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Your Windows 8.1 options

The different packages associated with the new Windows 8.1 upgrade are nicely laid out in this article. Will you be upgrading? Here we go again… With each new release of...

13 alleged Anonymous members indicted for ‘Operation Payback’

Anonymous attacked quickly and attacked with force when they went after several high profile hacking targets from late 2010 through early 2011. Now, there's a chance that some of them...

Amazon set-top boxes coming just in time for Christmas

Move over, Apple TV. Amazon is once again going to try to compete head to head with you for holiday dollars. Amazon.com Inc. is taking steps toward releasing a video-streaming...

Facebook Home adds more familiar social media faces

On one hand, Facebook has had very little success with Home, their mobile shell software that puts itself front and center on smartphones. On the other hand, they haven't put...

Adobe hacked for 2.9 MILLION customer records

Adobe customers were hit hard as the breach gave access to customer data, including credit card information. The hackers also took sensitive source code information for their software. Adode has...

Twitter wants $1 billion

A million dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? A billion dollars. That's Twitter's new unofficial mantra as they go public. Twitter had revenue of $253 million in the first...

Samsung’s US mobile product chief leaves because job was no longer “fun”

You should enjoy your job. Some studies have shown that liking your job can lead to longer life. The feeling was applied by one of Samsung's product chiefs who just...

Intel’s big announcement is that they’re getting smaller… processors

In the world of tech, to get bigger you have to get smaller. No, that doesn't mean downsizing the staff. It means taking today's technology that already seems so tiny...

Instagram goes after revenue with in-line ads

Videos and images. They're what make Instagram such a hit. Now, they're going to be sneaking in more videos and images into your feed in the form of advertisements. Well...

Yahoo follows Google in email privacy issue

Yahoo is finally following in Google's footsteps. Unfortunately, they're doing so in a way that isn't very helpful. Can big email providers scan your messages in order to serve you...

iOS 7 strips filters on students’ iPads

Students rejoiced... until the teacher found out. Their iPads, once locked out, were opened up once the iOS 7 upgrade was installed. Apple’s iOS 7 was supposed to make it...

PS4 projected to win the holidays over Xbox One

It's always hard to predict holiday sales ahead of the release of the products. Supplies, demand, bugs, buzz, sentiment - they all play into it. Early indications are that the...