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Why San Francisco today is like every city tomorrow
San Francisco residents are used as lab rats in Silicon Valley's many new high-tech services. And you won't believe the cheese they get.

Kenneth van Wyk: High hopes for iPhone's Touch ID
The iPhone 5S is the first smartphone with fingerprint authentication. It's not perfect, but it could herald a new emphasis on security for mobile devices.

Preston Gralla: Time to break up Microsoft? Not so fast
There are increasing calls for Microsoft to sell off Bing and walk away from mobile. Would those moves be good in the long term?

Thornton A. May: Fed up with blowhards, IT will fight back in 2014
Columnist Thornton A. May says in 2014, IT leaders will need to have regularly scheduled meetings that actively and aggressively seek to make sense of the changing world around them.

Where's my solar-powered iPhone?
Is there a solar-powered smartphone in your future? Mike Elgan thinks so, and he explains what's being done right now to bring that technology to reality.

Jay Cline: What will Snowden leak next?
What if NSA leaker Edward Snowden hasn't been reckless but instead is following a carefully thought-out plan? If so, we can make some guesses about what revelations will come next.

Paul Glen: When you've had it with a stakeholder
While you oftentimes just have to live with whatever it is you don't like, some situations call for a more forceful reaction.

iOS 7 delivers some needed enterprise-friendly tweaks
Since it supports enterprise single sign-on, iOS 7 should be a more business-friendly operating system when it arrives Wednesday, says columnist Ryan Faas. He offers a look at what's new in iOS 7 and why IT pros should care.
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