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There are just some things in life that are not meant to get a whole lot of attention. Things like computer power supplies and backup dancers come to my mind -- except, unless, you were really bad. Where am I going with this? Unless you have been completely cut off from TV or internet in the last couple of weeks or so, I think you already catch my drift. In the Super Bowl halftime show this year, the left shark behind Katy Perry became a total...

Func MS-2 Review (Page 1 of 4)

When Target Canada launched in 2013, there was a bit of excitement in the air. The store preceding it, Zellers, had sung its swan song, as it was unable to handle the competition. The first impressions I had of Target was generally a positive one. It was clean, updated, and felt fresh. However, as the months went by, the bottom line was not looking favorable for them. Worse yet, there were several clear signs targeting -- pun fully intended --...

Botched Windows patch KB 3001652 re-issued and appears to be working

From InfoWorld: Much to its credit, Microsoft yanked the bad Visual Studio 2010 patch, KB 3001652, within hours of its release yesterday. Reports of the patch's hangs and errors rapidly piled in from all over the Internet.

Today we have another version of the patch appearing in Windows Update, and...

Apple extends two-factor authentication to FaceTime and iMessage

From Mac World: Apple recently extended its two-step verification protections to two more services. The SMS-based security measure now covers FaceTime and iMessage in addition to iCloud and your Apple ID, as first reported by The Guardian.

The new security measure means that if you have two-step...

Expedia snaps up rival Orbitz for $1.3 billion

From CNET: Expedia has agreed to buy Orbitz for $1.3 billion, bringing together two pioneers of online travel.

The deal, announced Thursday, adds to Expedia's long list of travel sites, including Hotels.com, Hotwire and Trivago. The company also last month just finished its acquisition of Sabre's...

Windows 10 Smartphone Tech Preview is Available for Free on Select Lumias

From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has at long last ponied up its promised public Technology Preview build of Windows 10 for smartphones. From a revamped set of core apps -- some of which are new -- to a host of new gesture, there's a lot of meat in this very rough early release.

To imagine...

Microsoft's latest mobile app acquisition shows it gets urgency

From InfoWorld: Microsoft on Wednesday confirmed that it had purchased mobile calendar app maker Sunrise Atelier, the second major acquisition in the last 11 weeks of a developer experienced in creating Android and iOS apps.

Financial terms were not disclosed by either Microsoft or the privately...

Slow Android Wear sales underline the challenges Google's smartwatches face

From PC World: The Android smart watch’s time may not yet have come: Despite heavy promotion of Android Wear, Google’s hardware partners, including LG Electronics, Motorola Mobility and Samsung Electronics, only shipped 720,000 of the devices last year.

With the arrival of products such as Motorola...

Nvidia beats expectations in fourth quarter on strong sales of graphics chips

From CNET: Nvidia posted another quarter of better-than-expected results on Wednesday, as gamers hungry for sharper visuals drove up demand for its computer graphics chips.

However, the company's Tegra mobile-chip business reported a drop in revenue, due in part to the chip being in fewer new...

Report: Microsoft Acquires N-Trig, Maker of Surface Pro 3 Pen for ~$200M

From DailyTech: Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has reportedly taken a bold step in building its in-house Surface hardware team, buying the Surface 3 Pro's stylus maker, N-Trig, for approximately $200M USD.

The input startup was founded in 1999 and is based in Kfar Saba, Israel. To date the company had...