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Upcoming Salesforce.com release adds real-time chat capabilities

Salesforce.com also has plans to launch a new system-performance site called Known Issues

Microsoft dumps Aero in Windows 8, bets on tablets over desktops

Changes coming to the Windows 8 desktop UI are designed for tablet and other mobile form factors; Aero ditched in favor of “light and airy” design elements that minimize resource consumption and maximize battery life.

Cool eclipse video needed no ‘Star Wars’ special effects

Lucasfilm special effects guru John Knoll captures a natural 'pinhole' video in his front yard

Alcatel-Lucent offers managed service to improve mobile network performance

The company will keep track of potential performance issues and help operators avoid them

Cross-browser worm spreads via Facebook, security experts warn

Malware writers use Crossrider browser extension development framework to build Facebook worm

Windows RT management could be a key to success for Windows 8 tablets

Large enterprises seek better ways to handle onslaught of BYOD

BYOD Is Driving IT ‘Crazy,’ Says Gartner

EU offers Google a chance to avoid fines over four antitrust concerns

Google has just a few weeks to suggest remedies to the European Commission's concerns

Yahoo agrees to sell back partial stake to Alibaba

The two companies have been in ongoing discussions for years now about Alibaba buying back its stake from Yahoo

Managing Mobile Mania

As users bring their own technology to the workplace, companies look to unified communications to tie it all together.