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• In online sales tax debate, $1M business is 'mom and pop'

  As Congress considers a law requiring online retailers to collect sales taxes nationally, debate is heating up over the revenue threshold for triggering collections.

• Microsoft Office 2013 vs. Office 365 price calculator

  Which is the better value, an Office desktop license that's good 'forever' or an annual cloud subscription? The answer is: It depends on your situation. Our interactive calculator will show you the price for each to help you make the best choice.

• Fear of Facebook: 7 free apps that guard your privacy

  Facebook users are constantly being told that their privacy is under siege. Here are seven apps that can help secure your personal data.

• Opinion: More innovation means less control. Is that bad?

  Innovation in mobile computing, search and social media increasingly means taking control away from users, but at what cost?

• 5 Things You'll Like About Facebook's Recent Changes

  Facebook has been busy lately, unveiling Graph Search, a new News Feed and now a redesign of Timeline. The good news is that the changes are likely to improve the social network. Here's a look at the best features of Facebooks recent updates.

• Review: Amazon, the mother of all clouds

  Ah, Amazon -- did Jeff Bezos choose that name to symbolize the largest bookstore in the world or did he realize that he would one day create an enterprise Cloud service that was as large and complex as the river basin? After spending some time with his enterprise infrastructure service, I think he saw this coming.

• Cloud services can save you money - if you're careful

  Calculating the real ROI of cloud apps requires the analysis of a lot of factors, and cutting corners on that process means you might not save money.

• 5 Tips to Job Hunt Using Social Media

  LinkedIn may be the go-to place for many job seekers, but dont stop there. Here's a look at how you can use Facebook, Twitter and Google+--as well as some lesser-known social networks--to attract recruiters and land a job.

• The rise of Cloud-based IDEs

  Development tools in the cloud enable programming from anywhere, but they're not suited for all app dev needs

• What you Like on Facebook could reveal more than you think

  Before you "like" a friend's or company's post on Facebook, think twice. A new study shows that your Facebook "likes" may be far more revealing than you ever thought.

• Who ratted out Microsoft on browser ballot absence?

  No Microsoft browser rival would comment on, much less confirm, that it reported the omission of the browser ballot to European antitrust regulators -- an omission that led to a $732 million fine this week against Microsoft.

• Facebook's updated News Feed cuts through clutter, boredom

  Facebook's redesigned News Feed may help keep users flooded with information from quitting the social network, anlaysts said.

• Cloud computing's big debt to NASA

  IBM's decision this week to base its cloud services on OpenStack may help establish this open source platform as the standard in enterprises.

• 10 Hot Cloud Startups to Watch

  After evaluating more than 150 new cloud ventures, here are the top 10 cloud startups. These companies are shaping--or have the potential to shape--how the cloud computing market will evolve.

• 6 Ways to Add Social Media to Your Web Design

  Web designers, social media experts and marketers discuss the impact of social media on Web design and offer tips on how you can integrate the two to reach more customers and prospects.