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• Article | 23/04/2012 You love your tablet - now it's official

  Your tablet is a homebody.  And you love it more than any other tech gizmo in the house.
• Article | 22/10/2011 Cell phones don't increase cancer risk, new study says

  A Danish study that monitored 350,000 cell phone users over an 18-year period found no link between mobile phone subscriptions and an increased risk o...
• Article | 17/07/2011 Search engines ruin our memory, make us smarter

  By now you've probably heard that Google and other search engines are making us think differently. Columbia University researcher Betsy Sparrow said w...
• Article | 30/11/2010 Inside the labs at Microsoft, HP and IBM

  At Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, investment in research and development is a reflection of corporate culture. This three-part piece examines the...
• Article | 13/11/2010 5 awesome free tools for small businesses

  These are frugal times for business, and an organization starting out might have very little money to spend on IT. Even if you're part of an establish...
• Article | 13/11/2010 5 fabulous free tools for small businesses

  These are frugal times for business, and an organization starting out might have very little money to spend on IT. Even if you're part of an establish...
• Article | 17/03/2010 Aussie parents not doing enough to protect their kids online

  Microsoft released research today showing that the majority of Australian parents take little to no precautions to protect their children
• Article | 10/12/2009 IDC: 1 billion mobile devices will go online by 2013

  The growing demand for online applications could push the number of mobile devices accessing the Internet past 1 billion by 2013, IDC said in a survey...
• Article | 14/07/2009 Study finds big rise in job cuts planned at IT shops

  Forty-six percent of North American IT shops are planning to cut positions this year, up from 24 percent last year, with one-quarter planning to slash...
• Article | 22/05/2009 Survey: Even Linux-loving firms only deploy it to one-fifth of employees

  Half of the businesses that have deployed Linux on the desktop have rolled it out to less than 20% of their workers due to perceived and real obstacle...
• Article | 8/05/2009 As economy softens, Microsoft ramps up research

  Even as the world economy languishes, Microsoft is putting an increasing focus on its research efforts in areas well beyond its traditional desktop an...
• Article | 28/04/2009 Europe funds secure operating system research

  A Dutch university has landed a European Research Council grant to continue work on a Unix-type operating system that aims to be more reliable and sec...
• Article | 26/03/2009 Skype is largest international voice carrier, says study

  Skype carried around 33 billion minutes of international voice calls last year, or around 8 percent of all international voice traffic, according to m...
• Article | 11/03/2009 Researchers: cheap scanners can 'fingerprint' paper

  Think two blank sheets of paper are the same? Look closer.
• Article | 6/03/2009 Bathrooms become smarter with touch screens

  In just a few years if you forget to brush your teeth, you may get a gentle reminder -- from your bathroom mirror.