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If you need ammo, Bing is your search engine

Posted May 8, 2013 - 6:00 am

If comparing Bing and Google on regular search results isn’t enough, try comparing them based on autocomplete suggestions
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Mount ISO files as virtual CD drives with Microsoft's free utility

Posted May 2, 2013 - 5:10 pm

Need to quickly mount an ISO file in Windows 7 or earlier? Here's a tool from Microsoft
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Star Trek's holodeck gets closer to reality

Posted April 29, 2013 - 4:09 pm

Microsoft concept shows living room surrounded by projections escaping the TV screen. Very cool.
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Can Star Trek save Windows 8?

Posted April 23, 2013 - 10:46 am

New notebook aims to appeal to Trek fans - it's a sci-fi computer!
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Visit famous tech sites via Google Street View Hyperlapse

Posted April 22, 2013 - 11:57 am

Using a fun new tool to take virtual trips to the headquarters and birthplaces of famous technology companies
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Time-lapse shows construction of original Microsoft campus

Posted April 15, 2013 - 1:39 pm

Watch the 1986 building of Microsoft's Redmond campus in this cool time-lapse video.
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Microsoft to Windows 7 users: Uninstall a security update from this week's Patch Tuesday

Posted April 12, 2013 - 2:50 pm

One of the latest security updates is causing fatal system errors, so you should block it
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Fake Twitter followers: One more thing Justin Bieber and Bill Gates have in common

Posted April 10, 2013 - 11:05 am

More followers on Twitter also means a higher percentage of your followers are probably fake accounts
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The Xbox 720 (Durango) rumors keep flowing

Posted April 9, 2013 - 8:30 am

Today we have rumors about the next Xbox's reveal date, pricing, internals, and more!
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The clock is ticking for Windows XP and Office 2003 users

Posted April 8, 2013 - 1:18 pm

Microsoft has begun the countdown to ending support for these old versions of Windows and Office
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The Weekly Hash - March 29, 2013

Posted March 29, 2013 - 11:29 am

Having some fun at the expense of this week’s top tech newsmakers, this week featuring astronauts having a quick rendezvous, a Google exec having a midlife crisis and one teenager having a very good week
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Kinect app lets you create 3D body avatars

Posted March 8, 2013 - 3:29 pm

Using a player's body as a model, scanner can let you create cool 3D shapes.
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The Weekly Hash - March 8, 2013

Posted March 8, 2013 - 11:11 am

Spanning the globe to joke about this week’s top tech stories, from North Korea to New Zealand with a quick stop on Mars
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Dear Microsoft: Enough with the ‘Scroogling’ already

Posted March 5, 2013 - 5:08 pm

Microsoft has been using its lame marketing campaign to attack Google over privacy while doing many of the same things. Time to move on.
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The Weekly Hash - March 1, 2013

Posted March 1, 2013 - 12:22 pm

From the pope to the PGA to pants, we joke about the top tech stories of the week
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Marissa Mayer takes Yahoo back to the... past

Posted February 26, 2013 - 1:02 pm

The Yahoo CEO’s (hypothetical) internal memo, responding to the “no telecommuting” announcement
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The Weekly Hash - February 22, 2013

Posted February 22, 2013 - 12:04 pm

Joking about the week’s top tech stories, this week featuring Burger King, Chinese cyberspies and a new Chromebook that will revolutionize the way we watch porn
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The Weekly Hash - February 15, 2013

Posted February 15, 2013 - 12:22 pm

From the College of Cardinals’ new high tech method for choosing a pope to Google’s new private airport to the president’s geeky Fireside Chat we make fun of some of the this week’s top tech stories
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Ad watch: Owning a Surface Pro will cause you to dance during boring office meetings

Posted February 11, 2013 - 3:03 pm

Why does this never happen in our offices? You know, spontaneous dancing with our tablets.
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The Weekly Hash - February 8, 2013

Posted February 8, 2013 - 12:35 pm

From the world’s new largest prime number to the key to BlackBerry 10’s success in Canada to one group not happy with all the bugs Microsoft is squishing, we make fun of some of the this week’s top tech stories
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Will the FCC's free WiFi plan bridge the digital divide?

Posted February 5, 2013 - 12:56 pm

Are powerful, free WiFi networks coming soon to your neighborhood? Maybe, but don’t hold your breath
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Microsoft pitches Gen-Y with '90s nostalgia video

Posted January 23, 2013 - 2:16 pm

Making millenials feel old and asking them to re-try Internet Explorer in one handy video.
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Xbox games on the Windows 8 store? Well, sort of.

Posted January 17, 2013 - 9:30 am

Microsoft has started to blur the lines between console games and Windows games, but it's still got a long ways to go.
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The Weekly Hash - January 11, 2013

Posted January 11, 2013 - 11:14 am

A silly review of a bunch of tech stories from this past week, today featuring intelligent flatware at CES, John McAfee acting even crazier and the programming language of the year’s newest lady friend
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Does Google cheat? No more than Bing does

Posted January 4, 2013 - 5:02 pm

All search engines are guilty of bias, no matter what the FTC says. Don't believe me? Ask these adorable kittens.
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