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Separating post-Target hype from the reality
It's not as easy as it looks, but printing your own Lego toys can be quite satisfying.
Sony is on a quest to duplicate earlier successes like its storied Walkman, but its Xperia smartphones could face troubles cracking a crowded market
As an IT pro, you know you need to think strategically, but can you speak strategically, too? CIOs share advice on how to catch the ear of senior management.
Implores customers with technical know-how to help friends and family ditch Windows XP, but isn't that Microsoft's job?
Despite strong Q4 sales increase, stock plunges after Twitter acknowledges sliding user growth and engagement numbers
Agreement opens door for search rivals, but it's doubtful it will matter
Hints at subtle changes in strategy with 'mobile-first, cloud-first,' but no clear break with Ballmer's moves
As marketing becomes fully digital, CMOs need more than just plain-vanilla tech services from their IT departments -- much more.
Corporate strategy experts spell out what Nadella should do to kick off his tenure, and kick Microsoft into gear
Mavericks, Windows 8.1 hastened adoption, but what do the numbers really say?
Samsung will hold onto its TouchWiz skin, but its new Magazine UX will quickly dwindle
Months-long search may end where it started -- inside the company -- if cloud group's veteran leader gets Ballmer's chair
Analysts just don't see any new threat from beefed-up Chinese smartphone maker
With Moto sale to Lenovo, Google looks to the future
Logic demands Apple super-size the iPhone screen, but Cupertino doesn't always play rational
Microsoft, Vista and the bastard child problem
Black Duck picks the top 10 open source projects launched in the past year.
While most laptops are reasonably priced and powered, sometimes you need a little extra. We test three high-end Windows mobile workstations.
Company's Q4 financials illustrate the hit Ballmer's strategy takes on gross margins
Security failures at companies certified as PCI compliant suggest problems in standards and implementation
But analysts aren't buying the idea that Microsoft's Nokia acquisition poisoned consumers' minds
The bipartisan group also concludes metadata collection is mostly useless
Entering new markets helps expand scale -- and profits
Finger-pointing between retailers and banks in wake of Target breach a symptom of the problem; Congress likely to step in
Consider what's 'good enough' for what you need right now -- but don't neglect the future.
Half of all interactions with apps will come from wearables by 2017, Gartner says
Backblaze's unvarnished look at hard drives will likely be refreshed quarterly
Like it or not, commerce increasingly involves keeping tabs on the customer's location.
The new OS was meant to bring simpler times, but the dual-mode beast can't compete as computing changes, say analysts
