From PC World: Microsoft hasn't quite made it official, but a Microsoft executive recently came the closest yet to confirming that Project Spartan—the primary browser in Windows 10—will not be named Internet Explorer.
During Microsoft’s Convergence conference in Atlanta on Monday, Microsoft’s...
From CNET: T-Mobile prepaid customers with a Simple Choice plan will soon be able to carry over their unused data.
Data Stash lets you roll over any unused data from month to month, in effect giving users a bonus after a month of light usage. Launched in January, the program was previously...
From DailyTech: Apple, Inc. (AAPL) has Siri, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has Cortana, and Google Inc. (GOOG) has Google Now. The latter voice assistant debuted on the world's most used smartphone platform in mid-2012 with the launch of Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean".
A hot question for all three of the world...
From InfoWorld: IBM is entering the tablet market -- sort of. The company plans to sell a modified Samsung Android tablet this summer with extra security capabilities, aimed at government users.
The SecuTablet was developed by IBM and Secusmart, which BlackBerry acquired last year, for a German...
From PC World: Microsoft says the Superfish adware that potentially exposed thousands of Lenovo PCs to man-in-the-middle attacks is well under control.
To battle the Superfish scourge, Microsoft added automated detection of the adware to its real-time protection products, such as Windows Defender...
From CNET: Facebook, the world's largest social network, has updated its community standards to clarify the content that people are and aren't allowed to share.
The update is designed to provide "more detail and clarity on what is and is not allowed," Facebook said in a blog post Sunday.
With more...
From DailyTech: Early 2014 saw Japanese electronics conglomerate Sony Corp. (TYO:6758) enter crisis mode. In an effort to stitch up is bleeding balance sheet, the company committed to committed to cuts of JP¥70B (~$580M USD) in spending and layoffs of 5,000 employees globally.
It also spun off the...
When it comes to food, I will say I am one of those people who will eat mostly anything, as long as it is edible. When I was a toddler, there were a bunch of people at my church who were making crafts with other kids. In this case, they took used crayons and melted them into different shapes with plastic molds. As I was too young to actually do this, I sat on the side and observed the other children making their crayons. After they were finished...
Back in the days, when I was on my internship for engineering, my coworkers and I would sit around the table at lunchtime to talk. One topic of particular interest was the web poll results published by the local town paper. "Looks like 67% of the people voted 'yes' and 33% voted 'no' this week," we used to say. "That probably meant two people voted 'yes' and one voted 'no'." As funny as that sounded, it was actually not too far from the truth...
From InfoWorld: Windows 10 beta testers woke up this morning to a new notice on Insider Hub. As Windows 10 spokesman Gabe Aul warned yesterday, this announcement suggests that those who aren't up for an old-fashioned beta roller coaster ride would be better off in the slow lane.
For those who have...
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