Weekend Open Forum: At what age did you get your first cell phone?
I grew up in a time when landlines were the primary means of voice communication. Sure there were cell phones in the early ‘90s but they were typically reserved for business executives and the wealthy. The pager (or beeper) was the go-to device for getting in touch with people on...
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AOL dial-up users account for 70% of profit, posts first gains in 8 years
It's no secret that AOL's dial-up business remains a major cash-cow for the once prolific ISP-turned-media company. However, it may surprise you to know that AOL's profit from those dial-up subscribers utterly dwarfs all other facets of its business -- even after they are combined. Dial-up subscriptions account for roughly...
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Microsoft's SkyDrive now hosts over one billion Office documents
Earlier today Microsoft revealed that its cloud-based SkyDrive service now plays host to more than 1 billion documents. There’s little doubt that the service saw a massive increase in use thanks to its tie-in with the recently released Office 365.
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Watch this: TPB AFK, The Pirate Bay documentary is out
The Pirate Bay documentary TPB AFK premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival today after four years in the making. The film, directed by Swedish filmmaker Simon Klose and partially funded by Kickstarter, chronicles the site’s three founders during their legal battle with the entertainment industry in Swedish courts, up...
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Weekend game deals: Borderlands 2 $30, 80% off Crysis, Dragon Age
If you've missed the few other chances to grab Borderlands 2 at half off since September, Steam offers another opportunity this weekend, pricing the game at $29.99 for one license or $89.99 for four ($22.49 each). You'll also find Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for $7.49 on Valve's service, a C&C collection...
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Seven million iOS devices jailbroken using evasi0n in just four days
Evasi0n, the first jailbreak available for iOS 6, launched earlier this week and in just 96 hours time, it’s managed to capture the title of most popular jailbreak ever. According to Jay Freeman, the person behind the jailbreak app store Cydia, roughly 7 million iOS 6 devices have connected to...
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Adobe issues emergency Flash update, warns of active exploits on Windows and OS X
Adobe has released a patch for two Flash player vulnerabilities that are being actively exploited against Windows and OS X users to install malware on their systems. The first of them, CVE-2013-0633, works by tricking Windows users into opening a Word document containing malicious Flash content, while the bug, cataloged...
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Job growth in Silicon Valley has returned to dot-com boom levels
Those in the market for a job in the field of technology might want to head out west to start their search. That’s because Silicon Valley’s job growth has returned to dot-com boom levels, according to new findings from the 2013 Silicon Valley Index.
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HP implements new guidelines for student, temporary labor in China
HP is following in the footsteps of Apple and other major manufacturers in their stance against overseas labor abuse. The company recently gave their Chinese suppliers a new set of guidelines with regards to the use of student and temporary workers, according to a new report from the New York...
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Facebook glitch temporarily breaks the web
Yesterday, an untold number of Internet surfers experienced a glitch which abruptly redirected them from the sanctuary of their favorite websites to a Facebook error page. Websites essentially taken down by this snafu included Hulu, Lifehacker, Washington Post, ESPN, CNN, NBC, Kickstarter and plenty of others -- basically any site...
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EA's Origin game distribution platform launches for Mac
Just a couple of weeks after delivering an alpha client for a limited number of users, EA has now gone ahead and announced the full release of its Origin digital distribution service on OS X. The new client will include a similar feature set compared to its Windows counterpart, including...
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A third of PC owners are shifting tasks to mobile devices
A new report from NPD Group further drives home the notion that the PC industry has a serious problem on its hands. As we all know, the problem in question is mobile devices – they continue to chip away at an industry that most probably never imagined could fall on...
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Judge invalidates 13 Motorola patent claims against Microsoft
Microsoft scored a victory against Google-owned Motorola Mobility this week after a judge scrapped 13 of the latter party's patent claims in a years-long dispute over H.264-related royalties. Waged in US and German courts, the battle involves three patents (7,310,374, 7,310,375, and 7,310,376) that Motorola licenses to Microsoft for several...
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Microsoft's latest Scroogled campaign goes after Gmail
Microsoft’s “Scroogled” campaign gained plenty of attention last year when it called out the search giant’s shopping tactics with regards to advertisements. Redmond is back on the offensive with yet another Scroogled campaign, this time taking aim at privacy concerns surrounding Gmail.
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BlackBerry is exiting the Japanese smartphone market
BlackBerry is hard at work trying to regain relevance with just-revealed smartphones running the company’s new operating system but according to a new report, they’ll be doing so without the help of the Japanese market. That’s because the company formerly known as Research in Motion has decided not to bring...
