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IBM pumps $1.2 billion into global cloud data centers

IBM will build 15 new data centers, giving the company a total of 40 around the globe for cloud services

100 American Eagle stores, hungry for data, will ping shoppers’ phones

An integration with Shopkick will send deals to people's smartphones at the front entrance

Starbucks vows to beef up security on its iPhone app

Barista dismisses concerns about plain-text passwords for payment process

Facebook hijacks Trending feature from rival Twitter

Social network tries to grab some immediacy from Twitter with new feature

IBM updates all-flash storage array to complement X6 servers

The FlashSystem 840, building on last year's 820, will fit a petabyte of storage in a rack with low latency

Innovation on the web lives and dies with Net Neutrality

Net Neutrality was terminated by a Federal Court of Appeals decision in an action brought by Verizon, making it harder for breakthrough startup internet streaming companies to get off the ground.

Is the Federal Government Ready to Embrace the Cloud?

Facebook takes after Twitter with new ‘trending’ feature

Topics cannot be sponsored or promoted 'at this time,' the company said

Prediction: Windows 9 will hit the market in 2014

Most are expecting Windows 9 to drop in 2015. That may be what Microsoft wants us to think, but it might not be the reality.

Five components that will rock your next smartphone

Processors, memory, screens and sensors are all getting an upgrade