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Family-friendly benefits key to attracting top tech talent

Forget flashy perks. IT companies in Silicon Valley and beyond find that family-friendly benefits are key to attracting and retaining elite talent.

Cost of a Windows zero-day exploit? This one goes for $90,000

The exploit supposedly allows hackers to gain system privileges on a Windows system once they have code execution capabilities

Report: Comcast and T-Mobile up, AT&T down in latest telecom customer service ratings

You’ve been warned: FCC emphasizes that users of authorized wireless gear must obey rules

WiFi blocking, pirate radio, use of unauthorized channels or frequencies singled out by FCC

Xiaomi acquires patents from Microsoft ahead of US entry plans

The patents could help the company fend of potential patent infringement lawsuits

Sirin Labs unveils luxury smartphone for security-conscious traveling executives

The Solarin uses 256-bit AES encryption to secure voice and data communications

Could the iPhone lose FaceTime and iMessage?

A patent troll wants a federal judge to permanently turn off those features, while Apple wants the case retried

12 reasons why mobile already ate the world, according to Ben Evans

Evan’s tech-industry touchstone presentation about the mobile world may have been too long to make everyone’s reading list. Here’s an abridged version.

No, Microsoft hasn’t backtracked from zealous Windows 10 upgrade tactics

Secondary notice of pending upgrade was not added recently, but harks back to early May

Microsoft’s investing arm is back on the market, but will entrepreneurs bite?

Microsoft Ventures will invest in early stage companies