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Microsoft's upgrade avalanche a challenge for IT pros

Corporate technology managers must take time when deciding on the best Windows, Office upgrade path

JRuby gets speedier in version 1.7

JVM-based Ruby variant also features support for different character encodings

Microsoft and Google cut the crapware, but the odor lingers

Android smartphones and Windows PCs have long been laden with junky apps and promos, but perhaps the end is near

How to make PHP apps scale

The most popular language for Web apps, PHP tends to buckle under heavy loads -- unless you opt for cloud scaling and a NoSQL back end

10 predictions for what the CIO role will look like in 2020

CIOs can expect their jobs to change dramatically by the decade's end, with increased roles in business planning, cyber security, robot management and, of course, the cloud

Yahoo leaks private key, allows anyone to build Yahoo-signed Chrome extensions

Yahoo accidentally leaked the private key that was used to digitally sign its new Axis extension for Google Chrome

Are CEOs getting the social media thing?

An IBM study of 1,700 Chief Executive Officers finds increasing social media use

Windows 8 to run Adobe Flash only on some websites

Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 will support Adobe Flash, but because of security concerns it will only run when you visit select trusted websites

Inside Apple's secret plan to kill the cash register

Apple has already built technology into iPhones and iPads to make retail stores work like the Apple Store -- without cash registers

The truth about Google+: The social network without passion

While usage is low, it's not quite the ghost town some claim, and there's a deeper story behind the numbers

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