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Sony scraps sales of Xperia tablet

04/10/2012 14:38
Defects have been found in the Xperia Tablet S, forcing Sony to stop sales a month after launch. (Credit: CBS Interactive ) Sony has stopped selling its Xperia Tablet S tablets after finding defects in the devices. According to Reuters, sales were halted after gaps were discovered...

XMBC lets you customize mouse functions

04/10/2012 08:02
Turn your plain old mouse into a multitasking machine customized to your every whim with X-Mouse Button Control.   From everyday office work to Web browsing or even casual gaming, (X-Mouse Button Control) (XMBC, but not to be confused with the open-source media-center software XBMC) lets...

Samsung's Ativ Tab tab will run Windows RT

04/10/2012 07:58
Samsung's Ativ tablet. (Credit: Samsung) While Samsung is one of the most prolific manufacturers of Android tablets, the company has no intention on sleeping on the opportunities afforded by the Windows RT and Windows 8 operating systems. Samsung is currently planning...

Microsoft rolls out Windows 8 app updates ahead of time

04/10/2012 07:49
The launch of Windows 8 is still three weeks away, but the software giant is already in the process of updating some of its built-in apps, including Bing, maps, photos, news, and weather. Windows 8 preview. Getting ahead of the game, Microsoft is now rolling out Windows 8 built-in...

The resurrected Modbook MacBook tablet gets a price

03/10/2012 08:24
Want a 13-inch MacBook Pro modded into a touch-screen slate? It'll only cost you $3,499. (Credit: Modbook ) We originally reviewed the Modbook back in 2008, when it was a hand-built mod that took stock 13-inch white polycarbonate MacBooks, deconstructed them, and put them back together as...

Swedish ISP confirms police raid targeted illegal file-sharing

03/10/2012 08:19
After authorities raided Web host PRQ and seized three of its servers earlier this week, the owner now says police were after sites that dealt in piracy and copyright infringement. Swedish police raided Web host PRQ earlier this week but it wasn't clear what they were after. Now, the ISP's...

Hackers post data from dozens of breached college servers

03/10/2012 08:12
Group calling itself GhostShell says it posted thousands of usernames, passwords, and phone numbers of students and faculty to call attention to the state of education. A group of hackers claims to have stolen thousands of personal records by breaching the servers of more than 50 universities...

Microsoft SkyDrive vs. Google Drive on Android

15/09/2012 09:08
Android users looking for a cloud storage and file-syncing solution now have a new option in SkyDrive. But is Microsoft's offering on a par with the tried-and-true Google Drive?   With Microsoft SkyDrive recently touching down on Google Drive's territory, it's only fitting we...

Microsoft finalizes Windows Phone 8 OS, say sources

15/09/2012 09:03
Microsoft is believed to have shipped the RTM version of the Windows Phone 8 operating system, according to sources. Now it's time for carriers and handset makers to test and preload before the October 29 launch.   Chalk up another one for those Windows Phone tipsters. Back in July, I...

Chat app used by activists has security flaws, say critics

15/09/2012 08:55
Security bloggers are piling on with the criticism of WhatsApp, saying there are serious problems with how data is protected from prying eyes in the popular mobile IM software.   Several bloggers allege that the WhatsApp mobile chat program has weak security that puts users,...

Apple to pull plug on social music network Ping on September 30

13/09/2012 12:00
Company's music-centric social service -- largely viewed as an Apple misstep -- becomes obsolete with greater Facebook and Twitter integration in iTunes. Ping's closure announced on iTunes. Apple has announced the last waltz for Ping, its social music network, after...

Oh, nano, nano, Apple: 'Renanoed'?

13/09/2012 11:15
It doesn't have a hyphen. It isn't in your dictionary. And it appears to be upsetting some people. Welcome to "renanoed."   Oh, goodness. (Credit: Apple) The problem when you become a stadium band is that everything seems to be so marketed that the fans don't come to commune...

Xbox co-creator says game consoles won't die anytime soon

13/09/2012 09:36
Seamus Blackley says that he's tired of "histrionic" predictions suggesting the death of game consoles is upon us.   Game consoles, like Ouya, aren't going anywhere, Seamus Blackley says. (Credit: Ouya) Game consoles aren't dying anytime soon, the original Xbox's co-creator...

GoDaddy offers users one month credit following service outage

13/09/2012 09:31
The company is giving customers the credit for one month of service after an outage brought down a slew of hosted sites on Monday.   GoDaddy's tweet confirming Monday's service outage. GoDaddy customers are being given an apology and one month of free service after grappling...

iCloud outage affecting users for two days running

13/09/2012 09:26
For a small percentage of users, Apple's iCloud services may be offline or slow.   Yesterday a number of users of Apple's iCloud service found they could not access their e-mail. While Apple claimed to be working on the problem to have it fixed "ASAP," for affected users the problems are...
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