Monday, 31 March 2014

Office for iPad vs. iWork: The battle for tablet productivity

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Office for iPad vs. iWork: The battle for tablet productivity

03.31.2014 6:00 AM

The competing suites square off over features, file compatibility and ease of use.

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9 stylish wearables that won't make you look like a high-tech dork

03.31.2014 6:00 AM

OK, it's not like Gucci is getting into the smartwatch business. But this wearable tech actually adopts a fashion-forward aesthetic.

 

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Microsoft's Build 2014 conference: What we know, what we expect

03.31.2014 6:30 AM

Microsoft's developer conference will usher in the "Spring Update" to Windows 8.1, and more news on Microsoft's touch-based Office suite.

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Oracle doubles the speed of MySQL query handling

03.31.2014 8:20 AM

MySQL 5.7 can process twice as many query requests as the previous version could

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Samsung's 28-inch, 4K monitor to sell for $699.99

03.31.2014 12:35 PM

Samsung's new 4K monitor should bring the price of 4K monitors down even further.

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Microsoft's Nadella names Xbox, cloud leadership team

03.31.2014 2:27 PM

Phil Spencer to lead Microsoft's Xbox team, while Stephen Elop will be in charge of devices.

Report: Smartphone kill-switch could save consumers $2.6 billion per year

03.31.2014 1:13 PM

A survey from a Creighton University professor finds almost all consumers want the ability to remotely kill a stolen cellphone.

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Activists to appeal US judge's ruling on Baidu's censorship

03.31.2014 12:50 AM

A judge ruled on Thursday that Baidu's censorship is protected as free speech

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Google cracks down on shady ads and app-promotion tactics in Google Play

03.31.2014 9:26 AM

Google makes developers responsible for keeping scammy stuff like simulated system alerts and sudden redirects out of their apps. The company also sets curbs on pornography.

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OCZ Vertex 460 SSD review: This drive delivers market-leading write performance

03.31.2014 6:00 AM

OCZ's controller plus Toshiba's NAND equals a fast and affordable consumer SSD.

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Banks pulls out of class-action suit against Target, Trustwave

03.30.2014 7:25 PM

Trustmark National Bank is volunarily dismissing its claims

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Healthcare.gov experiences maintenance outage on deadline day

03.31.2014 2:12 PM

Technicians took the site down in order to fix a software bug, but it's a last-minute embarrassment.

Saturday, 29 March 2014

Trial to proceed in Silicon Valley employee 'no poaching' case

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Trial to proceed in Silicon Valley employee 'no poaching' case

03.28.2014 9:30 PM

A judge ruled that the evidence should be considered in a jury trial beginning May 27

Expo Notes: Sit or stand, the Ergotrons WorkFit works both ways

03.28.2014 7:40 PM

Standing desks are growing in popularity, and the WorkFit lets you switch between standing or sitting.

 

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World Tech Update: Microsoft puts Office on the iPad and Facebook's $2 billion VR bet

03.28.2014 9:35 PM

Video roundup of the week's biggest tech stories

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There's no bubble in business Wi-Fi, Aerohive CEO says

03.28.2014 8:15 PM

David Flynn sees a growing need for dense Wi-Fi networks with cloud-based management

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Judge approves class-action suit against Apple in e-books case

03.28.2014 9:15 PM

Judge Denise Cote rejected Apple arguments in approving the class status

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Report pegs Apple, Microsoft as some of the world's most popular brands

03.29.2014 1:49 PM

The PC wars may be all but forgotten, but the two heavyweights from that battle are still the tech industry's biggest brands, according to a new study.

Friday, 28 March 2014

Three essential tools for solving the worst Wi-Fi headaches

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Three essential tools for solving the worst Wi-Fi headaches

03.28.2014 7:30 AM

Wi-Fi is great, except when it's not. Here are three tools that will make your wireless life easier.

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Office for iPad shoots to the top of Apple's free app chart

03.28.2014 10:03 AM

So much for Office for iPad arriving too late.

 

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Wearables, projectables, Office for iPad, and Oculus

03.27.2014 8:28 PM

Office comes to iPad, but does it matter? Also, the future of wearables and projectables, and Facebook buys a nice pair of VR glasses.

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Dell Chromebook 11 review: Basic browser machine keeps up with the times, barely

03.28.2014 3:30 AM

Dell needed a Chromebook for the education market, and this 11-inch model works fine. Now let's see something bigger for the rest of us!

U.S. judge rules Baidu's censorship is protected as free speech

03.28.2014 12:49 PM

The lawsuit sought to punish Baidu for blocking pro-democracy works from its search engine.

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Invasion of the body snatchers: wearable devices are coming for you

03.28.2014 12:35 PM

Privacy and form-factor are some of the big questions for this emerging category

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Microsoft says printing functions will come to Office for iPad soon

03.28.2014 12:37 PM

While the software itself has been well received, the lack of a printing function is a notable shortcoming.

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Internet via lasers, drones: How Zuckerberg will bring the 'Net to all

03.27.2014 7:28 PM

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg introduces the Connectivity Lab, which will develop the tech to bring the Internet (and Facebook) to the rest of the world.

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Microsoft reveals next-gen Kinect for Windows design, teases launch

03.28.2014 10:46 AM

A powered-up Kinect for Windows sensor is coming. Surprise! It looks an awful lot like the Xbox One Kinect.

BlackBerry revenue plunges 64 percent, suffers loss

03.28.2014 1:42 PM

The company only sold 1.1 million smartphones running the BlackBerry 10 OS

Lawyers talk of settlement in Silicon Valley employee-poaching case

03.28.2014 12:40 PM

In a hearing, both sides cited progress made with a mediator

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Court extends bankruptcy probe of Mt. Gox mess

03.28.2014 7:10 AM

The complexity of the losses is slowing the bitcoin exchange's bid for rehabilitation

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