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The annoying Chrome Notification Center is finally being killed off

Jan 30, 2024

At best, the Chrome Notification Center was a feature that you weren't even aware of, at worst, it was an...

Dell is acquiring EMC in a record-breaking $67 billion deal

Jan 30, 2024

It looks like those rumors from last week were true, as Dell has announced that it'll be acquiring EMC in...

Mozilla will completely remove plug-ins from Firefox before 2017

Jan 30, 2024

Plug-ins were essential to web browser back in the early days of the Internet, because they dramatically expanded the functionality...

The Surface Pro 4 is Microsoft’s most compelling 2-in-1 tablet yet

Jan 30, 2024

It was definitely exciting to see Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL announced this morning, but some would argue that the Surface...

Microsoft just acquired Havok from Intel

Jan 30, 2024

Gaming has never been Microsoft's primary focus with Windows 10, but it's certainly receiving a lot more focus than previous versions of the...

AT&T may have been the victim of a massive phone-unlocking scheme

Jan 30, 2024

Wireless carriers like to lock down smartphones in order to make it more difficult for users to switch to another carrier...

Self-destruction is the most secure form of data protection

Jan 30, 2024

It's often the simplest tricks that are the most effective. For example, not even the most advanced, most expensive data protection and encryption...

ARM and IBM have formed a new Internet of Things partnership

Jan 30, 2024

For an Internet of Things platform to be successful, it needs to be compatible with as many types of hardware...

Comcast wants nationwide gigabit Internet by the end of 2018

Jan 30, 2024

People want gigabit Internet, this is something that even companies like Comcast can no longer dismiss or ignore. That's why...

Hackers just released tons of information on Ashley Madison users

Jan 30, 2024

Cheating on one's spouse is one of things that you're obviously going to want to keep very secret, which is why...

Microsoft’s new app will read the news to you

Jan 30, 2024

Whether it's because you absorb information better by listening than reading or because you wish you had an assistant that...

How can Microsoft afford to give Windows 10 upgrades away for free?

Jan 30, 2024

You would think that giving hundreds of millions of people free copies of your new operating system would mean missing...