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5 lesser-known browsers: Free, lightweight and low-maintenance

Are Internet Explorer, Firefox or Chrome slowing your machine -- or are they simply more than you need? We look at some alternatives.

Microsoft warns of Office zero-day, active hacker exploits

Flaw unlikely to be patched in next week's security updates, says expert

Microsoft’s big test: Deciding what stays, what goes in touch-based Office

How Redmond shrinks Office to fit tablets and touch will determine how it competes with rivals, how it rakes in future revenue, say analysts

Digital Advertising Alliance Argues Online Privacy Is All About Choice

How helium will yield higher-capacity hard drives

As hard drive makers struggle to stay relevant, one solution is very high-capacity drives, and the way they get there is interesting.

Microsoft waves more security pros into the pool for $100K bounties

Moves step closer to traditional bug bounties by accepting novel techniques found in active attacks that skirt Windows' defenses

Microsoft offers industry templates, special pricing for Dynamics CRM

The vendor also reaffirms the pending availability of Dynamics AX on the Windows Azure cloud service

Windows Azure users can use hard drives to import and export data

The new service matches similar services from competitors like Google, AWS

Google escalates offensive against Office with Android ‘KitKat’

Android 4.4 includes Quickoffice, mobile substitute for Microsoft's cash cow

Mystery barge bets see floating data center as shoo-in

Bettors see Google Glass showroom, space elevator and self-driving barges are long-shots