld this year

Cisco patches serious vulnerabilities in Unified Communications Manager

The vulnerabilities can be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands or disrupt telephony-related services, Cisco says

Ubuntu Edge smartphone misses crowdfunding goal by $19 million

Canonical raised only $12.8 million of the $32 million it wanted, but still intends to ship an Ubuntu-based smartphones next year

Newly declassified docs prove NSA collected data on tens of thousands of Americans

But the collection of phone and Internet data may have been inadvertent, the declassified documents show

Siri vs. Android: Watch the speech recognition showdown

Talking trumps typing as the preferred method of using a smartphone -- so which mobile OS is better at voice commands?