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Apple Pay could be a big deal for Android users

Mitel takes aim at Avaya with ShoreTel bid

Mitel has made public its hopes to buy ShoreTel

Microsoft goes all-in on hybrid cloud with Azure-in-a-box

CEO Satya Nadella says Microsoft is in cloud computing game for the long haul

Microsoft (hearts) Linux, for Azure’s sake

IPhones dial in larger Apple profit in fourth quarter

Telephony vendor Mitel goes public with $540M bid for ShoreTel

Liquid Telecom expands in East, Central Africa

Are higher frequencies mobile’s next frontier? The FCC wants to know

With chip fabs gone, IBM’s hardware future will be in high-end design

Apple iOS 8.1 is here: Not your run of the mill Dot One release

NFC support debuts, Camera Roll returns in iOS 8.1 software release for iPhones, iPads

Samsung delivers fix for SSD slowdowns

Some EVO drives are experiencing read slowdowns with older data

IBM’s Rometty defends bumpy financial ride as company shifts strategy

Researcher creates proof-of-concept worm for network-attached storage devices

IBM exits semiconductor business and re-creates itself

IBM to focus on research, software and advanced systems

IBM earnings slump as company shifts to cloud, mobile and analytics

5 ways digital health startups can break from the pack

It's a good time to be a healthcare startup, as investors are pouring billions into the market. However, it’s a crowded field and to attract funding you have to stand out. Here are five tips to help digital health startups land venture capital.

ITU gives public more access to talks on future of the Internet

GlobalFoundries to take over IBM’s semiconductor unit in $1.3 billion deal

3D-printed gun maker draws jail term in Japan

China again blames US for disrupted cybersecurity talks

Is your Ethernet fast enough? Four new speeds are in the works

Dropbox used for convincing phishing attack

IBM ‘major announcement’ points to deal on chip manufacturing

IBM seals $1.5 billion deal with GlobalFoundries, report says

Vietnam-based Viettel enters East African market

Obama orders chip-and-PIN in government credit cards

Snapchat rolling out non-‘creepy’ ads that still might get creepy

Apple’s iPad Air 2 chip paves the way for new devices

Startup offers a big-data storyteller

Disruptive technology reaps cash as venture capital pours in

Neil Young’s Pono music store has more than 600K songs ‘ingested,’ downloads are another matter

Suspicions dashed, Dell cozies up to OpenDaylight

Meanwhile, little progress evident in Dell's OMG SDN working committee

HP unveils cloud config manager

Distributed Cloud Networking harnesses SDN, network virtualization to automate turn up of large scale clouds

Reorg fallout downplayed by Cisco engineering exec

High level turnover expected when company embarked on customer focused product development "transformation"

MasterCard demos a prototype contactless card with a fingerprint sensor

Samsung sticks to US PC market with $249.99 Chromebook 2

Apple Pay hits U.S. stores Monday — assuming buyers can find anywhere to use it

In-store and online purchases possible with new iPhones powered by Touch ID, NFC and secure token technology

Apple SIM has great potential, but widespread changes will take time

New technique allows attackers to hide stealthy Android malware in images

Alibaba partners with U.S.-based Quixey for mobile app search in China

Anonymous sharing app Whisper under a cloud over user location data

Twitter Audio Cards let you play tunes while browsing

Bigger screen size draws Beijing customers to Apple’s iPhone 6

Hackers strike defense companies through real-time ad bidding

Google misses forecasts, while cost per click also dips

Chipmaker AMD will cut staff by 7 percent

Apple opens bridges between OSes with launch of Yosemite, iOS 8.1

Hadoop Platform, Apps Represent $1 Trillion Opportunity

Hadoop will evolve into an invisible foundational data infrastructure technology this year, says Cloudera Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer Mike Olson. Now's the time to focus on building applications on top of the platform, he says.

Mobile device and date use skyrockets, US gov’t survey says

Apple iPad Air 2 is thinner and speedier than its predecessors

16 tips for thriving as an IT contractor

Companies continue to supplement their full-time technical ranks with temporary contractors. Here’s how to make it work.