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Microsoft beefs up upgrade rewards for Windows XP users

Microsoft is sweetening the pot in hopes of getting holdouts to switch from their dated Windows XP machine to something a bit more modern. Last week, the Redmond-based company offered a $50...

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Sprint cuts expenses by closing almost 400 stores and shutters

Sprint isn't content to keep writing its financial statements in red ink. To that end, the company is shuttering 150 service and repair centers, 55 of its lowest performing retail stores and laying...

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Google’s reportedly planning to release a 8.9-inch Nexus tablet

Last week a questionable report out of China raised the possibility that Google’s next stock Android device could an 8.9-inch Nexus tablet. Now this rumor is getting a bit of support from research...

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Microsoft releases a version of OneNote for the Mac

Microsoft has just released a version of OneNote for the Mac. The company is positioning OneNote as a competitor to Evernote, and as such the app does offer some compelling features. One...

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Memory manufacturer Transcend brings the Mac Pro’s RAM to 128GB

Memory manufacturer Transcend on Friday announced availability of high-density DDR3 RDIMM RAM modules that bring the Mac Pro's total memory up to 128GB, doubling the max configuration advertised on the...

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CUPID drone comes equipped with a 80,000-volt stun gun

Are all drones peaceful? Not so on the battlefield, although the likes of the Amazon Prime Air program would be welcome by folks with open arms. The CUPID drone might sound as though it...

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Google to launch Android SDK for wearable devices within two weeks

Google will release an Android software developer kit for wearables soon in a move that should lead to smartwatch and other gear. What remains to be seen is how well...

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Firefox improves web page loading by by cutting the size of .JPEGs by 10%

Ever tried loading websites full of selfies and filtered food images on a shabby connection? If your answer is yes, then you know it always leads to tears and frustration. Good thing...

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Spotify hires former Beats Music’s former head of product

Spotify has hired Fredric Vinna, a former Beats Music bigwig who was head of product, engineering and design at the headphone company, according to CNET. Sources speaking to the news outlet...

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FreedomPop Privacy Phone features built-in VPN and encrypting

Just how secure do you think your smartphone is? After all, we can never quite tell just what the government is up to these days, and FreedomPop, one of the fastest...

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Up to 25% of IBM’s hardware division is being laid off

IBM recently sold its x86 server business to Lenovo, and that unfortunately has consequences for the company's workers. The computing pioneer has confirmed that it's cutting jobs as it concentrates its efforts on "cloud,...

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E.U. wants Google and Apple to start cracking down on freemium apps

European Union officials are meeting with representatives from Apple, Google, and consumer protection agencies Thursday and Friday to discuss how developers represent in-app purchases to European consumers. The goal of the meetings...

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App-testing company Burstly acquired by Apple

Apple on Friday acquired Burstly, a startup that offers app-testing and analytics. The company confirmed the news to CNET, but didn’t explain what it purchased Burstly for. It’s not unusual to...

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Mozilla will be adding advertisements to Firefox’s new tab page

Ads, ads everywhere! We simply cannot avoid the presence of advertisements no matter where we turn to, although some of the ads we have seen in the past are really cool. Since one is...

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FCC chairman is trying to re-instate the agency’s Open Internet rules

After last month's landmark decision by a federal court to strike down key parts of the Federal Communications Commission's Open Internet rules, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler now says the group is working...

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Google rumored to be launching an 8-inch Nexus tablet in April

Google’s second-generation Nexus 7 tablet will apparently be the last Nexus device at that size with the company said again to launch an 8-inch Nexus 8 tablet in the near future. Apparently, the Nexus...

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Samsung rumored to be preparing multiple variants of its next flagship phone

This probably won’t surprise a lot of people. Word on the street is that Samsung is also preparing multiple variants of its upcoming flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5. The company has...

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Facebook is finally closing in on the mobile launch of Graph Search

During the Facebook Q4 earnings call earlier this week, Mark Zuckerberg hinted that Graph Search for mobile devices is in development, though he wouldn't go into specifics about when it would launch. "Pretty soon,"...

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IHS is skeptical about Apple’s push for 12.9-Inch iPad

A rumored 12.9-inch iPad may still have significant development time left, according to an analyst at IHS, a supply chain research firm. According to CNET, IHS analyst Rhoda Alexander said there were a number...

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Justice Department is currently investigating the Target data breach

Target was breached by hackers during the holiday season this year, leaving the attackers with more than 70 million credit card numbers from shoppers who had visited Target’s retail stores between Nov. 27...

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