Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has spoken out about his dissatisfaction with the pace of innovation at the company he founded in the 1970s. Gates handed over the role of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000 and has been blamed for a number ...
Writing a book about Windows 8 takes a peculiar combination of perseverance, insight, and a high tolerance for pain. Those who write books about Win8 get to dig into the heart of the beast -- they're exposed early and often to ...
Buffalo Technology has set the end of this month as the launch date for its DriveStation DDR external hard disk enclosure, which uses a 1GB DRAM cache to achieve what Buffalo says is the world's fastest transfer speed. The company said ...
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The Microsoft Surface Pro delivers on its promise to provide the most laptop-like performance yet from a tablet. But like most groundbreaking devices, it has flaws—including limited storage and hefty weight and size—that mean ...
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Buffalo Technology has set the end of February as the launch date for its DriveStation DDR external hard disk enclosure, which uses a 1GB DRAM cache to achieve what, Buffalo says, is the world’s fastest transfer speed. The company ...
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TabTimes and the Application Developers Alliance are partnering to launch THE TABBY AWARDS, which will begin accepting submissions today. TabTimes is the only media company focusing on the tablet business, and the Application Developers ...
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Microsoft Corp. announced the Microsoft Surface family of PCs is growing with Surface Pro, the newest member of the growing Surface family, along with a number of new products and accessories available tomorrow. Surface Pro with Windows 8 ...
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Microsoft's new touchy-feely Windows 8 works well on a tablet or touchscreen notebook, but what about a traditional desktop machine? With no touch, desktop punters wrangling Windows 8 are reliant on the old keyboard and mouse combo for ...
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Buyers of Windows 8 smartphones need to check that apps that offer vital functionality on their iPhone and Android devices are available for their new Microsoft-inspired handset. Apps can be either missing, of relatively poor quality ...
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Budget phones can be miserable affairs. Poor screen and camera resolution, terrible keyboards and hand-me-down technology can make a user feel like the character in Barbra Streisand's 60s hit Second Hand Rose. This isn't so with Nokia's ...
Microsoft's highly anticipated Surface Pro with Windows 8 will be on sale Saturday starting at $899 and will test the company's viability in the tablet market after the failure of the Surface RT. The Surface Pro tablet has an Intel Core ...
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In another illustration of the diminishing importance of the PC, a research firm today said that more than a third of surveyed consumers who once used personal computers to access content said they had switched to tablets and smartphones. ...
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SONY'S first digital baby monitor has night vision and a temperature sensor, and reports a baby's stirring on LED lights. NAVMAN MY ESCAPE II ($499) The MY Escape II is Navman's grey nomad special GPS. Navman research says over-55s are ...
Microsoft started selling its Surface Pro tablet on Saturday, and quickly exhausted its supply of the 128GB configuration. While the less expensive 64GB device was also listed as out of stock Saturday on Microsoft's online store, by ...
Microsoft this week patched 14 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE), preparing the browser for its time as a target early next month at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest. On Tuesday, Microsoft patched 57 vulnerabilities, including ...
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