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On Monday, Microsoft opened Office 365 -- a cloud-based version of its productivity apps -- to the public for beta testing. The beta version contains Microsoft Office, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online. The trial is available in 38 countries and 17 languages. The Office 365 suite is...

Cisco pulled the plug on its Flip digital video camera earlier this week, putting an end to its line of popular, relatively low-cost dedicated digital video cameras. Up until December, Cisco had invested a lot of time and effort into building up the market for the device. Could Cisco's stunning reve...

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Goodbye, Hello and WTF?

Last week was a busy week that seemed to be filled with crazy people -- some in a good way, most not so much. The most annoying story was that Cisco is shutting down its half-billion-dollar Flip acquisition after screwing it up. On a positive note, Microsoft surprised us at its MIX conference with W...

Disaster recovery is a term often used in Information Technology circles to describe the necessity for backup technology systems to safeguard an organization's data. While this type of safeguard is absolutely a necessity to protect valuable data, and also reduce the amount of time your organization...

Five years after Nintendo launched the now-legendary Wii, the company's rumored to have its successor -- the Wii 2 -- in the wings. Hearsay abound about the Wii 2, which is expected to be unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, better known as E3, to be held in Los Angeles in June. A sampling...

In the past month or so, we've been inundated with announcements by browser makers of the latest versions of their products. Google, Microsoft, the Mozilla Foundation and Opera have all unveiled their latest and greatest browsers. Most of these companies unveiled full versions of their products afte...

The United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have hammered the Coreflood botnet, which its owners used to conduct cyberfraud on a massive scale. They have seized five command and control servers and 29 domain names registered in the United States, obtained a tempor...

With every passing day, smartphones are melding into our personal lives -- almost without our notice. One of the most striking changes in how the ever-tinier handhelds are augmenting our lives is through mobile apps -- most especially healthcare apps. At first, healthcare apps seemed mainly a novelt...

The Kyocera Echo, a dual-screen Android smartphone on the way from Sprint, will arrive Sunday for buyers who've pre-ordered the device. What exactly will they get with the two screens? For starters, there's the ability to run separate apps on each screen simultaneously. They'll also be able to lock ...

Europe is becoming increasingly nervous as Android and Apple's iOS continue to dominate the smartphone market worldwide. "There's a concerted effort on three different fronts where European carriers and manufacturers, mainly carriers, are sounding alarms about not wanting an Apple-Google duopoly," s...

T-Mobile Tuesday unveiled what it called its most powerful handset -- the HTC Sensation 4G. It will be available this summer, and T-Mobile is talking up a storm about the device. Among other things, T-Mobile repeatedly refers to the device as the "HTC Sensation 4G." However, HTC's own tech specs ind...

When collaborating with others in the workplace, physically being there is nice. The fact is, though, that one's physical presence almost always leaves an unavoidable carbon footprint. As an answer to this dilemma, new and emerging collaborative technologies offer a way to be there in spirit, voice ...

Adobe on Monday announced Creative Suite 5.5, a mid-point update between major releases of the suite. In a tip of its hat to the realities of browser display, Adobe has included HTML5 support in CS 5.5. With CS 5.5, Adobe is also targeting the mobile platform. Further, it has unveiled a subscriptio...

Acer's Iconia Tab A500 tablet is now available for pre-order exclusively from Best Buy at $450. Consumers will be able to pre-order the device from other stores beginning April 14, Acer said. It will hit retailers' shelves and be generally available online April 24. The Iconia Tab A500 currently sup...

OPINION

So, Is Apple Cheating?

Last week, another iPad competitor bit the dust, and so far no vendor has even come close to bothering Apple in the tablet space. In the smartphone space, the only thing that seems to hurt Apple is the carrier and the anticipation of its next phone, which is due shortly but rumored to be delayed. ...


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