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• Time for a Switch

  Ethernet vendors face reinvention to adapt offerings for new consumption models

• Android on a BlackBerry slider smartphone idea gets mixed reviews

  BlackBerry may run the Android operating system on a slider smartphone coming this fall, according to unnamed sources in a Reuters report.

• Silk Road mastermind appeals his case

  Ross Ulbricht faces life in prison for operating the SIlk Road marketplace

• Massachusetts police department pays $500 CryptoLocker ransom

  Police in Tewksbury, Mass., fell victim to CryptoLocker and paid $500 to decrypt affected files so they could get back to work.

• Microsoft seeds Windows 7, 8.1 PCs with Windows 10 upgrade 'nag' notices

  Microsoft has seeded Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 PCs with an as-yet-optional update that will pitch the free Windows 10 upgrade to customers.

• Choosing the cloud that's right for you

  There are degrees of commitment to the cloud, and more than one cloud model to consider

Features about None

• The worst tech predictions of 2013 -- and two that hit the mark

  From the social network in business to the 'success' of the Chromebook to the launch of iTV, the pundits got it wrong, wrong, wrong

• Apple not ready to kill OS X Snow Leopard yet

  Patches 10.6, sets record for supporting a two-generations-back OS

• 11 winning alternatives to Windows 8's built-in apps

  Not all of the new Windows 8 apps are 5-star winners. Allow us to suggest some worthy options.