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Google didn't just kill Chrome OS, but an Android merger seems likely

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Google didn't just kill Chrome OS, but an Android merger seems likely

10.30.2015 8:26 AM

The reports and rumors point to a future where Chrome's better security and Android's beefier app ecosystem will play together well.

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Microsoft offers amnesty of sorts to pirates of older Windows software

10.29.2015 3:16 PM

Users who own a pirated copy of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 will be invited to buy a licensed copy of Windows 10.

 

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Microsoft to users: You'll download Windows 10, and you'll like it

10.29.2015 3:31 PM

Microsoft really wants people to get on the Windows 10 bandwagon, so much so that the company plans to start automatically downloading its new operating system to some users' computers next year.

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New beta build of Windows 10 enhances Microsoft Edge

10.29.2015 5:20 PM

As part of a massive suite of Windows 10 news on Thursday, Microsoft rolled out a new beta version of its PC and tablet operating system to members of the Windows Insider Program.

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Microsoft's new Windows 10 beta build for phones fixes pesky upgrade bug

10.29.2015 11:50 AM

People who have been testing the latest beta versions of Microsoft's Windows 10 for smartphones have a new operating system build to play with Thursday.

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5 dead operating systems, and what their ghosts can tell us

10.30.2015 3:30 AM

We conduct a sance of sorts to call forth the souls of operating systems pastnot so we can gaze upon their ghastly interfaces, but to learn from their tragic demises. What happened to OS/2? Why won't Windows XP users give up? Find the answers here.

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Zombies! 10 shambling technologies that refuse to die

10.30.2015 3:00 AM

From VGA ports to USB 2.0, these zombie technologies should be dead, but they just won't quit.

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Government pressure for Apple to bypass iPhone encryption reduced as owner enters guilty plea

10.30.2015 4:42 AM

Jun Feng, a defendant in a criminal case, has entered a guilty plea, removing pressure on a New York court to decide quickly whether Apple is required to aid investigators by bypassing his iPhone 5s passcode.

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Microsoft Office updates include Skype for Office Online and a trimmer Android app

10.29.2015 1:11 PM

The company wants to show it's paying attention to all of its Office versions, from desktop to mobile. Updates also include a new plugin for using Office apps in Chrome,

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EvilCo! 8 sinister sci-fi corporations you could be working for soon

10.29.2015 12:00 PM

Technical advances and the profit motive don't always mix to the benefit of society

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Three desktop tools for ultra-private encrypted chats

10.30.2015 9:01 AM

Encrypted chat is easier than you think. Cryptocat, Tor Messenger, and BitTorrent Bleep let you chat with your friends in privacy and security. Here's how to set them up.

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11 movies that will make you afraid of your phone

10.30.2015 4:00 AM

Pick up that wrong' numberand you could die.

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