The Campaign for Wool, of which His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales is patron, began its third year with a spectacular knit-over of Harvey Nichols' iconic Knightsbridge store – with more than 100 metres of wool. The wool was ...
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The Windows Store, a new online marketplace for applications for Windows 8 and Windows RT computers, is now open to developers in 120 geographic markets, Microsoft said on Tuesday. Any developer can now submit applications for inclusion ...
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In the latest twist in a saga that has dragged on for seven years, a federal judge on Thursday refused to set aside a $675,000 fine that a jury had imposed on a former Boston University student for illegally downloading 30 songs. In a ...
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A new approach to mobile Internet protocols could improve the usability and reliability of mobile applications. At the annual Usenix tech conference last month in Boston, two MIT researchers formally unveiled a new protocol, and a remote ...
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Google has moved a step closer to making good on its promise to support "Do Not Track" in Chrome by the end of this year. Chromium, Google's open-source project that feeds code into Chrome, released a build last week that includes the Do ...
Microsoft yesterday clarified that Mac users will not be able to download and install a copy of Office for Mac 2011 as one of the five licenses allowed by the new Office 365 subscription plans. The news may make the subscription deals, ...
The three finalists of Microsoft's inaugural BlueHat competition, to develop innovative computer security protection technologies, have been announced. The competition, which ran from 3 August 2011 to 1 April 2012, is aimed at stimulating ...
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Buyers of computers running Windows RT, the Windows 8 version for ARM-based devices, will receive at no additional cost a version of Office that will become available in multiple languages between November and January. The devices, ...
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IDG News Service-Researchers at Rice University in Houston have developed a prototype spray-on battery that could allow engineers to rethink the way portable electronics are designed. The rechargeable battery boasts similar electrical ...
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December 10, 2012 - New research by the University of Delaware and Delaware Technical Community College suggests that, by 2030, renewable energy could fully power a large electric grid 99.9% of the time at costs comparable to today’s ...
Microsoft on Friday launched an Office upgrade offer that gives customers who purchase the current Office 2010 a free copy of the upcoming Office 2013. The deal, stuck with the official title of "Microsoft Office Pre-launch Offer," ...
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The University of Exeter is using IT to replace a manual system of processing overseas students to comply with UK Border Authority rules. The university is a Highly Trusted Sponsor (HTS) and must ensure that the 2,000 overseas students it ...
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Microsoft will support its Surface RT tablet with updates, including security patches, until April 2017, or nearly four-and-a-half years after its launch. The support lifecycle for the Surface with Windows RT tablet is less than half the ...
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Dell on Tuesday said its XPS 10 tablet with Windows RT will start at US$499, matching the price of Microsoft's Surface tablet that became available last week. The XPS 10 has a 10-inch screen, weighs 635 grams, and provides about 8 hours ...
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Microsoft has released the customer preview of its latest version of Microsoft Office, which will be cloud-based and work best on Windows 8. Steve Ballmer announced the preview, claiming Office 2013 will provide consumers and businesses ...
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