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Microsoft: Talks with US gov’t on surveillance transparency break down

Microsoft and Google will proceed with their lawsuits asking that they be able to publish surveillance request numbers

Salesforce.com’s Benioff lays out future strategies

Benioff: Salesforce.com will focus on vertical markets, marketing software and an expanded partnership with SAP

Report: The NSA pays millions for US telecom access

The Washington Post reports that the NSA paid $278 million this fiscal year to tap into phone lines, e-mail and instant messages

CIOs Say Mentoring Works, Classes Don’t

Leaked US spying budget reveals investments in ‘groundbreaking’ cryptanalysis

The 'cryptology' program was set to receive $11 billion from the $52.6 billion budget asked by the intelligence community for 2013

Offshoring Will Kill 1.5 Million IT Jobs by 2017

Apple remote-mobile device management patent raises red flags

Facebook’s new face recognition policy astonishes German privacy regulator

Turning on facial recognition again in Germany might be illegal, the privacy regulator said

U.S. appetite for Internet user data not unique

Analysis of transparency reports from Google, Microsoft, Skype show other countries equally -- or more -- demanding

Can China’s Xiaomi make it globally?

Xiaomi has hired a former Google executive to lead its global expansion