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Blunders lead to Ballmer’s demise

Analysts say mobile miseries, Windows 8 woes and the $900 million Surface RT fiasco forced the Microsoft board to act.

Dell sticks with Windows 8 for business tablets

Microsoft’s mobile fate rests on Nokia deal

Nissan working on smart watch that monitors both car and driver

The company described it as a concept and did not release details on commercial availability of the product

Sony, Panasonic show consumer 4K camcorders

Sony plans to start selling its 4K camcorder in October

Elop moves from long shot to shoo-in as next Microsoft CEO

Betting firms shorten odds on the former Nokia chief executive, make him the front-runner by far

Federal judge upholds Apple’s 30% take on in-app e-book sales

After antitrust conviction, Apple App Store rules remain in place

Disk storage revenues decline in Q2

8.2 exabytes of storage were shipped in the quarter, a 21.5% jump since last year

Wall Street Beat: Tech starts off season on mildly upbeat note

Big deals mark the tech landscape as the mobile market grabs the spotlight

Cisco catching a falling Big Switch?

Rumors swirling around a possible acquisition of the SDN start-up with the reported shrinking valuation, ecosystem