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Windows XP’s user share plunge not real, just a data adjustment

Net Applications says XP dropped like a stone because the company yanked some Chinese websites from its tallies

Airbnb, Uber and problems with the digital-sharing economy

Sharing isn't always caring

IBM takes on enterprise cloud security

Windows 10 excitement growing among Dell customers

European startups are offering developers new ways to test code and apps

Verizon appears to soften its stance against net neutrality rules

The Internet of fishy things

Pacific Northwest National Lab’s sensor-packed fish evaluates hydropower facilities

Bitcoin Checkout app takes on Apple Pay

A Bitcoin app embraces NFC, but will it really challenge Apple Pay?

Oracle licensing practices lead to mistrust among customers, says survey

Google releases tool to test apps, devices for SSL/TLS weaknesses

French startups are taking a more privacy centric approach file sharing

Dell looks to wow clients with a new type of converged system

Riverbed is now a FORCE in hybrid WANs

At its FORCE user conference, Riverbed laid out its plan to adapt its optimization tools for the hybrid WAN.

Judge orders secrets revealed in Apple’s sapphire supplier bankruptcy

Documents Apple wanted kept under wraps to be filed in the public record on Friday

Cloud expected to make up three-fourths of data center traffic by 2018

Cisco predicts by 2018, a quarter of the world's population will use personal cloud storage

Xiaomi maintains its lead over Samsung in China’s smartphone market

Apple security checks may miss iWorm malware

Google and LG strike broad patent licensing deal

Michael Dell gets his payback, slams ‘turmoil’ at HP and IBM

Microsoft’s top legal gun decries privacy “arms race”

After criticizing it, Cisco joins Open Compute

Sixteen months later it looks to get "ahead of the game"

Facebook reports a 24 percent rise in government requests for user data

Google’s cloud courts enterprises with new networking features

But Google isn’t losing its developer roots either

The smartphone that knows when it’s been stolen

If your phone could get to know you, then it could learn to prevent access when someone else tries to use it.

Fugitive Pirate Bay co-founder arrested in Thailand

Fredrik Neij nabbed while attempting to enter country from Laos

Popular messaging apps fail EFF’s security review

HTC beats Black Friday rush, slashes Nexus 9 tablet price in half

Limited time offer to buy HTC Nexus 9 Android tablet for $199 is over, but expect more deals on the latest iPad killer as Black Friday approaches

Lawyer: NSA phone records program amounts to ‘tyranny’

Startup promises to secure data centers, clouds workload by workload

Software platform enables writing and enforcing plain-language security policies, baking them in to applications

Google updates cloud with new virtual technologies and price cuts

Workday’s updated mobile app takes design cues from iOS, Android

Microsoft to marry Office with Dropbox for cloud productivity

Alibaba patient in its efforts to topple Android in China

BlackEnergy cyberespionage group targets Linux systems and Cisco routers

One lawyer may have just killed part of the Internet of Things

By showing the intrusive nature of a smart TV, the whole pitch for IoT gets a lot harder

Google’s Nest thermostat becomes a faster learner with major software update

A CIO fights to keep his tech options open

Consolidation among tech vendors leaves users with fewer choices and less leverage at the negotiating table.

Brocade beefs up campus with SDN, new stackable

New and enhanced ICX switches include OpenFlow 1.3 support

AT&T, others launch OpenDaylight SDN alternative

ON.Lab making its own open source SDN operating system available.

Sprint trims subscriber losses in Q3, hangs on as third-largest U.S. carrier

In his first earnings call, CEO Marcelo Claure notes 'headwinds,' foresees transformation

Acer’s PC convertible takes on five different shapes, has Intel Core M processor

Sharp’s color security camera shoots in the dark

Flaw in Visa cards could ring up a very large fraud

AppDynamics now provides intel for business managers

iPad Pro with 12.2-inch display reportedly in the works

Live by Google, Die by Google

Google for Media event in Boston reminds journalists of the scope -- and power -- of the search engine giant

Online retailers pushing for e-commerce growth in West Africa

Have E-ZPass? Watch out for slimy ASProx-based malware ploy

Internet Crime Complaint Center says ASProx botnet at heart of new con

As mid-term elections loom, Americans turn to tech

Voters increasingly use smartphones, social nets to follow politicians and issues

Google tries to make Calendar a ‘helpful assistant’ on mobile