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• Cognoscenti anoint Nadella as next Microsoft CEO

  After sustained reports surfaced that Microsoft is close to naming its third-ever CEO, Satya Nadella, a 21-year veteran of the company, is now seen as the heir apparent.

• Ford's Mulally 'likely' talked to Microsoft, bowed out of CEO race anyway

  Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally, who on Tuesday ended months of speculation that he was a top candidate for Microsoft's CEO opening, was almost certainly in talks with the company.

• Microsoft's CEO search and the art of non-denial denials

  Observers of Microsoft's three-month-and-counting CEO search have watched the art of the "non-denial denial" at its best -- or worst -- a public relations expert said today.

• IT: Don't let the CEO wonder what you do all day

  If there's no catastrophic system failure or major software deployment to work on, CEOs might wonder what IT does all day. Here's how to make sure your contributions aren't undervalued when things go smoothly.

• One year under Mayer, Yahoo no longer 'dead company walking'

  After a year with Marissa Mayer at the helm, Yahoo is no longer seen as a 'dead company walking,' according to one analyst.

• Struggling companies turn to business-savvy IT pros to boost the bottom line

  Economic woes have pushed companies of all sizes to shake up data center hiring, development and other processes to better align IT and business operations.

• Sandberg's book prompts discussion on dearth of women in IT

  Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's belief that the women's revolution has 'stalled' and that 'men still run the world' may hold true in IT.