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zdnet.com — Summary: The enterprise cloud storage firm, which is currently hurtling towards an initial public offering, has snapped up French firm Folders and its developer. (Image: Box) Box announced on its blog on Thursday it has acquired Folders, an app for Apple's iOS, which will be part of a push by the cloud service to further bolster its mobile offering.

zdnet.com — Summary: HTCpro, the company's business-ready platform, has added the HTC One to its portfolio. It's plug-and-play with the enterprise, and ready to take on the iPhone's dominance. (Image: CNET) HTC's latest flagship device has become the first HTCpro certified device in the U.S., pitching a broad range of business features to enterprise customers.

zdnet.com — Summary: Five years ago I went through the "denial" stage. And then "anger." And onto "bargaining" and "depression." I am now in full "acceptance" that building PCs for personal and business use no longer makes economic or business sense.

zdnet.com — Summary: Arguing that "Europe cannot be left behind" in chip investments, the EU Commission plans to double chip production to take a one-fifth slice of the global production pie. The European Commission said on Thursday it has launched a campaign to boost chip manufacturing efforts in the region.

zdnet.com — Summary: Google's latest Web browser, Chrome 27, enables you to say, as well as type, your queries. Alas, its first version doesn't work that well. While my computer still refuses to brew me a cup of Earl Grey when I talk to it, Google has made it possible to speak to its new Chrome Web browser, Chrome 27.

zdnet.com — Summary: Adding Microsoft's Windows Azure to the mix means university data will no longer have to traverse over the public Internet. But with it comes its own risks. U.K. universities will no longer have to send their vast data sets, research projects, and secure information over the slow and insecure public Internet.

zdnet.com — Summary: By up to 25 percent, the company says. At Google I/O last week, the Silicon Valley giant announced Google Cloud Datastore, a fully managed offering for storing non-relational data. It's based on Google's App Engine High Replication Datastore, which has been around since 2011 and now processes an eye-popping 4.5 trillion transactions per month-with 99.95 percent uptime, no less.

zdnet.com — Jason Perlow Adrian Kingsley-Hughes The thrill is gone Jason Perlow If you have the love of the build, then by all means, build PCs. However, th is is a pure economics and business discussion and romance and love for PCs has nothing to do with it, and I implore the moderator to think practically and not as a kindred spirit of someone who has always loved hardware, of which I include myself as well.

zdnet.com — Summary: Tablets are slowly but surely replacing the clunky desktop machine. In a blind effort to increase efficiency and productivity, ZDNet's Zack Whittaker attempted exactly that - but not with the result he first expected.

zdnet.com — Summary: Microsoft's Bing is morphing from a 'mere' search engine into more of a service that will power next-generation devices Windows Blue PCs and tablets, as well as the Xbox One. In all the talk about Microsoft's makeover into a devices and services company, one service many forget the company has in its back pocket is Bing.

zdnet.com — Summary: 4G mobile operator EE will host a hackathon in London next month in order to spur development of apps that make use of the higher networking speeds offered by its 4G LTE service.

zdnet.com — Summary: If you want an old-style, hard-working, windows, icons, menus, and pointer desktop, then what you want is Linux Mint 15. Freshly installed Linux Mint Just installed, Linux Mint 15 isn't much to look at, but with a little work... Read the full review: Mint 15: Today's best Linux desktop Steven J.

zdnet.com — Summary: Highlighting the fact that there are security vulnerabilities in your organisation sounds like common sense, but there is such a thing as doing it too fast, according to Foxtel CISO Kevin Shaw. When security is mostly sent to a managed security service provider, executives could be forgiven for thinking that they don't need to dive into the technical deep end.

zdnet.com — Summary: A private link between the Janet network and Microsoft's Windows Azure's datacentre will eliminate the need to send data over the public internet. The UK's research and education network, Janet, has entered into a partnership with Microsoft that could deliver a faster and more secure connection to universities across the UK.

zdnet.com — Summary: If takeover plans by SoftBank and Sprint are finalized, then SoftBank will give the U.S. government influence due to security concerns. SoftBank plans to give the U.S. government control over Sprint's board of directors should the takeover bid for Clearwire go ahead.