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Read 'em and weep: The 10 biggest CEO pay raises
Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy got a fivefold pay increase last year. Sprint more than quadrupled Dan Hesse's package. Which other tech CEOs saw dramatic pay jumps in 2013? Read More

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WHITE PAPER: Google Apps

Study: Total Economic Impact of Google Apps
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Sabu, ex-LulzSec hacker turned FBI snitch, sentenced to time served
After being flipped by the FBI, former LulzSec leader Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka the snitch Sabu, gets to walk away with time served and one year of supervised release. Flipping unbelievable, especially considering that Jeremy Hammond is serving a 10-year prison term. Read More

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Best Practices for Private Cloud Architecture
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Reddit participants' let-loose complaints over Microsoft's Surface 3
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Registry hack enables free Windows XP security updates until 2019
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Software containers: Used more frequently than most realize
Whether you have considered trying to secure an application by putting it into a "sandbox" or wondered how a Software as a Service (SaaS) provider keeps your application and data isolated from other customers, you have been contemplating software containers. Containers are an increasingly popular method of separating an application from the operating system and the physical infrastructure it uses to connect to the network. Read More

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10 biggest CEO pay raises

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