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• IT capital spending rises, but not for PCs

  While Windows 8 is getting blamed for dismal PC sales, upgrading laptops and desktop systems isn't a priority for business users, according to new research.

• Google puts $7M into fighting child porn, abuse

  Google said it's spending $5 million to wipe images of child abuse off the Internet and another $2 million to create tools to find the images and eradicate them.

• Data that's here today could be gone tomorrow, says Cerf

  As one of the computer scientists who created the Internet's TCP/IP protocol, Vinton Cerf is concerned that much of the data created since then, and for years to come, will be lost.

• Oxford English Dictionary breaks own rule, lists 'tweet'

  Tweeting has become so popular that the Oxford English Dictionary broke one of its own rules to add 'tweet' to its lexicon.

• IT isn't going away, says Fox CIO

  The next summer blockbuster out of 20th Century Fox might be called "The Incredible Shrinking Data Center."

• Windows XP's demise will do more for PC sales than Win 8, HP says

  Hewlett-Packard executives say that the coming demise of Windows XP may do what Windows 8 could not, and that's boost PC sales significantly.

• What China's supercomputing push means for the U.S.

  China isn't downloading software off the Web to build its systems, it has design teams writing its software, says Argonne's Peter Beckman, who heads the DOE's exascale initiative.

• Smartphone shipments surge as prices drop

  More smartphones will ship worldwide in 2013 than other so-called mobile 'feature' phones as the average price of smartphones drops, IDC said Tuesday.

• Dell's server strategy paying off

  The decline in PC spending has hit Dell hard, but the company's server business is growing, said IDC in its first quarter report on the worldwide server market.

• BYOD, for <i>Buy</i>-your-own-device policies, dampens corporate PC purchases

  Companies' bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies are affecting how many traditional PCs enterprises purchase and contributing to a global sales slump, IDC analysts said.

• Sold! Antique Apple-1 brings a record $671K

  One of only a handful of 37-year-old, still-working Apple-1 computers sold for a record three-quarters of a million dollars Saturday at an auction in Germany.

• Republicans package H-1B plan in attractive website

  With the full Senate starting its debate on a comprehensive immigration bill, Republican lawmakers in the House have released a plan of their own, complete with a slick website.

• A stinky onion blooms in the Senate, say H-1B critics

  With the H-1B fight over and lost, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) lashed out, almost flailing in the minutes before the Senate Judiciary Committee's final vote Tuesday.

• Apple to build Macs in low-tax Texas

  Apple will build Macs in Texas using some parts made in the U.S., CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday, putting a little flesh on a pledge from last December.

• If you can't find a seat at Starbucks, blame IT

  Unless you're a Yahoo employee, theres a very good chance you are working from home or at a coffee shop at least part of the week, according to Forrester Research.