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Article | 22/02/2012 Microsoft Office for iPad spotted in the wild

Microsoft could be weeks away from releasing a version of Office for the iPad including apps for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The purported iOS apps w...

Article | 13/02/2012 The Apple TV may already be in TV makers' hands

Reports about Apple's expected television set continue unabated with a new claim that Apple is talking to Canadian telecoms Rogers Communications Inc....

Article | 10/02/2012 Five tips to make your Facebook Timeline amazing

Facebook Timeline currently is rolling out to all users worldwide, and--whether you like it or not--the new default profile layout will be hitting you...

Article | 10/02/2012 Google's GDrive reportedly to launch as Dropbox-rival 'Drive'

Google's long-rumored GDrive that would let you upload and store files to its servers and be able to access them from anywhere you have an Internet co...

Article | 12/12/2011 Refurbished HP TouchPad fire sale is happening this Sunday

Just when we thought the $99 Hewlett-Packard TouchPad was gone forever, the tablet that refuses to die is coming back for one last sale, according to ...

Article | 2/12/2011 Carrier IQ tracking: Your questions answered

Many smartphone users are wondering whether their Android, Nokia and BlackBerry devices are spying on them after security researcher Trevor Eckhart re...

Article | 15/11/2011 Kindle Fire: What the critics are saying

Gadget gurus have been testing out Amazon's Kindle Fire media tablet ahead of the device's Tuesday ship date and the consensus is that it's a solid al...

Article | 27/10/2011 Windows XP: Pros and cons of not upgrading

Windows XP users, your favorite operating system is a decade old, and if you're still using it, you're not cool anymore, at least according to Microso...

Article | 22/10/2011 Steve Jobs Biography: 5 Tidbits You Need To Read

Did you know that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs hated Android, Google's mobile operating system? I mean, really, really hated Android. How about the fac...

Article | 20/10/2011 Apple's iOS 5 vs. Google's Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich

Apple's iOS 5 and the new iPhone 4S got some new competition late Wednesday after Google introduced Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, running on the ne...

Article | 27/09/2011 Facebook's frictionless sharing: A privacy guide

Should you be concerned about your privacy on Facebook's recently announced "frictionless sharing" plan that lets online sites and services automatica...

Article | 24/09/2011 Facebook's new Timeline layout: A getting-started guide

Facebook's new profile layout, Timeline, promises to turn your Facebook account into an online scrapbook where you can highlight important moments in ...

Article | 21/09/2011 Samsung Windows 8 tablets surface on eBay

If you're dying to get your hands on a Windows 8 tablet, right now for $2,000 or more on eBay you can pick up several Samsung Series 7 700T tablets ru...

Article | 16/09/2011 Windows 8 update: The end of Adobe Flash?

Microsoft appears to be taking a page out of Apple's play book saying it will dump plug-ins such as Adobe Flash from Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8...

Article | 15/09/2011 Windows 8 app store: What we know so far

Wondering what buying apps in Windows 8 will be like using Microsoft's new app store, dubbed the Windows Store? Microsoft shared some details about it...