Nemo and other winter storms can make travel treacherous. The key to safe driving is to simply wait out the storm. And remember, even after the snow falls, the roads can still be slippery. When the sun breaks through, and it is time to hit ...
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The Duke of York and processor firm ARM have put their shoulders behind Code Club, a nationwide volunteer project to teach programming to 9-11 year-olds in after-school clubs. Thought up by computer scientist Linda Sandvik and user ...
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The new-generation Hyundai i30 Tourer has launched from $22,990 A wagon version of the popular i30 hatch, the Hyundai i30 Tourer wasn’t originally intended for the Australian market as it is only built in Europe, where all i30 ...
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The all-new Volkswagen Beetle has arrived in Australia, launching exactly 60 years after the original ‘people’s car’ first landed on our shores in 1953. Dubbed the ’21st century Beetle’, the third-generation ...
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The Subaru Liberty X is designed to merge the benefits of a high-riding SUV with the look of a traditional family sedan. Launched in September 2012, the Subaru Liberty 2.5X and 3.6X are the single players in an ultra-niche market, ...
BlackBerry said this week that launch sales of its new BlackBerry 10-based handsets in Canada and the U.K. have beaten previous company records. However, the company formerly known as Research In Motion has declined to release actual ...
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The Linux Foundation has released software that will allow Linux to work with computers running the UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) firmware, which all Windows 8 machines do. The Linux Foundation Secure Boot System solves a ...
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Security watchdogs are now worried about a new attack vendor that cybercriminals could take advantage of – the growing number of devices that routinely use the Internet to function. Machine-to-machine (M2M) security is closely ...
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Microsoft founder and Chairman Bill Gates recently took part in a question-and-answer session on popular message board site Reddit. Gates’ Ask Me Anything (AMA) session garnering more than 18,000 comments shortly after it ended. ...
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Adobe on Tuesday released security patches for both Flash Player and Shockwave Player, addressing a total of 19 vulnerabilities affecting the two products. New stand-alone versions of Flash Player 11 were released for Windows, Mac, Linux ...
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Intel today released a version of its SSD-based Cache Acceleration Software (CAS) for Linux servers, which, the firm said, can offer up to 18 times the performance for read-intensive applications, such as on-line transaction processing ...
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Just hours after Microsoft’s Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet went on sale on Saturday in the United States, the 128GB version sold out online. Shoppers looking for the $1,000 tablet at the online outlets of Best Buy and Staples, as ...
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Dell customers have shown mixed reactions to the firm’s decision to go private, and are watching developments closely as they consider the next steps in their product procurement plans. Some of Dell’s customers think ...
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Global smartphone sales went up by 38 percent in the fourth quarter year over year, Gartner reported on Wednesday, with Samsung ending 2012 in the top position for both smartphone sales and overall mobile phone sales. Even with the ...
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A picture is worth a thousand words; the grey line in a graph from MetroStore Scanner, a site that keeps unofficial tabs on new additions to the Windows Store, shows the growth rate over the Windows Store over the past 15 days. It’s a ...