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Twitter acquires Trendrr to get a better handle on tweets about TV

Trendrr should provide Twitter with better data about users' tweets

IBM starts restricting hardware patches to paying customers

Following an Oracle practice, IBM starts to restrict hardware patches to holders of maintenance contracts

Twitter tweaks its site and mobile apps to make conversations easier

The update is meant to simplify how @ replies are displayed

Analysts push iPhone 5C price predictions to $450

Apple will choose to defend revenue because it can't compete at low-end in emerging markets

Apple’s iPhone trade in program is a game changer

Once again Apple defines new business model

VMware’s virtualization quest could help shake up storage, too

The company is pitching several upcoming storage technologies at VMworld alongside its NSX network hypervisor

Bookmaker handicaps Microsoft CEO race

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop is the current favorite at 5 to 1; Apple CEO Tim Cook is at 100 to 1

Apple remains the top target for patent trolls

With nearly US$150 billion in the bank, Apple finds itself in the envious position of having more cash on hand than it knows what to do with. Patent trolls have taken notice.

Spear phishing led to DNS attack against the New York Times, others

Hackers managed to compromise the login credentials for a Melbourne IT domain reseller responsible for the affected domains

Federal CIOs Face BYOD, Mobile App Security Challenges