Microsoft to expand Cortana voice assistant to iOS and Android

From CNET: Look out, Siri. Move over, Google Now. Microsoft's Cortana voice assistant is coming to IOS and Android.

In a blog post published Tuesday, Joe Belfiore, head of Microsoft's Operating Systems Group, announced the upcoming launch of a Cortana app for Android phones and iPhones that will...

BlackBerry cutting staff in smartphone unit

From PC World: BlackBerry plans to lay off an unspecified number of staff in its devices unit, as it attempts to make that business profitable, while expanding in other areas.

The smartphone company in Waterloo, Ontario, said in a statement over the weekend that it had decided to consolidate its...

Mozilla overhauls Firefox smartphone plan to focus on quality, not cost

From CNET: Mozilla has revamped its Firefox OS mobile software project after concluding that ultra-affordable $25 handsets aren't enough to take on the biggest powers of the smartphone world, CNET has learned.

The nonprofit organization rose to prominence with the success of its Firefox Web browser...

OCZ Vector 180 240GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

My dad once told me there are two great tragedies in life. The first great tragedy is you spend all your money before you die. The second great tragedy is you die before spending all your money. Now, exactly why that is a tragedy probably does not require much explanation. Please feel free to take some time to contemplate on these two statements, but when it comes to SSDs, I think we are faced with a similar problem. If you have the fastest SSD...

Patriot Ignite 480GB Review (Page 1 of 10)

I recently played a strategy/adventure video game called Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney on the Nintendo DS. While the game was released more than seven years ago, it belongs in one of my favorite series. In this game particular, you play as a defense attorney named Apollo Justice, who defends his clients through a whole series of different murder cases. Each of the murders are unique with different methods, motives, and contextual backgrounds. In...

Intel takes on CoreOS with its own container-based Linux

From InfoWorld: Once upon a time, it was fair game for most any company to put out a Linux distribution and be described as "committed to Linux." Now the same is happening with container-based Linux distributions, such as CoreOS or Red Hat Atomic Host.

Enter the next contestant: Intel. The CPU...

Alibaba's UC Browser found leaking users' data

From PC World: A mobile browser owned by China’s Alibaba Group contained privacy risks that could have exposed users’ personal data, according to a security group.

The flaws were found in UC Browser, a third-party app that’s been expanding in popularity across the globe, and has over 100 million...

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