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Best case, Mozilla's Firefox for Windows 8 will ship in October

Posted May 9, 2013 - 11:11 am

Firefox for Windows 8's "Modern" user interface (UI) will likely wrap up development this fall, Mozilla said on its website in a best case-worst case schedule.
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Estimates peg 59M Windows 8 devices in use

Posted May 9, 2013 - 6:50 am

Microsoft this week said that it had sold 100 million licenses of Windows 8 in the operating system's first six months. But how many copies are being used?
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Install VirtualBox 4.2.12 in Fedora 18

Posted May 8, 2013 - 4:31 pm

Here's how you can install VirtualBox 4.2.12 in Fedora 18.
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Upgrade from Debian 6 Squeeze to Debian 7 Wheezy

Posted May 8, 2013 - 4:23 pm

Here's how you can upgrade from Debian 6 Squeeze to Debian 7 Wheezy.
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Download Debian 7 Wheezy

Posted May 8, 2013 - 1:25 pm

Here's how you can download Debian 7 Wheezy, the latest version of Debian Linux.
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Install Nemo file manager in Ubuntu 13.04

Posted May 8, 2013 - 1:14 pm

Here's how you can install the Nemo file manager in Ubuntu 13.04.
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Start button's return to Windows 8? Probably, but there's no guarantee

Posted May 8, 2013 - 12:30 pm

Microsoft's head of Windows development on Tuesday came close to promising that the iconic Start button would return to the Windows 8 desktop, but never made a guarantee.
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Five things to like About Debian 7.0 'Wheezy'

Posted May 8, 2013 - 11:11 am

Speech-based installation and UEFI support are among many improvements in this updated Linux distribution.
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Asus readies small, sub-$300 Windows slates for release

Posted May 7, 2013 - 4:50 pm

Would you pay an extra $50 for a pint-sized tablet if it ran Windows 8 instead of Android? Asus thinks you might.
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Windows 8 tip: Restore the merge-folders option

Posted May 7, 2013 - 4:47 pm

Windows 8 insists on automatically merging the contents of like-named folders. Here's how to restore the options you had in Windows 7.
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Microsoft's drip-drip-drip Windows communications strategy dubbed a washout

Posted May 7, 2013 - 4:22 pm

Microsoft's Tami Reller, the CFO and head of marketing for the Windows division, went on a mini publicity spree today. But she didn't say very much.
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Windows Blue preview due at end of June

Posted May 7, 2013 - 4:09 pm

Microsoft plans to release a preview version of Windows 8's update, code-named Windows Blue, at the end of June, according to Julie Larson-Green, a corporate vice president in charge of the OS's development.
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How Facebook aims to reinvent hardware

Posted May 7, 2013 - 2:39 pm

The company's Open Compute Project aims to provide an open source platform for building infrastructure of the future.
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Debian wheezes out Version 7

Posted May 7, 2013 - 2:05 pm

The latest version of Debian -- Version 7.0, codenamed "Wheezy" -- is now in stable release, bringing with it accessibility enhancements, a new version of the GNOME 3.4 desktop environment and support for multiple hardware architectures.
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$300M investment in Nook delivers next to nothing for Microsoft

Posted May 7, 2013 - 2:04 pm

Microsoft has gotten little from a 2012 investment of $300 million with Barnes & Noble, analysts said, but it's poised to reap some rewards as it and its partners start to ship smaller tablets.
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Security pros cheer hint of hands-off updates in Windows Blue

Posted May 7, 2013 - 6:13 am

Microsoft's apparent plan to automatically update its own Windows Store apps in the next version of Windows 8 is drawing praise from security experts.
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Microsoft's Windows Blue to be available later this year

Posted May 7, 2013 - 2:17 am

Microsoft's update of its Windows 8 operating system, code-named Windows Blue, will be available later this year, supporting a variety of form factors and display sizes, and providing more options for both businesses and consumers.
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Gates sticks to company line on tablets, knocks iPad

Posted May 6, 2013 - 2:59 pm

Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates today stuck to the company line on tablets, and disparaged rival Apple's iPad for its lack of a keyboard and its inability to run Office.
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Apple reportedly steps up iOS 7 work

Posted May 6, 2013 - 2:13 pm

Sleeker, 'flatter' UI design in works at Apple for iPhone, iPad software; September release on track.
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Dell's Linux laptop has good hardware, decent toolkit

Posted May 6, 2013 - 11:28 am

Our Linux pros check out the decked-out XPS 13 'Developer Edition' laptop, preloaded with Ubuntu and other tools.
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Apple breaks into Fortune 500's top 10

Posted May 6, 2013 - 10:41 am

Apple climbed the Fortune 500 this year to the No. 6 spot, its highest-ever ranking, its first time in the top 10, and the top technology company on the influential list, replacing sagging HP.
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Microsoft's $2B loan to Dell comes with strings

Posted May 6, 2013 - 6:52 am

As part of Microsoft's loan of $2 billion to a group trying to buy PC maker Dell, the two companies must modify the payment terms of Dell's current agreements with Microsoft, a document filed with U.S. regulators said.
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Unix tip: Using Bash's regular expressions

Posted May 5, 2013 - 8:37 pm

Bash has quietly made scripting on Unix systems a lot easier with its own regular expressions. If you're still leaning on grep and sed commands to get your scripts to do what you need from them, maybe it's time to look into what bash can do on its own.
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Amazon leaks evidence of first smaller, cheaper Windows 8 tablet

Posted May 5, 2013 - 7:21 pm

Details of what could be the first smaller Windows 8 tablet leaked Friday when Amazon briefly published a listing for an 8.1-in. Acer Iconia tablet.
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Google bares Chrome's Trojan strategy with native-style packaged apps

Posted May 5, 2013 - 2:11 am

Google's move this week to make it easier for Chrome browser users to find "packaged apps" is part of a strategy to turn any Internet-capable device into a Chromebook wannabe loyal to the company's ecosystem, an analyst said today.
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