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It took an all-nighter, unsuccessful stops at two Walmarts and finally a trip to the Apple Store
Two months in, it's hard to tell the status of the realignment plan that's supposed to bring cohesion and agility to Microsoft
Ad network Chitika says nearly a third of all North American iOS traffic now comes from Wednesday's upgrade
One customer was set to buy two iPhone 5c's (for each of her parents, in blue and pink) and an iPhone 5s for herself
Bring Your Own Device is fine, says technical director, but no network access without a clean machine
Storage vendor says it can provide a common data management layer across public and private clouds
Microsoft is pushing ahead with a unified Windows strategy
Gold model runs out first; other colors backed up 7-10 working days in U.S.
Components no one cares about, gibberish labels, and tech fetishism
Apple's embrace of finger scanning technology in the iPhone could be a breakthrough moment for biometrics. But finger scanners are no panacea. Here are 7 ways hackers have figured out to fool them.
Quickoffice is now free to anyone with a Google account; but Microsoft execs promise Office will come to non-Windows platforms
Promoted content that is tasteful is a good idea for Pinterest, one analyst said
He said Microsoft has its eyes wide open for opportunities to port products to non-Windows platforms
User postings about new Apple iOS 7 show confusion, ignorance, frustration, and victories
NASA's rover Curiosity hasn't found methane, a calling card of life, in the Martian atmosphere
Google branches out into healthcare, medical research with new company call Calico
The Atlanta medical lab fires back at an FTC complaint that it lacked a reasonable cybersecurity program
NSA's Debora Plunkett says NSA's now is real-time automated information sharing on a large scale
'Smart move,' says retail expert, that will drive traffic
Tsnami of cybersecurity threats faces utility industry
Ballmer & Co. should talk about the reorganization, plan B for Windows and the Surface, Office for the iPad and other hot-button issues
HP also will roll out two new Android tablets
Free sharing of designs through P2P and 3D printing could make trademarking irrelevant, experts say
Google relaxed the requirement for NFC chips, iPhones and iPads don't have
While only 9% of mobile apps this year will be paid for, they'll bring in $26B, Gartner says
iOS 7 first large-scale, commercial use of resilient TCP extension
Devops advocates say the IT methodology can improve application quality, speed deployment, and drive revenue
Breaks file associations in Office 2010 Starter Edition; some customers smell conspiracy
Kernel dev highlights the tricky problem of USB support in LinuxCon talk
Some slowdowns, retries, complaints of 'dialup' performance
European researchers say robot could help explore other planets
Subjects range from basic fraud to managing botnets and evading arrests, RSA says
NSA official says fugitive document leaker wasn't "that clever,' he just happened to be in right place at the right time
Tesla raises the stakes with a bold about driverless cars.
Linus Torvalds, Greg Kroah-Hartman, Sarah Sharp and Tejun Heo cover what’s happening with the Linux kernel.
The reader gets a new look and a better way to organize material
Launches free ad-supported music streaming service with upgrades to iTunes, iOS
Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft set to dock with ISS on Sunday
The free BBM service now reaches 60M BlackBerry users a month
Oct. 15 formula, feel the love, 64-bit forecast, look-alikes
But analyst says layoffs might be 40% only in Canada, with many jobs moved to the U.S.
Some users report problems grabbing the upgrade; blame swamped servers
