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Windows 8’s Reset and Refresh Technologies

With Windows 8, Microsoft aims to eliminate long, tedious OS reinstallations with new Reset and Refresh features that can apparently repair a system in minutes.

Microsoft scraps ‘Where’s my phone update?’ site

Microsoft will no longer disclose when people will get Windows Phone updates on its "Where's My Phone Update?" web page

Lawsuits, competition weigh on Motorola

Motorola reported preliminary fourth-quarter financial results on Friday, including sales that are lower than analysts expected

Wall Street Beat: Tech may be a bright spot in tough economy

Market researchers cut forecasts for tech spending, but there is some good news under the gloom

Deceased Surfline founder to be remembered Sunday

Sean Collins died in December at age 59

NASA set for Mars-bound spacecraft’s biggest thruster blast

NASA firing Mars Laboratory's main thrusters on Jan. 11 for trajectory correction to Red Planet

Casio develops technology to send data visually between devices

The Japanese firm uses small sets of flashing pixels that can be displayed or read in on standard smartphones.

9 hot technology startups to watch in 2012

These networking and IT startups could hit the big time in 2012 with game-changing innovations in a wide array of fields

Six CES 2012 stories to watch

From ultrabooks to Ice Cream Sandwich

7 Signs You’ve Outsourced Too Much to IT Service Providers