Weekend Open Forum: How did you learn to type?

I grew up in a generation where computers and the Internet were just starting to become a “big thing.” As such, there were multiple computer-related courses as electives in middle and high school. As a tech geek at heart, I signed up for the majority of courses offered although there...



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Hackers breach credit processor, thousands of cardholders at risk

Hackers swiped the financial data of thousands of people in a security breach earlier this year, according to reports by Brian Krebs and The Wall Street Journal. Global Payments Inc., an Atlanta-based processing firm that serves as a middleman between merchants and banks, discovered shady activity in early March, though...



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Google Maps gets real-time traffic, crowdsources Android GPS data

Although traffic data has been available on Google Maps for quite some time, the traffic information delivered by the popular mapping service was frequently stale or incorrect. In fact, estimated arrival times with traffic were so frequently incorrect, Google actually pulled the feature from Google Maps. As promised though, the company...



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Microsoft's Courier lives on as an app for your iPad, unofficially

Microsoft's conceptual tablet, Courier, may be long dead, but its spirit lives on. Earlier this week, two apps were released by developers with ties to the Courier project team. The apps, Tapose and Paper, bring to the iPad some of the cool concepts introduced with Courier's UI. Well, that is if...



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Weekend game deals: 50-75% off Trine 2, Bastion, Assassin's Creed titles

Two of last year's finest indie titles are half off, with Steam offering Trine 2 for $7.49 and GameFly serving Bastion for the same price. With all the buzz around Assassin's Creed III, GameStop has marked the three most recent titles 50-75% off, along with a healthy discount on Warhammer...



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Vote for nano-SIM standard postponed, RIM accuses Apple of cheating

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has postponed a vote on specifications for the next generation nano-SIM cards after rows erupted between Apple and several companies opposing their design, according to a report by French paper, Les Echos.



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Vote for nano-SIM standard, RIM accuses Apple of cheating

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has postponed a vote on specifications for the next generation nano-SIM cards after rows erupted between Apple and several companies opposing their design, according to a report by French paper, Les Echos.



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Screenshot shows Google Drive with 5GB free, April 16 release

A possible screenshot has revealed that Google Drive may debut with 5GB of free storage space. This counters previous reports which have claimed 1GB will come standard. According to Talk Android, sources say Google Drive is still on track with an April 16 release. However, it may be wise to...



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RIM announces $125m quarterly loss and management shakeup

Research in Motion released its fourth quarter and year-end financial report (PDF) yesterday, announcing a $125 million quarterly loss as the firm struggles with falling revenues due to weaker smartphone shipments.



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Report: Google earns four times more revenue from iOS than Android

Google may not directly benefit from offering the Android operating system to phone vendors for free, but mobile devices are an important -- if still relatively small -- part of its revenue stream. The company expects to earn some $2.5 billion on mobile this year from advertising and its 30%...



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Raspberry Pi delayed over confusion about CE approval

The Raspberry Pi computer has been further delayed after confusion surrounding whether the educational credit card sized computer needed European CE certification before it could be shipped to customers.



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Google to take on Apple with its own online tablet store

Internet search giant Google is set to turn up the pressure on Apple and Amazon by selling co-branded Android tablets directly to consumers, according to the usual 'people familiar with the matter' cited in a recent report by the Wall Street Journal.



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BlueStacks hits beta, runs Android apps on your Windows machine

Following a three-month alpha phase and a well-received CES 2012 demo, BlueStacks has launched the beta version of its innovative Android emulator for Windows XP, Vista and 7. Using a patent-pending binary-translation technology, BlueStacks allows x86-based PC users to access the growing wealth of apps designed for devices powered by...



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Chrome 18 enables GPU-powered Canvas 2D, adds SwiftShader

Google has released the latest stable version of Chrome (v18.0.1025.142 for those counting), bringing nine security fixes and more notably, enhanced support for graphically intensive applications. Previously offered in beta, the update officially introduces GPU-accelerated Canvas 2D (an HTML5 element) on "capable" Windows and Mac systems, but there's no mention...



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Xeon E5 2600: Interview with Intel IT's Ajay Chandramouley

Earlier this month, Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture finally made its way to the company's dual- and quad-socket-capable server processors with the new Xeon E5 product family. The launch is very important for Intel's business. Not only because of the growing server market, fueled by cloud computing initiatives and Internet-based companies,...



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Xeon E5 2600: Interview with Intel IT's Ajay Chandramouly

Earlier this month, Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture finally made its way to the company's dual- and quad-socket-capable server processors with the new Xeon E5 product family. The launch is very important for Intel's business. Not only because of the growing server market, fueled by cloud computing initiatives and Internet-based companies,...


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Facebook releases Zuckerberg's Harvard emails, wants lawsuit dismissed

Embroiled in a legal battle over whether or not Paul Ceglia owns half of Facebook, the social network's CEO Mark Zuckerberg has released a cache of personal emails which refute those claims, many of which date back to his tender college years at Harvard. Facebook is hoping the electronic documents...



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Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Foxconn iPhone factory in China

Apple CEO Tim Cook recently took some time to tour a Foxconn manufacturing plant during a visit to China. The new installation in Zhengzhou, China was build specifically to manufacture iPhones, reports Bloomberg.



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Best Buy to close 50 big-box stores, sets 'transformation' plan

When Circuit City went under in 2009, Best Buy seemed like the electronics superstore victor. But the same forces that hammered Circuit City are hurting it as well.



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Spotify extends free-play offer indefinitely

Spotify launched in the US nine months ago with the promise of a six-month period of ad-supported unlimited music but that time has since come and gone without any acknowledgement. Today the growing music outlet has announced that they are extending their unlimited free listening offer for an undisclosed length...



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Apple accepting $15 claims from iPhone 4 antenna settlement

Apple is now accepting settlement claims stemming from a class action lawsuit regarding the iPhone 4’s antenna. Qualified customers can receive a $15 cash payment as settlement or elect to receive a free bumper case, although the former would be a better alternative if you no longer own the affected...



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LG's flexible, plastic e-ink display hits mass production

LG today announced that it has begun mass production of the world's first flexible e-ink display. The 6-inch panel that promises to "revolutionize the e-book market" sports a resolution of 1024 x 768 and can be bent up to 40-degrees without breaking. In addition, because it uses a flexible plastic...



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Epic Games licenses Unreal Engine 3 for federal training software

Epic Games has teamed up with Virtual Heroes, a firm specializing in interactive learning simulation software for the healthcare, federal and corporate markets, announcing a long-term agreement that will see their new Unreal Engine 3 technology used for law enforcement training purposes.



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IDC: 1.1 billion smart devices to ship this year, 1.84 billion by 2016

Smart connected devices including computers, smartphones and tablets, shipped more than 916 million units and earned revenues of $489 billion in 2011, according to IDC. Those figures will continue climbing in the near future with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) projected to be 15.4% over the next five years.



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