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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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The challenge of growing food on Mars

Posted May 9, 2013 - 6:00 am

For humans to establish permanent colonies on Mars, they'll have to grow their own food. It won't be easy.
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X1 desktop search tool now indexes SharePoint, cloud email

Posted May 8, 2013 - 7:56 pm

X1 has released the biggest upgrade of its desktop search tool in four years, adding the ability to query SharePoint sites and tap webmail accounts.
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Google revamps admin console for Apps and other enterprise products

Posted May 8, 2013 - 5:40 pm

Google is rolling out a new IT administration console for its Apps email and collaboration cloud suite and for other enterprise products such as Maps Coordinate and Chrome OS devices.
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Facebook to design an open source switch

Posted May 8, 2013 - 4:57 pm

As part of the Open Compute Project (OCP), Facebook's network engineering team is leading a project to develop an open source networking switch.
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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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Download free Draw Rider app for iOS devices

Posted May 8, 2013 - 4:27 pm

Here's how you can download the Draw Rider app free for your iPad, iPhone, iPad mini or iPod Touch.
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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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More data isn't always better, says Nate Silver

Posted May 8, 2013 - 3:57 pm

Big data may seem to promise big insights to users, but more isn't always better, cautions statistician Nate Silver, who became one of America's most well-known faces of data analysis after his FiveThirtyEight blog accurately predicted 2012 presidential election results in all 50 states.
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For your ears only: 8 great Android podcast managers

Posted May 8, 2013 - 3:26 pm

A roundup of some of the best "podcatching" apps for Android users on the go.
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Microsoft won't guarantee buy-not-rent Office for next decade

Posted May 8, 2013 - 3:03 pm

Microsoft yesterday took a swipe at long-time partner Adobe for the latter's wholesale shift to rent-not-buy software subscriptions, and along the way seemed to promise it would Office as old-school perpetual licenses for the next 10 years.
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Download free Dentist Office app for iOS devices

Posted May 8, 2013 - 2:37 pm

Here's how you can download the Dentist Office app free for your iPad, iPhone, iPad mini or iPod Touch.
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Protect WordPress blogs with free Wordfence plugin

Posted May 8, 2013 - 2:22 pm

Here's how you can get a free plugin called Wordfence to protect your WordPress blog.
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Download free Fruit Mania app for iOS devices

Posted May 8, 2013 - 2:00 pm

Here's how you can download the Fruit Mania app free for your iPad, iPhone, iPad mini or iPod Touch.
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Install XBMC 12.2 in Ubuntu 13.04

Posted May 8, 2013 - 1:56 pm

Here's how you can install XBMC 12.2 in Ubuntu 13.04.
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Install XBMC 12.2 in Linux Mint 14

Posted May 8, 2013 - 1:55 pm

Here's how you can install XBMC 12.2 in Linux Mint 14.
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Download free Injustice: Gods Among Us app for iOS devices

Posted May 8, 2013 - 1:45 pm

Here's how you can download the Injustice: Gods Among Us app free for your iPad, iPhone, iPad mini or iPod Touch.
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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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Download free Bee Leader app for iOS devices

Posted May 8, 2013 - 1:08 pm

Here's how you can download the Bee Leader app free for your iPad, iPhone, iPad mini or iPod Touch.
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Download free Clear Vision 2 app for iOS devices

Posted May 8, 2013 - 1:02 pm

Here's how you can download the Clear Vision 2 app free for your iPad, iPhone, iPad mini or iPod Touch.
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Disable bloatware on Samsung Galaxy S4

Posted May 8, 2013 - 12:53 pm

Here's how you can disable bloatware on the Samsung Galaxy S4.
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Internet back up in Syria after 20-hour outage

Posted May 8, 2013 - 12:52 pm

Syria suffered another Internet and mobile communications outage that lasted for about 20 hours. Service was restored earlier today.
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Download free FaceFusion app for iOS devices

Posted May 8, 2013 - 12:48 pm

Here's how you can download the FaceFusion app free for your iPad, iPhone, iPad mini or iPod Touch.
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