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Wall Street Beat: Forecasts call for tech to trend upward this year

Spending increases are forecast for software, smartphones and tablets

Reddit, Mozilla, EFF to hold day of protest, activism in memory of Aaron Swartz

A coalition of websites, activist groups and companies will coordinate protests against online surveillance

Tech Performance Issues Plague IT and Businesses

Hot IT job skills in 2014: Mobile, web development and big data

Companies are also looking for workers with more traditional skills for security and quality assurance jobs

IT job growth slows

IT job numbers reflect CIO concerns about economy, labor participation, says Janco Associates

Mac sales estimates for Q4 are all over the map

Gartner says U.S. Mac shipments were up 29%; IDC counters, claims they fell 6%

SAP’s revenue mix is slowly shifting to cloud, preliminary figures show

SAP expects to report a 2 percent rise in Q4 revenue, with the propoertion from cloud subscriptions and support up 66 percent

Euro electronic payments will fail unless SEPA deadline is extended, warns European Commission

The Commission wants to extend its deadline by six months to give countries such as Germany a chance to adopt new payment rules

Juniper SDN engineer lands at Brocade

Distinguished engineer Schliesser seeks to disrupt former employers

PCs wrap up 2013 with unprecedented 10% downturn

But as the numbers stabilize, there's light at the end of the tunnel, say IDC and Gartner