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• Tokita’s dream: Incoming president’s plan to transform Fujitsu’s fortunes

  ​‘Turning Dreams into Reality’ read the big screen behind Takahito Tokita, Fujitsu’s soon-to-be president, at the company’s annual forum in Tokyo.

• Language barriers, Lunar New Year and NDA impasse: How ASUS and Kaspersky fell out over Live Update hack

  Kaspersky Lab’s dealings with ASUS after revealing the Taiwanese computer brand’s live software update tool was being used to install a malicious backdoor on its customer’s computers were marred by a language barrier, the timing of Lunar New Year and wrangling over a non-disclosure agreement, it has been revealed.

• VR hardware sales are about to skyrocket

  Shipments of virtual reality hardware will "skyrocket" this year and keep climbing through 2020, market analyst IDC said.

• Apple's aging Mac Pro is falling way behind Windows rivals

  Apple's Mac Pro is aging fast, especially with significantly faster Windows desktops being introduced in recent weeks.

• Dell targets hyperscale wannabes with new line of bare-bones servers

  Dell released a new family of servers on Tuesday for companies that want some of the benefits of hyper-scale data centers without having to do the custom engineering work.

• Facebook may lure teen users back with virtual reality promise

  With its acquisition of virtual reality gaming company Oculus VR , Facebook may have found a way to lure back younger users to the social network.

• Hands on: Trying a 3D printer -- a beginner's tale

  Learning to use a 3D printer for the first time is not complicated, but learning to do it well comes with a significant learning curve.

• 3D printing is IT's next big challenge

  If your organsation is looking into 3D printing, IT can't afford to sit on the sidelines until it starts to look real.

• 3D printer prices drop, food printers arrive at CES

  The number of 3D printer vendors rose from five last year to more than 20 this year, and prices for their machines have come down dramatically.

• 3 trends that will make life harder for CIOs in 2014

  Robots, 3-D printers and wearable tech are indeed cool, but they should raise red flags for IT leaders. Here's how these emerging technologies will cause operations, privacy and user policy headaches for CIOs in 2014.

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