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Consumers aren’t interested in smart TVs, study reveals

A new report from the research firm NPD found that most consumers aren't terribly excited or even interested in using so-called "smart" features that come with their HDTV.

Microsoft will close Messenger service March 15, asks users to switch to Skype

The service will be discontinued but users can switch to Skype

Yahoo catches up with Microsoft, Google on webmail security

The EFF lauds Yahoo for adding HTTPS, but one expert criticized the move because the additional security was not required but only an option

Mozilla lights JavaScript fire under Firefox 18

Claims latest is 25% faster with new IonMonkey JIT compiler

Vint Cerf: Nobody’s too old for tech

Father of the Internet reminds CES crowd that people now with gray hair 'invented this stuff'

The iPad Will Not Replace the Laptop in 2013

SharePoint Online upgrades cause problems for some users, developers

Microsoft says the problems aren't widespread nor systemic, and that it's actively fixing them

Carnegie Mellon names Pfenning as head of Computer Science Department

Move necessitated after Microsoft Research snaps up CMU's top CompSci administrator

178 years ago today we had a national debt of $0

Today’s national debt sits north of $16 trillion

Apple’s Safari turns 10

The 2003 browser replaced Microsoft's Internet Explorer as the default for OS X