• 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."

• The Microsoft break-up that never happened

  Thomas P. Jackson, the former federal judge who in 2000 ruled that Microsoft should be split into two companies, died Saturday. What if his ruling, overturned before it could be implemented, had gone into effect?

• Could be business as usual with Intel's new CEO

  With Intel's new CEO ready to step up next month to lead the world's largest chip maker, industry analysts don't expect to see any big change in strategy.

• Think different: Apple's $17B debt offers stark contrast to 1996's junk bonds

  Apple's record-setting $17 billion bond offer this week stood in stark contrast to the company's darkest days, when in 1996 its millions in notes were rated as junk because investors wondered if the company would survive a thrashing by Microsoft

• What IBM's x86 exit may mean for rivals

  IBM's reported interest in selling parts of its x86 server business to Lenovo may bring major changes to the global market.

• H-1B demand this year will be fast, furious

  The U.S. begins accepting new H-1B visa petitions on Monday, April 1, and fast demand is expected. This is going to be followed by much fury.

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