REVIEW: Microsoft unveils Windows 8 for consumer testing

REVIEW: Microsoft unveils Windows 8 for consumer testing Windows 8 BARCELONA, SPAIN — Microsoft is for the first time letting consumers try out its upcoming Windows 8 operating system, which it hopes will be used to power a new wave of computer tablets and traditional PCs. The test "beta" version of the revamped system was introduced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the planet's largest cell phone trade show. Microsoft...

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REVIEW: Brand-name deals to mix with Facebook friend posts

REVIEW: Brand-name deals to mix with Facebook friend posts  Brand-name deals to mix with Facebook friend posts NEW YORK -- Messages from brands such as Walmart and Starbucks may soon be mixed in with your Facebook status updates and baby photos from friends and family. Facebook unveiled new advertising opportunities Wednesday to help the world's biggest brands spread their messages on the world's largest online social network. Brands...

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REVIEW: Google to dig deeper into users' lives

REVIEW: Google to dig deeper into users' lives Google If you're amazed - and maybe a little alarmed - about how much Google Inc. seems to know about you, brace yourself. Beginning today, March 1, Google will operate under a streamlined privacy policy that enables it to dig even deeper into the lives of its more than one billion users. Google says the changes make it easier for consumers to understand how it collects personal information,...

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REVIEW: Smartphones have led, and Desktops will follow

REVIEW: Smartphones have led, and Desktops will follow  Smartphones have led, and Desktops  BARCELONA, Spain — These days much of the action in the world of gadgets is happening in smartphones — like their sophisticated design and the apps that run on them. That has left desktop and laptop computers looking a little dull in comparison. Related Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News Steven Sinofsky of Microsoft described Windows 8...

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REVIEW: AMD to buy Seamicro for $334 mln to serve more

REVIEW: AMD to buy Seamicro for $334 mln to serve more AMD SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Advanced Micro Devices  is buying low-power server vendor SeaMicro, a surprise move that puts AMD in the systems business and disrupts Intel Copr. by acquiring one of its close partners. AMD said Wednesday it will pay US$334 million in cash and stock for SeaMicro, an 80-employee Silicon Valley startup that has gained attention for building highly dense...

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REVIEW: Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate

REVIEW: Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate Super-human brain technology sparks ethics debate LONDON (Reuters) - A British ethics group has launched a debate on the ethical dilemmas posed by new technologies that tap into the brain and could bring super-human strength, highly enhanced concentration or thought-controlled weaponry. With the prospect of future conflicts between armies controlling weapons with their minds,...

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Sony reviewed and says it has sold 1.2M units of the handheld PlayStation Vita

Sony reviewed and says it has sold 1.2M units of the handheld PlayStation Vita Sony Sony says it has sold 1.2 million PlayStation Vitas worldwide, exceeding the company's expectations amid stiff competition from mobile devices and Nintendo. The handheld game system launched last week in North America, Latin America, Europe and elsewhere. It went on sale in December in Japan and other parts of Asia. Sony Corp. did not break out figures...

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REVIEW: Hackers are winning security battle

REVIEW: Hackers are winning security battle Hackers Technology security professionals seeking wisdom from industry leaders in San Francisco this week saw more of the dark side than they had expected: a procession of CEO speakers whose companies have been hacked. “It’s pretty discouraging,” said Gregory Roll, who came for advice and to consider buying security software for his employer, a large bank which he declined to name because he...

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Spain: Google should respect "right to be forgotten"

Spain: Google should respect "right to be forgotten" GOOGLE Spain's highest court wants the top court in Europe to decide if requests by Spanish citizens to have data deleted from Google's search engine are lawful, in a case that could put more pressure on it to review its privacy policies. The court, the Audiencia Nacional, said it had asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to clarify whether Google should remove data from its...

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Facebook eyes at mobile ad market

Facebook eyes at mobile ad market Facebook  For Facebook it must look like a no-brainer - exploit its huge consumer loyalty and half a billion mobile phone users as a way of opening up the mobile market to blue chip advertisers. Trouble is, there are reasons for the limited success so far of mobile advertising and none of them have completely gone away. Even if Facebook succeeds, others eyeing this potentially massive market may...

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REVIEW: NASA website hacked 13 times last year

REVIEW: NASA website hacked 13 times last year NASA NASA said hackers stole employee credentials and gained access to mission-critical projects last year in 13 major network breaches that could compromise U.S. national security. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Inspector General Paul Martin testified before Congress this week on the breaches, which appear to be among the more significant in a string of security problems...

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REVIEW: Startup sued for putting local TV on the iPhone

REVIEW: Startup sued for putting local TV on the iPhone Startup sued for putting local TV on the iPhone NEW YORK -- Broadcasters have sued a startup backed by media billionaire Barry Diller that sends live local TV feeds to iPhones and iPads in the New York area. Two groups of broadcasters, including ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the local PBS station, filed suits Thursday in federal court, saying Aereo Inc.'s service uses their content without...

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Mobile apps grows for Indian appetite

Mobile apps grows for Indian appetite  Mobile apps grows for Indian appetite  Be it playing Angry Birds or watching movies on the go, a rise in the number of low-cost smartphones has enabled young Indians to access mobile applications like never before. According to search engine giant Google, around 40 million Indians access the Internet through their mobile phones and there are 30 million apps downloads in one week. A combined...

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