When it comes to choosing the right toner cartridge for your laser printer, there are a few things you might want to bear in mind. Price is important, but there's little point in cutting corners if it means noticeably skimping on print ...
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IDG News Service-Nokia is testing a new solar charging accessory in Nigeria and Kenya,as the company hopes to make it easier for people without regular access to electricity to use their phones,it said in a blog post on Friday. The ...
IDG News Service - Google on Tuesday released a Chrome upgrade that improves how the browser renders 3D applications, including mouse-controlled games. The improvement comes via the inclusion of the Pointer Lock JavaScript API, commonly ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft's Visual Studio 2012 Update 1 is now available for download. The update allows users to develop applications for Windows XP and more thoroughly test their work. The previous version of Microsoft's development ...
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Computerworld-Several major software companies,including Microsoft and Symantec,today kicked off what they called"International Technology Upgrade Week"in an attempt to persuade users to keep their code current. Upgrades have been hotly ...
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Computerworld - AT&T's version of the quad-core LG Optimus G will go on sale Nov. 2 for $199.99 with a two-year contract. Pre-orders will start Tuesday, AT&T announced in a blog post. The $200 price puts the Optimus G at the same pricing ...
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Computerworld - Sprint will begin selling the Samsung Galaxy Note II on Oct. 25 for $299.99 with a two-year contract, the carrier announced early Tuesday. If Sprint meets the schedule, the Galaxy Note II will be the carrier's first ...
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IDG News Service - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a regulation on Wednesday requiring companies to publicly disclose if they used minerals that originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or adjoining ...
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Computerworld - An elite hacker group targeting defense industry sub-contractors has an inexhaustible supply of zero-days, or vulnerabilities that have yet to be publicized, much less patched, Symantec said today. In a blog post, the ...
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IDG News Service - A new tool allows Mac OS X attackers with root OS access to easily steal the keychain password data of logged in users and reinforces the dangers of granting administrative privileges to applications without serious ...
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A new file backup feature in Windows 8 that Microsoft trumpeted this week will help users protect their data but it is incomplete and far from unique, according to analysts. The feature, called File History, is innovative because it makes ...
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Google said Tuesday it is starting to connect homes in Kansas City, Kan., to its Google Fiber broadband service. The installation will have two phases, starting with pulling fiber-optic cables from the street to the side of the home, and ...
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Fugitive anti-virus technology pioneer John McAfee, who is being sought by Belize authorities in connection with the murder of his neighbor there, described himself as a "foolish man" in an interview televised on CNN on Sunday. "If I were ...
Amazon is providing a way for one of the most popular JavaScript extensions, node.js, to easily access the Amazon Web Service collection of cloud computing capabilities. The AWS Developer Tools Team has released a preview of an SDK ...
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By grouping several big data, software development, and cloud efforts under a single operation, VMware and parent company EMC have developers and devops in mind, analysts say. The vendors' Pivotal Initiative, announced Dec. 4, is about ...
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