In a characteristic moment of humility, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently admitted that late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was “always cooler” than him. During an interview on US political comedy show The Colbert Report, ...
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The passwords of about 250,000 Twitter users were stolen in a "sophisticated" cyber attack similar to those that recently hit major Western news outlets. "This attack was not the work of amateurs, and we do not believe it was an isolated ...
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General Motor's large crossover SUVs were a revelation when they launched back in 2007, proof that GM could compete with the best. We've been big fans, even awarding the Chevrolet Traverse a Top Pick designation a few years back. But ...
The Wall Street Journal said Thursday it had been targeted by hackers trying to monitor the newspaper's coverage of China, less than a day after a similar revelation from its competitor The New York Times. The Journal, which is owned by ...
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New documents have been filed in court showing how a number of big, Silicon Valley-based companies operated an informal "no poaching" agreement to prevent them from taking each other's staff. The agreement, which contravened ...
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The first official image of the 2013 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG has been released ahead of the updated German super sedan’s world premiere at next week’s Detroit auto show. The high-performance AMG variant is the final piece of the ...
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New Saab owner National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has signed a partnership worth $291 million with the City of Qingdao in China’s Shandong province giving the city a stake in the Hong Kong-owned manufacturer. To be made in ...
For all the apocalyptic prognostications, 2012 turned out to be a relatively uneventful year from an information security standpoint. A cyber Pearl Harbor did not happen. Stuxnet and its kin did not take out any power grids or shut down ...
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According to an industry expert, the forecast for massive government spending on infrastructure in the Middle East and specially in the UAE this year will help boost businesses of stakeholders and attract foreign partnership. The UAE ...
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IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard's bombshell revelation that it would take a $8.8 billion non-cash writedown after allegedly discovering major accounting fraud related to its Autonomy business unit has rocked the tech world. But the ...
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By the close on Friday Molycorp (NYSE: MCP) was changing hands for $8.62, up $1.39 or 19.2%, after filings showed that insiders at the company has been stocking up on the counter. A number of executives made the most of the opportunity to ...
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General Motors has hosed down speculation the next-generation Holden Commodore Sportwagon and Ute could be headed to North America alongside the VF sedan. Rumours of an expanded export deal between Holden and US sister brand ...
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You don't have to be a technical genius to keep your computer operating as smoothly and as quickly as it did the day you brought it home. Is that a startling revelation? If you answered yes to that question, "Why Is My PC So Slow?" is ...
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Apple and Microsoft are embroiled in a fight over the SkyDrive app for iPhones and iPads, a skirmish that has left users caught in the middle. According to The Next Web, Apple has blocked updates to the SkyDrive app ever since Microsoft ...
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Demand for luxury products continues but, writes Simon Creasey, the sector’s design outlook is filtering into Recession – what recession? Recent sales figures from luxury retailers belie fears of a double dip economic ...
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