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• Bitcoin's rollercoaster ride is not slowing down

  By Zach Miners | 18 May, 2013 22:45

  More bumps in the road are probably in store for Bitcoin. The virtual currency has seen some massive swings in value over the last several weeks, but that volatility is not likely to end soon, its lead developer suggested on Saturday.

• Bitcoin finding its feet at first Silicon Valley conference

  By James Niccolai | 18 May, 2013 09:13

  Bitcoin is growing up. The virtual currency that caught the public's attention last month when its value zoomed briefly past US$200 kicked off its first Silicon Valley conference Friday evening and shows no sign of losing momentum.

• No big-bang Apps news at I/O, but some announcements merit attention

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 17 May, 2013 23:57

  Apps, Google's flagship product for enterprise IT, had a minor presence at this week's I/O developer conference, but some announcements at the show and in prior weeks deserve attention from customers of the cloud email and collaboration suite.

• At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight

  By Zach Miners | 17 May, 2013 23:37

  Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week.

• Yahoo calls press conference amid Tumblr acquisition rumors

  By James Niccolai | 17 May, 2013 22:06

  Yahoo has called a mystery press event in New York City on Monday afternoon, hot on the heels of rumors that it plans to buy Tumblr for US$1 billion.

• Dell's thumb PC, Project Ophelia, to ship in July

  By Agam Shah | 17 May, 2013 19:20

  Dell's thumb-sized PC called Project Ophelia, which is the size of a USB stick, will start shipping in July for around US$100.

• Newvem expands to monitor Azure and Amazon clouds

  By Brandon Butler | 17 May, 2013 16:29

  Newvem, which sells a tool that allows users to track and optimize their use of cloud computing resources, has expanded its software's functionality to monitor not just Amazon Web Services, but now Microsoft Azure now as well.

• Mozilla postpones default blocking of third-party cookies in Firefox

  By John Ribeiro | 17 May, 2013 05:35

  Mozilla has postponed blocking third-party cookies by default in the Beta version of Firefox 22, "to collect and analyze data on the effect of blocking some third-party cookies."

• HP Q&A: Converged Cloud is company's chief initiative

  By Joab Jackson | 10 May, 2013 20:39

  Saar Gillai, named head of Hewlett-Packard's Cloud operations in January, is on the hot seat.

• NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson talks growth, strategy and life with Oracle

  By Chris Kanaracus | 09 January, 2013 20:59

  NetSuite is one of the SaaS (software as a service) market's pioneers, having sold its growing family of ERP (enterprise resource planning), e-commerce and other applications since 1998. The vendor's results have been beating Wall Street's predictions, and may yet again in a few weeks, when NetSuite is expected to announce its fourth-quarter and year-end results.

• Google: Concerns over Instant unwarranted

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 14 September, 2010 03:20

  Google shook the search market last week with the launch of Instant, a new feature that lets the company's search engine refresh results on the fly as people type their queries.

• Google weaves Larry Page's social strategy into Maps, Search

  By Sharon Gaudin | 16 May, 2013 17:12

  It became clear at Google I/O this week that Google is quietly but assuredly implementing CEO Larry Page's strategy to use Google+ to transform the entire Google experience.

• Opinion: Does Google+ matter for small businesses?

  By Christopher Null | 16 May, 2013 15:36

  Pop quiz for small business owners: When is the last time you updated your company's Google+ page?

• Google has 'lapped Siri' with sci-fi-like search

  By Sharon Gaudin | 16 May, 2013 10:06

  Google laid out its plan for the future of search at Google I/O, talking about a search engine for mobile and desktop that not only answers your questions but has a conversation with you and offers information before you even ask for it.

• Google dives headfirst into streaming music pool

  By Sharon Gaudin | 16 May, 2013 10:06

  At Google I/O on Wednesday, Google unveiled a streaming music service that will compete directly with the likes of Pandora and Spotify -- in what is said to be a growing market, however.

• What to expect at SAP's Sapphire

  By Chris Kanaracus | 09 May, 2013 17:32

  SAP's Sapphire conference kicks off next week in Orlando, setting the stage for the company to sell customers on its visions for cloud-based applications, in-memory computing and mobility.

• Facebook on a mobile roll

  By Sharon Gaudin | 06 May, 2013 20:15

  Facebook last week cited mobile growth as a major contributor to its first-quarter increase in sales and profits.

• Internet taxes: Is the inevitable about to happen?

  By Scott Bradner | 29 April, 2013 21:06

  Some things never happen the way that us pundits expect. Back on Independence Day in 1999 I wrote this about government taxing the purchase of goods over the Internet: "I fully believe in the ingenuity of the government when it comes to imposing taxes. We will be paying these taxes soon." Well, "soon" has not happened yet, but maybe it is getting closer.

• What the man behind HP's new internal IT plan has in mind

  By Bob Brown | 23 April, 2013 15:06

  As someone who spent billions with HP over 20 years while in IT leadership roles at Boeing and Verizon Wireless, John Hinshaw knew the big hardware, software and services company from the outside as well as anyone. In the year-and-a-half since becoming executive vice-president of technology and operations at HP, he's been putting that knowledge to use on the inside.