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Best Buy does what Microsoft won’t: Takes Surface tablets in trade

Offers maximum of $350 for a 128GB Surface Pro; gives back gift card; deal valid through Oct. 21

U.S. Mac shipments shrink 56X more than industry average

IDC estimates Mac Q3 shipments fell 11.2% year-over-year; PC average was just -0.2%

Microsoft board motivated to hire new CEO before activist joins in early ’14

ValueAct, which can claim its place on the board early next year, could throw a minor monkey wrench into the CEO selection process

Google Tells Feds It Wants to Disclose Surveillance Orders

So much data, so little security — what happens if your city gets hacked?

Microsoft's Craig Mundie offer security suggestions to MIT Emtech conference; other experts tout smart cities technology

HP’s Whitman pegs Microsoft as an ‘outright competitor’ over Surface

CEO acknowledges reality, joins others like Acer, Lenovo to criticize partner's move into hardware

What about Ex-Cisco exec Bates as Juniper’s next CEO?

Microsoft EVP has the service provider routing creds, Skype CEO background, Microsoft connection...

Gartner on smart machines: “Futurist fantasy” or future job menace?

Gartner says impact of smart machines is real

Microsoft ponies up $100K to researcher who figured out new Windows hack in 2 weeks

U.K.-based James Forshaw demonstrates how to bypass Windows 8.1's defenses, wins first bonus payment in June program

Dell’s Surface Pro wannabe: Threat or proof Microsoft’s strategy works?

Long-time partner also dips toe into Android waters; Chrome OS might not be far behind