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May 21, 2012
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Cable Giants Partner to Offer 50K Free Wi-Fi Hotspots for Subscribers Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Cable announced an agreement Monday to make more than 50,000 hotspots available for customers.
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Microsoft Renews Free Xbox 360 with Purchase of Windows PC Deal Microsoft is repeating its buy a Windows PC and get a free Xbox game console deal it offered last fall for students.
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Microsoft dumps 'Aero' look in Windows 8 Microsoft is abandoning the 'Aero' user interface with Windows 8, calling the UI that debuted in Vista and continued in Windows 7, 'cheesy' and 'dated.'
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Some Phones Now Free From U.S. Customs U.S. Customs has allowed some of HTC's Android phones through the border after making sure they didn't violate Apple patents.
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Google Chrome Overtakes Internet Explorer While Chrome leads the browser market worldwide, in the U.S. it still has a lot of catching up to do, with Microsofts IE still dominant at home and Chrome nearly tied with Firefox.
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Microsoft's Social Networking Site So.cl Now Open to All Users So.cl, an experimental research project from Microsoft that combines social networking and search to promote learning, is now accepting all users.
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Samsung Squashes Hack of Voice Assistant App Samsung is blocking a hack of its S Voice digital assistant software that allowed any Android phone running Ice Cream Sandwich to use the app.
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Linux Kernel Update Beefs Up Security and Graphics Support Improved GPU drivers in Linux 3.4 add support for new graphics cards from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel.
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HTC Smartphones Pass Customs Inspections Despite Expected Delays Taiwanese smartphone vendor HTC says certain models of its newest smartphones are reaching their carrier customers, contrary to concerns because of a patent fight with Apple.
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Yahoo Agrees to Sell Back Partial Stake to Alibaba Yahoo has agreed to sell off about half of its stake in Alibaba Group back to the Chinese e-commerce giant as part of a $7.1 billion deal.
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EU Offers Google a Chance to Avoid Fines Over Four Antitrust Concerns Google has "a matter of weeks" to address four antitrust issues identified by European Union antitrust regulators and avoid formal proceedings.
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Is Cloud-based Security Really Cheaper? Vendors hope subscription models--and removing need to manage and update software, hardware--will be attractive, but the jury's not in on cost.
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Windows 8 Update: Windows 8 Wows AT&T Mobility The chief of AT&T Mobility can't wait for Windows 8 tablets to hit the market because they'll fuel demand for Windows phones.
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Windows RT Management Could Be a Key to Success for Windows 8 Tablets IT management executives biggest worry: Managing a BYOD environment.
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HP Braces for Layoffs: Why? Analysis: The stage is set for HP to cut as many as 30,000 employees -- almost as many employees as Apple has added in the last two years.
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Consider Desktops in the Cloud for BYOD Desktop-as-a-Service is an interesting way for IT execs to provide cloud-based Windows desktop sessions, as well as shared resources such as storage.
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Cloud Computing: You Can't Outsource Your Compliance Obligations Even if your cloud provider is at fault, should your company fall out of compliance, the law will come after you.
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Reports: Nasdaq Admits Technical Bugs Affected Facebook IPO Trading Technical problems at the Nasdaq exchange affected the trading of Facebook shares on Friday, the much-anticipated day of its initial public offering.
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