Google has bowed to concerns over unauthorised eavesdropping by announcing that it will start to automatically encrypt data stored in Google Cloud Storage. The company says that it will use 128-bit advanced encryption standard (AES) ...
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The much-anticipated update for Windows 8 will begin shipping on October 17, delivering a set of changes that Microsoft hopes will calm critics and improve sales of the tablet-optimized OS. Windows 8.1, previously known as Windows Blue, ...
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Editor's note:?This blog post was written by Fred Clements, Executive Director of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blogs can be read on bikedealerblog.wordpress.com. Retail sales at bike shops were down about 5 ...
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has added new features to the company's management platform CloudFormation that aim to improve performance and simplify updates. As companies get more used to running applications in the cloud, they are putting ...
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Social media network Facebook has announced that it has acquired speech recognition and machine translation technologies start-up Mobile Technologies. The start-up developed the Jibbigo app, which allows users to select from more than 25 ...
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File-sharing website The Pirate Bay has launched a browser that it claims will circumvent blocks from internet service providers (ISPs) on its site and other similar webpages. The browser, dubbed PirateBrowser, was launched as a 'gift' ...
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LinkedIn used to offer a pretty passive experience: Put your resume on the professional social networking site and hope it catches a recruiter’s eye. But LinkedIn isn’t resting on its laurels, especially when it comes to ...
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Both sets of technologies recognize the growing use of the browser for richer interactions between users and services, over and above the viewing of static Web pages. “We still use the browser language, although most of what people ...
Hoping to generate more apps for its mobile platform, Microsoft has launched an online tool that could allow even non-developers to create new programs for Windows Phone 8. The tool, called Windows Phone App Studio, is free to use and in ...
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Yahoo is redesigning its corporate logo to reflect a rapidly evolving company.The new official logo to be unveiled at 9 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time on Sept. 4 will be “more reflective of our reimagined design and new experiences,” ...
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Apple to unveil its next iPhone on September 10, according to sources cited by the AllThingsD blog. AllThingsD in a Saturday blog post, operated by the Wall Street Journal – pegged September 10 as the launch date for the new ...
The Pirate Bay has introduced its own browser that can be used to circumvent censorship and blockades. The PirateBrowser is a simple, one-click, pre-configured Firefox browser that makes The Pirate Bay and other blocked sites instantly ...
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The global financial crisis cast a large shadow over the Chinese financial system, prompting already conservative regulators to adopt a more rigorous, and by extension slower approach to reform. Yet there are also skeletons from ...
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Editor's note: This blog post was written by Fred Clements, Executive Director of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blogs can be read on bikedealerblog. Amazon recently announced it will add 5,000 jobs at ...
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On Tuesday, Microsoft announced the preview version of Windows 8.1 for enterprises, bringing all of the functionality of Windows 8.1 to big business, with specific improvements for enterprises. Microsoft also reiterated that the corporate ...
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