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Facebook to buy Microsoft's advertising network, report affirms
Confirming December's rumors of a Facebook-Microsoft advertising deal, a report by Ad Age indicates Facebook may buy Microsoft's Atlas ad network as soon as next week. An impending deal would not be surprising; after all, Facebook and Microsoft have been cozy with each other for many years. However, let us not forget:...
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Microsoft 'Blue' to encompass Windows 8, Phone, Services and RT
Microsoft is currently working on a feature pack update for Windows 8, codenamed Blue, that’s expected sometime this summer or fall. This isn’t the first time we have heard about Blue as early rumors suggested it could be the follow-up operating system to Windows 8 but now, we’re hearing a...
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Microsoft said to be considering a native version of Office for Linux
I've dabbled with Linux countless times over the last decade, and besides the obvious learning curve that comes with permanently changing operating systems, I've mostly stuck with Windows because of support for games and Microsoft Office -- particularly Word. The same is true for many folks I've talk to. ...
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Mailbox mobile e-mail client now available in App Store
Mailbox, a new mobile mail client for Gmail users on iOS, is now available in the App Store. But before you get overly excited, note that the company is filling reservations on a first come, first serve basis. So unless you signed up in mid-January when the app was unveiled,...
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Microsoft and Symantec kill Bamital search hijacking botnet
In partnership with Symantec, Microsoft has disrupted yet another botnet, marking its sixth takedown in the three years since starting Project MARS (Microsoft Active Response for Security). Called "Bamital," the malware network has evolved into several variations since Symantec began tracking it in 2009.
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Asus working on budget Android tablet powered by Intel processor
Asus appears set to release yet another budget-minded tablet following the success of the Google Nexus 7. This time around, however, the slate will be powered by an Intel processor instead of the Tegra 3 chip found in the Nexus 7.
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Wikipad's detachable controller gaming tablet priced at $250
Razer isn’t the only one working on a gaming tablet with detachable controllers. A Los Angeles-based company has come up with a much more affordable proposition in the form of a 7-inch device powered by an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core mobile processor and a customized version of Android 4.1 Jelly...
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Ouya CEO Julie Uhrman outlines annual console refresh plans
During a recent interview, Ouya founder and CEO Julie Uhrman revealed the fact that the company plans to release a new console every year to leverage the best-performing chips and take advantage of lower component prices to continually deliver the best experience possible for gamers.
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Liberty buys Virgin for $23 bil, claims world's largest broadband ISP
In an enormous deal funded by both cash and stock, U.S-based Liberty Global has announced the purchase of Virgin Media for a hefty $23.3 billion. When combined, Liberty Global and Virgin Media will be home to roughly 25 million subscribers across 14 countries. By comparison, Comcast -- the largest cable...
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Ubuntu smartphone launching October in two large markets
Last month Canonical announced that a mobile version of Ubuntu would be arriving on a couple of smartphones towards the end of this year or early 2014. But now we have something closer to an actual release date courtesy of the Wall Street journal, which quotes Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth...
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Passmark PerformanceTest 8.0 Build 1015 Quickly assess the performance of their computer and compare it to standard 'baseline' computer systems.
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FastFolders 5.0.0 This system extension increases your productivity dramatically by giving you quick and easy access to folder contents and files.
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CheckMail 5.6.0 CheckMail is a powerful POP3 email checking program, which notifies you when you have received new email.
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EarthTime 4.1.1 EarthTime displays the local time and date of any place in the world.
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3DMark06 1.2.1 3DMark06 is the world's most popular 3D game performance benchmark.
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Inpaint 5.0 Magically Remove Elements From Your Photos!
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Tor 2.3.25.3 for Mac OS X Protect your privacy. Defend yourself against network surveillance and traffic analysis.
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BitDefender Free Edition 1.0.14.889 BitDefender Free Edition is your chance to use one of the world's most effective antivirus engines for free.
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FindGraph 2.452 Comprehensive graphing, digitizing and curve fitting software for engineers.
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NoScript 2.6.5.2 The NoScript Firefox extension provides extra protection for Firefox, Seamonkey and other mozilla-based browser.
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LastPass 2.0.20 Online password manager and form filler.
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SafeIP 2.0.0.308 Hide your IP address and protect your online identity with SafeIP.
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QuiteRSS 0.12.1 RSS/Atom feed reader written on Qt.
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Surf Anonymous Free 2.2.7 Surf Anonymous Free is an advanced and reliable software for Internet users who want to ensure that their sessions and all online activities are secure and private.
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CPU-Z 1.63 CPU-Z is a freeware detection program base on the Panopsys hardware detection engine.
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Songbird 2.2.0 Songbird is a Web player built from Firefox's browser engine.
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Zortam Mp3 Media Studio 15.00 All-in-one Mp3 application and organizer.
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