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Microsoft to rebrand Windows Azure to Microsoft Azure

According to a report in ZDNet, Microsoft will change the name of its Windows Azure cloud computing platform to Microsoft Azure. The announcement is expected tomorrow, with an effective date of April...

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Toshiba ubveils new 4K Ultra HD laptop, the Satellite P50t

If you don't want to shell out for the 4K screen, you can opt for a 1,920x1,080-pixel HD screen instead. But where would be the fun in that? The Toshiba Satellite...

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Google strengthens Gmail’s HTTPS to combat government spying

Citing the need to protect users from government cyber spying, Google has tightened Gmail's encryption screws by removing the option to turn off HTTPS. Google first gave people the option of encrypting their...

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Hackers target an EA website to acquire Apple IDs

An Electronic Arts website was hacked in a phishing scheme aimed at the acquisition of Apple IDs and credit card numbers, security researchers reported Wednesday. Security vulnerabilities in a calendar application...

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Samsung releases Tizen SDK for wearable devices

Google's wearables SDK is supposed to launch sometime next week, and it will mark the launch of a new Android-based platform that Google hopes will take over the wearables market the way...

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Mozilla abandons Firefox for Windows 8 after 2 years of development

Mozilla today announced it is abandoning the Metro version of its Firefox browser, before the first release for Windows 8 even sees the light of day. Firefox Vice President Johnathan Nightingale ordered...

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Huawei targets enterprise growth through the cloud

Huawei Technologies, China's largest phone-equipment maker, forecast its enterprise business will accelerate growth, targeting US$10 billion in revenue by 2017 by winning contracts in cloud hosting and digital networks. Global revenue...

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Chinese protests over IBM-Lenovo server deal continue to escalate

Hundreds of striking workers at an IBM server factory in China have decided to leave their jobs, disappointed with the U.S. company and the wages they will get once Lenovo...

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Facebook to build a second data center, this time in Sweden

Facebook announced plans to build a second data center at its Luleå, Sweden, site, using its latest data center design concept which the company expects will enable it to expand...

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Apple is the largest smartphone maker in the U.S. with a 41.6% market share

Smartphone buyers in the U.S. continue to flock toward Apple as the iPhone maker saw its marketshare tick upward to 41.6 percent, nearly as much as its four closest competitors...

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AMD announces low-cost AM1 platform

While Intel is off dominating the high-end side of the CPU market, AMD has traditionally positioned itself as the CPU/APU maker for those looking to spend a little less on...

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Puffchat is just like a completely terrible version of Snapchat

Puffchat, a competitor with popular app Snapchat, has a few security flaws, say reports this week. User Thomas Hedderick found that the app, which claims to send messages that then disappear...

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