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The annoying Chrome Notification Center is finally being killed off

At best, the Chrome Notification Center was a feature that you weren't even aware of, at worst, it was an annoying popup that you'd much rather not have to deal...

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

It looks like those rumors from last week were true, as Dell has announced that it'll be acquiring EMC in what's going to be the biggest business deal in the...

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Mozilla will completely remove plug-ins from Firefox before 2017

Plug-ins were essential to web browser back in the early days of the Internet, because they dramatically expanded the functionality of the browsers by adding support for things like Java...

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

It was definitely exciting to see Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL announced this morning, but some would argue that the Surface Pro 4 was actually the most important announcement at Microsoft's...

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Microsoft just acquired Havok from Intel

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 operating system. The company promised as much earlier this year,...

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

Wireless carriers like to lock down smartphones in order to make it more difficult for users to switch to another carrier with a compatible network, and while it's perfectly legal for users...

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Self-destruction is the most secure form of data protection

It's often the simplest tricks that are the most effective. For example, not even the most advanced, most expensive data protection and encryption can guarantee that people won't be able to get their hands on the...

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ARM and IBM have formed a new Internet of Things partnership

For an Internet of Things platform to be successful, it needs to be compatible with as many types of hardware as possible, and considering how prevalent ARM-based processors are, it's...

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Comcast wants nationwide gigabit Internet by the end of 2018

People want gigabit Internet, this is something that even companies like Comcast can no longer dismiss or ignore. That's why the company is apparently planning to start a nationwide rollout of its...

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Hackers just released tons of information on Ashley Madison users

Cheating on one's spouse is one of things that you're obviously going to want to keep very secret, which is why so many people are sweating over the recent Ashley Madison...

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Microsoft’s new app will read the news to you

Whether it's because you absorb information better by listening than reading or because you wish you had an assistant that could boil stories down to basic summaries and read them...

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

You would think that giving hundreds of millions of people free copies of your new operating system would mean missing out on some serious cash, but apparently Microsoft's decision to do this...

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