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Apple Pay could be a big deal for Android users

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

Apple Pay won’t replace your wallet any time soon

The ability to make purchases with Apple Pay in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus might be useful, but it's not likely to make the wallet obsolete.

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

IBM exits semiconductor business and re-creates itself

IBM to focus on research, software and advanced systems

Diversity in Technology

What a photo does and doesn't tell you

Apple takes jab at Android over platform fragmentation

Suspicions dashed, Dell cozies up to OpenDaylight

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

Vanity Fair revisits Microsoft, says Gates and Ballmer no longer BFFs

Schism stemmed from the Nokia deal, which only Ballmer thought was a good idea.