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Tablet demand next year down to just 17%, Gartner says

Tablet shipments in the third quarter fell by 20%, Canalys research shows

Mobile devices overtake PCs for internet access among Americans, study says

Mobile devices are supplanting PCs, and Americans overall think technology is good. But they do worry about how it will affect jobs, according to a new study.

Following election win, Airbnb intensifies tech industry’s conflict with San Francisco

Failure of two measures to fight effects of tech boom cement Airbnb and entire tech industry's power. Let's hope additional arrogance isn't the biggest takeaway.

Get ready for a customer-service overhaul in the next Dynamics CRM

New tools will tap machine learning and focus on increasingly digital modes of interaction

Some of tech’s biggest names get their Swagger on for open APIs

Sprint owner confirms job cuts will be ‘in the thousands’

SoftBank also wants $2 billion cut from annual costs

How Verizon analyzes security-breach data with R

Senior Scientist Bob Rudis calls the Verizon Data Breach Report a "love letter to R"

With a torrent of weather data, IBM hopes to know the world

Here's why its purchase of The Weather Company matters

MariaDB pops up on Azure with new cluster service

The offering is provided through Microsoft's Azure marketplace for software vendors

Apple wages battle to keep App Store malware-free

Thousands of apps have been found in recent weeks with potentially malicious components

Steve Jobs thought about making an Apple Car back in 2008

Apple's flirtation with the auto industry goes back farther than you might think.

Wi-Fi Alliance touts survey numbers as LTE-U showdown looms

Pre-Black Friday tech deals for iPhone 6 & more trickle out

Sam's Club, Amazon, Lenovo and others beating Black Friday rush

What’s behind the odd couple Microsoft-Red Hat partnership

Latest move by Microsoft to support open source technology.

What does Donald Trump have to say about technology? Not much

A run-down of Donald Trump’s comments and campaign promises involving technology.

Federal prison system wants anti-drone technology

Federal Bureau of Prisons wants sophisticated drone-defeating system to protect personnel

Microsoft finally ties the knot with Red Hat for Linux on Azure

'Hell has frozen over,' one analyst quipped

OneDrive users petition Microsoft to rethink storage cuts

'Incredibly shortsighted,' says one petitioner on Microsoft's own UserVoice after company cuts free storage by 83%

2M businesses pay for Google for Work, but what does that mean?

Google has in the past been tightlipped on how many businesses pay for its Google for Work suite of productivity apps, but this week it said 2 million companies are paid subscribers. It did not, however, specify how many people within those companies

Dropbox touts enterprise growth at user conference

The storage company now has 150,000 paying business customers

Firefox again flirts with dangerous 10% user share level

Declines resume, browser settles at its lowest point since August 2006

Trojanized Android apps flood third-party stores, compromise phones

Malicious copies of the most popular Android apps are used to install persistent adware

Google tries to woo enterprises with new Android for Work initiatives

The new plans include a free phone for companies that want to try out Android management

iOS 9 now on two-thirds of Apple’s iPhones, iPads & iPod touches

Encryption ban banished from draft UK surveillance bill

But Britons' web surfing habits will be stored for a year and made available to police.

Report: Virtual reality rules now, but augmented reality will soon take over

Virtual Reality is already on the way out, according to a digital media expert, and it hasn't even gotten going yet.

VBulletin resets passwords, issues emergency patches following breach

Evidence suggests that hackers had access to at least one zero-day exploit

NASA: Do you have the right stuff?

TalkTalk breach investigation leads to fourth arrest

The U.K. Parliament has launched its own inquiry into the TalkTalk data breach and other aspects of online personal data protection

Many US enterprises still running XcodeGhost-infected Apple apps, FireEye says

A new version of XcodeGhost has also appeared that tries to defeat defenses built into iOS 9

Sprint reports bigger-than-expected loss, stock sags 7%

CEO boasts of customer improvements, but carrier plans $2B in cuts in 2016

T-Mobile offers users free 4G LTE CellSpot to boost indoor cellular coverage

Mini tower will enable as many as 16 calls or data sessions

8 facts that explain Google’s complex situation with Chrome OS

This explainer puts Android and the Chrome OS into perspective and shows why these Linux derivatives will both come together and remain separate.

Infor says European data stays in Europe with its ERP service

Infor is pushing customers to move to the cloud -- but European data protection regulators are wary of U.S. businesses processing European data

Has FCC “gone off the rails” with latest Wi-Fi blocking fines?

Intel targets IoT with new Quark chips and free cloud OS

Intel says developers can start building apps within 10 minutes with the new products

Wireless power alliance, with 195 vendors, takes new name

Two groups and their 195 vendors are banding together to develop far-field charging, which can send an electrical charge up to 30 feet away

Mozilla keeps your browsing private with new Tracking Protection feature

New feature blocks ads, analytics and other Web features that keep tabs on users

Juniper disaggregates even further

Unveils more open Junos OS and a leaf switch for it that supports 25/50G

Google researchers poke holes in Galaxy S6 Edge, show OEMs add risky code

The code added by Samsung to the Android firmware on its device had 11 easy-to-find vulnerabilities

Raspberry Pi Foundation merges with Code Club to benefit more youths

Raspberry Pi Foundation thinks beyond its tiny Linux-powered computers

IBM pumps up its hybrid-cloud muscle with Gravitant buy

The Texas company's technology aims to make it easier to integrate mixed cloud environments

Juniper steps up its data center game

Appery.io aims to end the HTML5 vs native debate

One thing no one can seem to agree on is whether a cross-platform approach to building mobile apps will ever match native techniques.

Users reporting problems with Microsoft’s Surface Book laptop

Microsoft has some software updates to make because Surface Books have issues.

Hands-free phone technology still distracts drivers, study finds

In-vehicle information systems aren't very good at solving safety-affecting distraction. That should serve as a warning that "hands-free" technologies can be very "cognitively demanding," a report has found.

Microsoft ends Windows 7 Pro reprieve on new PCs

Computer makers must stop building Windows 7 Professional PCs on Oct. 31, 2016

Microsoft shrinks OneDrive for Office 365 customers

The company blames misuse of the cloud storage by some users

Intuit updates QuickBooks to help small businesses manage inventory and more

The company also now helps businesses borrow money

Winner claimed in $1 million iOS 9 hacking contest

Bug bounty firm Zerodium will make the vulnerability information available to its customers