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Microsoft’s Windows 8 app plan: One code base to rule them all

For now, one code base can support all versions of Windows 8 - from Windows Phone 8 to Windows RT - but a recompile is required. Microsoft is looking to fix that.

Cisco unveils software, hardware for hybrid wireless networks

New technology can link 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi networks; set for demonstration at Mobile World Congress next week

Small-cell goodness will depend on crucial, complicated backhaul links

Vendors at Mobile World Congress will unveil wireless gear to link small cells to wired networks

Cisco’s small-cell move is focused, but its network aims are ambitious

The company will show off its first licensed small cells along with services software that goes deep into the carrier core

China’s Alibaba launches new search engine

Alibaba's AliCloud Search appeared to go online on Monday

Tizen 2.0 operating system released to developers

The Intel and Samsung backed operating system is seen as potential competition to Android in some markets

Orange targets senior citizens with Fujitsu smartphone

The launch of the Stylistic S01 represents Fujitsu's first major push into the smartphone market outside Japan

6 Innovations That Will Change Healthcare

Germany probes labor practices at Amazon contractor

A TV report alleging mistreatment of foreign workers at Amazon.com's packing distribution centers in Germany is making waves

EU privacy regulators promise action on Google privacy policy changes

Regulators want Google to provide users with more information about its policies, and delete personal data after set periods