Microsoft today announced it had sold 100 million copies of Windows 8, its first statement on sales milestones since January. In a blog post and interviews with several influential bloggers and media outlets such as the New York Times and ...
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More than 20 percent of data brokers checked by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission allegedly violated a U.S. privacy law when sharing personal data with agency workers posing as companies wanting to purchase information. This week, the FTC ...
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When a bridge was washed out in Siberia there was only one way to get people across. The water was moving too fast for people to use small boats, so another way had to be devised. So what did they turn to? You already know, because you read ...
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Whether it is flow-and-comb, the Caesar, highand- tight, or a pompadour, men are increasingly turning to hair care products designed specifically for their unique styles and needs. Sponsored Links Acute Pain Management Training ...
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Only a year after acquiring Syncplicity, EMC is getting ready to make the company's enterprise file management system work with hybrid clouds. Syncplicity began as software for enterprises and consumers to synchronize and share files in ...
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HIPAA and outdated communications devices can make it harder to deliver effective patient care, according to a survey of physicians, hospital administrators and IT pros. The survey by the Ponemon Institute is based on responses from 577 ...
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Microsoft's apparent plan to automatically update its own Windows Store apps is drawing praise from security experts. "Auto-updating apps ... improve security and are great for anybody that does not have their own update or patch ...
China's largest search engine, Baidu, is getting closer to becoming the country's largest online video provider with a new $370 million acquisition. Baidu is spending the money to buy the online video business of PPS, a popular video ...
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Skype's Web-based management tool Manager for businesses is now available in over 170 countries and for all subscriptions, allowing companies to centrally control their usage of the service. Using Skype Manager, administrators can create ...
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Nokia has confirmed the upcoming launch of the long-rumored Lumia 928, with a website that hints at advanced camera features. The Lumia 928 will be an upgraded version of the existing flagship Lumia 920, and is expected to become ...
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A 33-year-old man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison by a German court for running the torrent site torrent.to between December 2005 and April 2008. He was sentenced by the local court of Aachen on April 30 for the ...
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AutoIt, a scripting language for automating Windows interface interactions, is increasingly being used by malware developers thanks to its flexibility and low learning curve, according to security researchers from Trend Micro and ...
Note-taking software provider Evernote originally wanted to delve into the hardware business as far back as 2007, with an egg-like device capable of recording conversations, the company's CEO said on Tuesday. "The original Evernote idea ...
SearchYourCloud, which provides a single search interface to find documents stored on a desktop or several cloud-based services, expanded on Tuesday to include Box. Access to Box is being included in a new version of the SearchYourCloud ...
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The general release of the AWS (Amazon Web Services) SDK for Node.js is available for download, allowing developers to build server-side applications in JavaScript that then can run on Amazon's cloud. The free SDK follows a preview ...
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