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Pondering the future of Skype

Posted May 15, 2012 - 9:19 am

Skype for Linux seems poised for movement after many months of stagnation. But with all the competition, is Skype itself about to fade away?
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What makes MS think it could ban non-IE browsers in Win8?

Posted May 10, 2012 - 2:44 pm

Once it was routine for Microsoft to dictate what applications or technology customers or other vendors had to use if they didn't want the big dog to bite. Now it's just ridiculous. No FireFox, Chrome or Safari on the ARM version of Windows 8? For how long, do you think?
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Learn about Office via 1950s film footage

Posted May 9, 2012 - 12:20 pm

Microsoft aims to make the "how to" video more interesting by inserting 1950s film footage.
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Greenpeace questions the green in clouds

Posted April 30, 2012 - 11:45 pm

That apple ain’t green.
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Seriously, Nokia, this is painful to watch

Posted April 11, 2012 - 2:32 pm

Nokia on Wednesday lowered its financial outlook for the first half of this year, just a day after the Finnish device maker revealed a software glitch in its marquee smartphone.
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Two more Google Goggle parody videos

Posted April 6, 2012 - 2:54 pm

Clippy will help you get across the street. Hey, do you want a coupon for Starbucks?
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Check out this cool transparent display

Posted April 3, 2012 - 11:26 am

Using your hands with your monitor without getting the screen all smudgy.
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Khelihos P2P botnet rises from dead a third time

Posted March 28, 2012 - 1:42 pm

An alliance of security companies took down the 110,000-member Khelihos botnet this week by cracking its encryption, ending Khelihos II, The Sequel. The virus has already revived and begun to spread, as it did after Microsoft shut the original down last September,
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Microsoft acknowledges suckiness of its previous browsers

Posted March 16, 2012 - 10:54 am

If you can't beat the haters, win them back by admitting they were right before. And dress up a cat.
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Google ruined itself with social, Google+, says former exec

Posted March 14, 2012 - 2:51 pm

Google's desire to compete with Facebook in personalized advertising and social media is ruining the search giant's innovative culture, a former executive argues.
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Beamatron combines Kinect with projectors for augmented reality awesomeness

Posted March 13, 2012 - 5:30 pm

System can project virtual items onto physical objects and have them react.
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How do U.S. Internet users spell 'search'? G-o-o-g-l-e

Posted March 9, 2012 - 5:16 pm

A Pew Internet survey shows that 83% of American Internet users prefer Google for online search, despite serious misgivings about the company's privacy violations.
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Facial-animation capture gets more realistic

Posted March 9, 2012 - 10:52 am

3D scanning and motion-capture technologies combine to create more realistic animations.
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Microsoft shows off Windows 8 preview: Are you excited yet?

Posted February 29, 2012 - 6:14 pm

Microsoft releases three videos to try and build excitement for Windows 8.
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Apple now worth nearly $500 billion

Posted February 29, 2012 - 10:15 am

Apple shares closed Tuesday at an all-time high of 535.41, putting the company right on the edge of a $500 billion valuation.
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Who says there has to be a third smartphone platform?

Posted February 27, 2012 - 5:48 pm

Is it possible for a third smartphone platform to emerge as a viable option to Google's Android and Apple's iOS?
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Why did Google pay for Motorola to be behind a 'firewall'?

Posted February 27, 2012 - 1:46 pm

Google says it will keep Motorola's phones at arm's length at all costs. And Motorola's patents are tricky to enforce. So now what?
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When Bill Gates urged Apple to license Mac technology

Posted February 27, 2012 - 1:43 pm

Microsoft licenses its first version of Windows in 1985. But months before, Bill Gates had suggested to Apple CEO John Sculley that he do the same thing with the Macintosh operating system.
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Which tech company generates the most revenue? (Hint: It's not Apple)

Posted February 24, 2012 - 11:10 am

We all know Apple, now the most valuable public company in the world, is a money-making machine. But did you know three other tech companies generate more revenue than Apple on an annual basis (at least for now)?
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Stuck-in-the-'80s Microsoft mocks Google with a Moonlighting parody

Posted February 21, 2012 - 6:16 pm

Microsoft parodies a 1980s TV show to attack Google. Yeah, that'll work.
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Meet Cyborg Steve Jobs

Posted February 17, 2012 - 12:07 pm

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs inspired millions, including a Tennessee artist who created a fascinating illustration of Jobs and Bill Gates engaging in scorched-earth, cyborgean battle.
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Kinect Star Wars: Even girls can be Darth Vader

Posted February 14, 2012 - 1:13 pm

The Xbox video team has done it again, providing Star Wars fans with another entertaining ad for its Kinect Star Wars game, set to release on April 3.
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Google regaining lost search market share

Posted February 9, 2012 - 7:26 pm

It's becoming clear that Microsoft and Yahoo are doing nothing to eat into Google's lead in the U.S. search market.
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Kelihos botnet revives, waits for Microsoft Anti-Botnet Operation v. 3 to go back down

Posted February 2, 2012 - 3:27 pm

Despite so much bragging about its success it sometimes failed to mention the role of security specialist Kaspersky Labs, Microsoft's successful takedown of the Kelihos botnet may need a version 2 or 3 or even 4 to be successful, because the first solution was just too weak to hold.
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New cluster of Xbox 720 rumors hits the web

Posted January 26, 2012 - 9:50 am

If true, we're talking about fairly modest hardware coming in 2013 with an improved version of Kinect to follow your every move.
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