From DailyTech: If you buy a mobile device powered by Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android operating system, chances will soon be good that a bit of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) software inside. That's because Samsung Electronics Comp., Ltd. (KRX:005930) (KRX:005935) -- the world's largest Android OEM -- has...
From InfoWorld: Microsoft said it will offer businesses a slower update tempo for Office 2016, just as it has already promised for Windows 10.
Companies that subscribe to Office 365 ProPlus, Enterprise E3 or Enterprise E4 -- the three top-tier rent-not-own plans for large customers -- will be able...
From PC World: PC vendors may not have to include a Secure Boot toggle with Windows 10, making it harder for users to install alternative operating systems.
In Windows 8, Microsoft embraced a protocol known as Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (or UEFI) Secure Boot. UEFI is a more modern...
From CNET: Buy a Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, and you apparently won't be stuck with the all apps that come with it.
Screenshots of the upcoming Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone posted late last week on the XDA Developers forum show that you can uninstall or disable preinstalled apps that in the past...
From DailyTech: Taiwanese OEM Acer, Inc. (TPE:2353) was a star of the personal computer market last decade given it role as a leader in the netbook craze. But as netbook sales died down and tablet sales ignited, Acer has fallen on harder times. But the company continues to steadfastly stand behind...
I do not remember a whole lot of things my teachers have said when I was in elementary school. However, if there was one thing that stuck in my head for many years, it would have been something my Grade 6 teacher discussed in class. "Another teacher caught a student reading a novel behind their math textbook during math class, and gave him a zero," he explained. "If I were him, I would give him an 'A'. After all, he is reading!" When I first...
As you may have read in the forums, I recently purchased a Dell U2414H to pair with my current LG 24EA53V-P. I have always been a big fan of having dual displays, as it increases productivity through multitasking. Even if you are just using multiple monitors for different internet browser windows, it still is much easier to swing your head around than to minimize and maximize windows. When I purchased my first LG monitor, I was ecstatic to just...
From PC World: Amazon Web Services is offering its customers free use of over 85,000 satellite images, setting the stage for new types of geographically-oriented cloud applications.
The images, from the Landsat 8 observation satellite, are already available at no cost directly from the U.S...
From CNET: Microsoft has apparently clarified a recent comment about owners of unlicensed versions of Windows 7 and 8.1 being able to upgrade to Windows 10.
At the WinHec conference in China on Tuesday, Microsoft's operating system chief Terry Myerson told Reuters that "we are upgrading all...
From CNET: HTC is hoping a shake-up at the top will reinvigorate its fortunes.
The Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer on Friday said that its co-founder and chairwoman, Cher Wang, would replace long-time leader Peter Chou as CEO, effective immediately. Chou will remain with the company in a new role...
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