Yahoo search steps up in US with Firefox deal

From CNET: Yahoo's deal with Firefox maker Mozilla seems to have reversed years of hard times trying to reclaim its search-engine popularity lost to rival Google.

Under the late-2014 deal, US Firefox users see search results from Yahoo instead of Google unless they specifically set their browser's...

Noctua NH-U9S Review (Page 1 of 4)

You probably have heard the saying "good things come in small packages" before. I have heard this a lot, as they generally say this to make shorter people feel better. However, I can say it can be very true. In the winter of 2010, I was going to have my wisdom teeth extracted. When my sister had nothing to do for the weeks following she lost her wisdom teeth, I realized I should find something to occupy my time with. Thus, I decided to learn an...

Intel wants to banish cables, connectors with new Broadwell chips

From InfoWorld: Bring a laptop into the room, and it wirelessly links to your monitors, external hard drive and printer. That's Intel's vision of a wire-free world for PCs with its new Core chips based on the Broadwell microarchitecture.

Intel announced Thursday the availability of the new fifth...

OnePlus to unveil custom OxygenOS Android ROM on February 12

From PC World: Cyanogen, the popular Android ROM, is going its own way as it seeks to sever dependence on Google, reportedly gets help from Microsoft, and offers exclusive deals in markets like India. But Cyanogen partner OnePlus is also forging its own path, which is weeks away from being revealed...

Microsoft kicks off C# 7 language planning

From InfoWorld: Designers are off and running with plans for the next generation of Microsoft’s C# language, with key themes centering on data management, performance, and reliability.

According to meeting notes for the C# team, posted earlier this month on GitHub, the team is looking beyond the...

Apple hits Samsung at home, where it hurts

From PC World: Apple is getting closer to matching Samsung Electronics on its home turf, as it has done with other East Asian rivals.

Apple had a record-high 20 percent of the South Korean smartphone market in the last quarter of 2014, up from 11 percent a year earlier, according to Strategy...

Android shipments in 2014 exceed 1 billion for first time

From CNET: Google's Android mobile operating system has reached a major milestone.

For the first time ever, worldwide shipments of smartphones packing Android exceeded 1 billion units in 2014, a significant gain from the 780.8 million units that shipped around the world in 2013, researcher Strategy...

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