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Ex-Windows 8 chief agrees not to badmouth Microsoft, gets stock payout

Ex-Windows chief Steven Sinofsky has signed a retirement agreement that prohibits him from 'disparaging' Microsoft

Vine gets new camera features and ‘protected’ posts

The features comprise the app's biggest update yet, Vine says

Douglas Engelbart, inventor of the computer mouse, has died

The computer scientist demonstrated many of the concepts of modern personal computing in 1968

Yahoo buys contact management outfit Xobni

Yahoo says the technology will improve communications products like Yahoo Mail and Yahoo Messenger

Cloud Services Pave the Way for Call Center Growth

10 IT Outsourcing Tips to Become a ‘Very Important Customer’

Twitter toying with more tailored ads, aiming to protect users’ privacy

The end result would be better -- not more -- ads, the company claims

In first, NASA astronaut in space controls robot on Earth

NASA working to enable human-robotic cooperation on asteroid or Mars

Vulnerability allows attackers to modify Android apps without breaking their signatures

The vulnerability affects 99 percent of Android devices and has existed since Android 1.6, researchers from security firm Bluebox said

Ads for coming Moto X focus on user ‘freedom to design’ own unique smartphone

No official photos have surfaced for first Motorola phone to come since Google acquired the company