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Microsoft now lets users control their PC from their Windows Phone

Windows Phone  just joined the platforms that Microsoft supports with a remote control app for accessing a PC from a handset. The company quietly introduced the free Remote Desktop Preview software...

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IBM and Fluid to create a Watson-powered personal shopping app

Imagine having IBM’s artificially intelligent robot, Watson, help you decide on just what pair of heels to buy. It’s not really such a crazy thought. IBM’s newly-developed Watson Group has...

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How Facebook wants to lead the green Internet initiative

Those photos of your sweetheart or grandkids uploaded to Facebook live near Forest City along a dimly lit corridor with flashing lights and a constant hum. The Facebook data center off...

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AMD’s Q1 reports look promising, hopes to be profitable in 2014

Advanced Micro Devices chief executive Rory Read said the chip maker expects to be profitable in 2014 as the company expands its non-PC microprocessor businesses. Speaking in a conference call with analysts,...

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Google’s new algorithm can answer CAPTCHAs with 99.8% accuracy

CAPTCHA, the commonly employed security tool used by many websites to differentiate between humans and bots, isn’t completely impenetrable. Google has created an algorithm that can read and answer CAPTCHA...

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Amazon and Samsung team up to bring Kindle to Galaxy users

So much for trashing the Kindle. Today Samsung is announcing a new app, Kindle for Samsung, created in partnership with Amazon, that will let Galaxy device users using Android 4.0 and up,...

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VMware is investing $500 million to boost its operations India

VMware, the global leader in virtualization solutions, said on Wednesday that it would invest $500 million (Rs 3,000 crore) in India over the next three years. The company's CEO Pat Gelsinger,...

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Samsung is preparing to release two Tizen smartphones later this year

Samsung has lifted the lid on its plans for Tizen, after Yoon Han-kil, senior vice president of the Korean firm’s product strategy team, said that it will launch smartphones running the Linux-based mobile operating...

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Google addresses email scanning practices in new TOS update

Google has updated its terms of service to reflect that it analyzes user content including emails to provide users tailored advertising, customized search results and other features. The Internet giant’s scanning...

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Microsoft kills its anti-Google Scroogled campaign

Scroogled, we hardly knew ye. Or actually, it seems that we knew ye pretty well and just didn’t like ye. ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reads the tea leaves surrounding recent Microsoft statements on its...

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African high tech startup accelerator 88mph expands to Nigeria

African tech startup accelerator 88mph is expanding to Lagos, Nigeria in the later part of 2014. The accelerator currently has operations in Nairobi and Cape Town, according to ZDNet. 88mph founder...

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Intel unveils new education-focused two-in-one laptop/tablet

No company worth its salt would want to remain where it is and let the rest of the world move on. No sir, they would want to remain at the...

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