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Microsoft Demos Super Fast Boot Times in Windows 8 Microsoft releases a demo video of Windows 8 booting in 10 seconds, thanks to a new hybrid system that mixes processes used in cold boots and hibernation mode.
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Intel Pushes the Swivel Tablet The chipmaker goes a step beyond the slab tablet with its Ultrabook campaign, but the concept has both history and existing competition.
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Droid Bionic a Tinkerer's Dream A screwdriver and nimble fingers reveal the guts of Motorola's new Android phone.
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Try Bodhi Linux for Beauty and Customizability Featuring the elegant Enlightenment window manager, this free Ubuntu-based distribution lets users have it their own way.
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Apple Wins Permanent Ban on German Sales of Samsung Tablet Samsung must not sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany because it looks too much like Apple's iPad 2, the district court in Düsseldorf ruled on Friday.
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Google Music Comes to iOS as Web App Still in beta, Google's Music Web challenges cloud services from Apple and Amazon.
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Kindle DX: When Does the Fire Sale Start? The Kindle DX is quickly being priced out of its market, so when will Amazon slash its price?
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Microsoft to Equip Windows 8 With Virtualization Hosting The next version of the Microsoft's desktop OS, code-named "Windows 8", will include the ability to run other OSes in virtualized containers.
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'iPhone 5 Cases' Suggest Redesigned Handset What are claimed to be cases for the iPhone 5 available in China suggest that the next-generation iPhone will be thinner than its predecessor.
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How You Should Be Using LinkedIn: Tips from an Insider For small business owners, posting a profile is just the beginning when it comes to making the professional social networking site work for you.
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Plants vs. Zombies for iPhone Gets Major Update The iPhone version of Plants vs. Zombies received a big update Thursday, bringing with it 9 new minigames from the PC/Mac original.
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Samsung Reportedly Readies Windows 8 Tablet Microsoft developer conference may see a peek at the first Samsung tablet to run Windows, avoiding legal issues over Android.
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What to Expect From Intel's Developer Forum Next Week New chips for laptops and tablets and Ultrabook laptops are expected to be the highlights of Intel's developer conference.
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Keep it Classy, Yahoo and TechCrunch Yahoo fires Carol Bartz over the phone, while three major egos duke it out at AOL. This hasn't been the Web's proudest week
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Twitter Claims 100 Million Active Users -- Now What? Twitter has 100 million active users, but here's what it needs to do if it wants to nab 100 million more.
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9/11: What Our Emergency Response Systems Still Can't Do Ten years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks demonstrated huge gaps in the nation's emergency communications systems, there is still a long list of standard networking capabilities that are unavailable to first responders and 9-1-1 operators.
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Windows 8: What We Hope to Learn Microsofts BUILD Windows conference next week will signal the grand reveal of its latest OS, and we have a lot of questions.
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Most Printers Used for Photos Nearly 90 percent of all printer users mainly use their printers to print out photos and printers, a poll suggests.
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Microsoft Inks Licensing Deals With Two More Android Makers Microsoft announced Thursday that Acer and ViewSonic have each agreed to license undisclosed intellectual property from Microsoft to cover each vendor's Android phones and tablets.
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Google+: 4 Tools to Boost Your Social Networking Experience While rumors continue to swirl about when the Google+ API will be released to developers, that's not stopping some people from getting in on the Google+ action.
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