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Stardock offers substitute Start menu for Windows 8 That didn't take long. Barely a week after the Windows 8 Consumer Preview's release, someone has whipped up a substitute for the decommissioned Start... Type: News story Tags: Software Windows |
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Roccat app turns smartphone into PC gaming accessory Want to use your smartphone to monitor and control your PC while gaming? There's an app for that—multiple ones, actually. Roccat's new Type: News story Tags: Input devices Software Personal tech |
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Zune, Windows Live brands said to be on the chopping block Microsoft is cleaning house, it sounds like. We found out this morning that the company might cut down on the number of OS editions with... Type: News story Tags: Software Windows |
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VLC media player 2.0.0 released VLC media player is arguably the best video playback software around. If you're a fan, good news: version 2.0.0 has been released in... Type: News story Tags: Software |
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Etc. Morning, all. We are getting our first real snow of the winter here in the KC area, and the kids are out of school... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous |
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Friday night topic: The trouble with Best Buy While I was out traveling last week, someone remarked to me that Best Buy may be having some financial trouble, a fact they found somewhat... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous |
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WSJ: Google to offer Dropbox-like 'Drive' service Watch out, Dropbox. You're about to get some competition from Google. At least, that's what the Wall Street Journal says, quoting "people familiar with the... Type: News story Tags: Internet Software |
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Google serves up Chrome for Android 4.0 Wait, doesn't Google already make the default web browser for Android? That's what I thought when I came across this bit of news yesterday. As... Type: News story Tags: Internet Software Personal tech |
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Flash Player for Firefox to get its own sandbox Looks like Adobe is hard at work trying to keep Flash secure. After successfully teaming up with Google to integrate a sandboxed Flash Player... Type: News story Tags: Internet Software |
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Firefox 10 adds built-in dev tools With major new versions of Firefox and Chrome rolling out every few weeks, it's easy to tune them out. Believe it or not, though, the... Type: News story Tags: Internet Software |
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PCs in decline? Not for enthusiasts Have you read the tea leaves? The PC is an endangered species, doomed to obscurity at the hands of tablets, smartphones, or whatever new... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous |
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Gartner: Apple was top semiconductor buyer in 2011 Apple has gotten big lately. Really big. So big that, last summer, it briefly became the highest valued company by market capitalization in the... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous Mac |
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Friday night topic: Winter driving madness After a mild start, it looks like this winter is gearing up a bit, dropping snow and ice around various parts of the U.S. this... Type: News story Tags: Miscellaneous |
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Of CES 2012 and missed expectations Ah, Las Vegas. I had hoped never to return. Yet there I was last week, in the ticket line at the Vancouver airport, cursing myself... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous |
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Faster Fourier transform could speed data compression A group of MIT researchers has developed a new algorithm that improves upon the fast Fourier transform. In some situations, the algorithm is claimed... Type: News story Tags: Software |
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CES 2012: the shape of things to come? One of the funny things about going to CES is that you're expected to be plugged into the overall vibe of the show, so you... Type: Blog post Tags: Miscellaneous Displays Personal tech |
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Lucid reaches for the clouds with GPU virtualization By now, you're likely familiar with the basic technology behind Lucid's various products. Whether it's the original Hydra GPU load balancer or the Type: News story Tags: Graphics Gaming Software |
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Chrome 17 to check downloads for malware, preload pages In light of Google's frantic browser release cycle, fresh versions of Chrome aren't always terribly noteworthy. According to the latest update on the Google... Type: News story Tags: Internet Software |
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