GOOGLE has unveiled a touch-screen notebook computer designed for high-end PC users, throwing down a gauntlet for Apple and its MacBooks. Google says its Chrome Pixel notebooks blend tablet and laptop technology. They boast heavyweight ...
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Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are pushing science fiction closer to reality with a wraparound virtual world where a researcher wearing 3-D ...
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Sometimes, perceptions are as big a problem as actual “rules” are. In my research for this Break-the-Rules series, I’ve found two dichotomies involving front yards.For many people, there aren’t really ...
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GOOGLE'S revamping of its search formula last year failed so far to live up to its promise of discouraging consumers from visiting illegal music websites, an industry group says. A report released this week by the Recording Industry ...
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China’s Ministry of National Defence on Wednesday denied recent accusations that the nation’s military supports cyber espionage, saying that a security report backing the claims used scientifically flawed evidence. The ...
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Volvo has removed the virtual cover from its 2014 S60 sedan and XC60 SUV, revealing numerous interior and exterior updates. Volvo refers to this midlife freshening as the most extensive in its company history, although it is well within ...
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Mozilla today released Firefox 19, adding a built-in PDF viewer to the browser. The integrated viewer was the one noticeable change to users, although Mozilla enhanced under-the-hood features as well for website developers, and added ...
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Tizen, the open-source project backed by Intel and Samsung Electronics, has released to software developers and device makers the software development kit and source code for a new version of its operating system. The Tizen 2.0 release ...
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Yahoo! has a new look online following a makeover engineered by its chief executive Marissa Mayer. The long-awaited makeover of Yahoo.com's home page is the most notable change to the website since the internet company hired Marissa ...
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Sony is expected to reveal its vision of the future of home entertainment today by providing a glimpse at a new-generation PlayStation console that streams games, films, music and more. "Sony needs a big hit with this game console," ...
Microsoft says it has begun switching Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com as it officially launches its revamped email service. Microsoft's move follows a test phase in which it adapted the service to try and better serve lifestyles that ...
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Burger King saw a surprising upside after its Twitter account was compromised on Monday: tens of thousands of people began following its account. Those people may have started following the burger chain's feed in hopes of seeing more ...
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Such excitement. The technology media world has been whipping itself into a frenzy of speculation and Dick Tracy jokes during the past couple of weeks since two US newspaper reports that Apple is working on a new gadget - the iWatch. ...
HTC, the struggling Taiwanese maker of smartphones, is taking a page from longtime partner Microsoft as it launches a new phone under the One brand. The phone runs Google's Android software, but HTC is grafting its own home screen on ...
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Microsoft has moved its email service Outlook.com out of the preview phase, and plans a marketing campaign to boost its adoption worldwide. The service, which claims 60 million active users since the preview was released last July, will ...
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