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Estimates peg 59M Windows 8 devices in use

IDGNS staff — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:50:16 +0000

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?

The challenge of growing food on Mars

Christopher Nerney — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

For humans to establish permanent colonies on Mars, they'll have to grow their own food. It won't be easy.

X1 desktop search tool now indexes SharePoint, cloud email

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 23:56:51 +0000

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.

Google revamps admin console for Apps and other enterprise products

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:40:24 +0000

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.

Facebook to design an open source switch

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:57:14 +0000

As part of the Open Compute Project (OCP), Facebook's network engineering team is leading a project to develop an open source networking switch.

Install VirtualBox 4.2.12 in Fedora 18

jimlynch — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:31:12 +0000

Here's how you can install VirtualBox 4.2.12 in Fedora 18.

Download free Draw Rider app for iOS devices

jimlynch — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:27:02 +0000

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

Upgrade from Debian 6 Squeeze to Debian 7 Wheezy

jimlynch — Wed, 08 May 2013 20:23:15 +0000

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

More data isn't always better, says Nate Silver

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:57:36 +0000

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.

For your ears only: 8 great Android podcast managers

kgerich — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:26:00 +0000

A roundup of some of the best "podcatching" apps for Android users on the go.

Microsoft won't guarantee buy-not-rent Office for next decade

IDGNS staff — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:03:29 +0000

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.

Download free Dentist Office app for iOS devices

jimlynch — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:37:54 +0000

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

Protect WordPress blogs with free Wordfence plugin

jimlynch — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:22:34 +0000

Here's how you can get a free plugin called Wordfence to protect your WordPress blog.

Download free Fruit Mania app for iOS devices

jimlynch — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:00:20 +0000

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

Install XBMC 12.2 in Ubuntu 13.04

jimlynch — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:56:23 +0000

Here's how you can install XBMC 12.2 in Ubuntu 13.04.