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• Hacking Team gives us incontrovertible proof of targeted mobile threats

  <em>This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.</em>

• How machine learning ate Microsoft

  At the Strata big data conference yesterday, Microsoft let the world know its Azure Machine Learning offering was generally available to developers. This may come as a surprise. Microsoft? Isn't machine learning the province of Google or Facebook or innumerable hot startups?

• Nokia's X phone line: What will Microsoft do with it?

  Will Microsoft hold on to Nokia's three new X phones on Android once the deal to buy Nokia is final in the coming weeks? Three analysts attending the Mobile World Congress gave three different perspectives.

• Lessons from Nokia's bow to Android should resonate with smaller OS providers

  Nokia's three new Android smartphones -- the X, X+ and XL -- could prove to be the biggest lesson for the smartphone industry at the 2014 Mobile World Congress.

• IT hiring goes multimedia

  IT job seekers embrace social media, video and graphics to enhance their resumes and set themselves apart from other job applicants.

• Microsoft's latest Surface tablets don't dazzle industry analysts

  Microsoft's second-generation Surface tablets didn't dazzle analysts on Monday, even with improved processor speeds, better cameras and longer battery life.

• IT workers to management: NOW can we telecommute?

  IT is one of the last corporate functions to embrace telecommuting. It turns out the last remaining barriers are more cultural than technical.

• Microsoft's 13 worst missteps of all time

  DOS 4.0, Zune, and Windows 8 are but a few of the landmarks among 25 years of failures Redmond-style

• Analysis: Why I'm not sold on mobile video chat

  Prior to CES, there were only a handful of phones with front-facing cameras: the iPhone 4, the EVO 4G and the T-Mobile myTouch 4G to name a few. This year's CES was all about 4G, for sure, but video chat is definitely one of the apps carriers love to use as an example of how great the next generation of data speeds is.

• Google voice chat not ready for business--or is it?

  Google's new Gmail calling may be a great way for consumers to make free and low-cost voice calls, but the service isn't quite ready for business customers using Google Apps, the search giant's suite of cloud-based productivity programs.

• Skype 'rescues' professor stranded in Europe by volcano

  When professors "phone it in," it usually means they're being lazy or dispassionate about the lessons they're teaching. But for Columbia University Law professor Tim Wu, phoning it in was the only way he could teach his classes this week.

• So you think you know Skype?

  With Skype's legal troubles now cleared up, it's a good time to learn more about the company than just what features it offers. Here 10 questions designed to give you a better understanding of the peer-to-peer VoIP vendor.

• Business-Ready Skype Tools Slash VOIP Costs

  VoIP (voice over IP) calls cost less than traditional phone systems, while adding additional features. <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/tags/Skype+Ltd..html">Skype</a> says that about 35 percent of its customers are using the service at work, so the company has tailored features to help that audience manage Skype and save money. Especially with the recent <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/162183/at_last_skype_set_to_launch_iphone_application.html">iPhone</a> and <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/162353/skype_shows_blackberry_iphone_applications.html">BlackBerry</a> clients, Skype could cut your business costs. <br/>