Apple, AOL, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo have asked the US government to limit its data gathering.By Thomas Claburn Editor-at-Large, 12/9/2013
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are you sure it included Office Home and Student? i bough online at $199, and i called them, and email them, CSR said Office home is not included...
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I think it is safe to say that sold-state devices are inherently more reliable than electro-mechanical devices. I look forward to the day when electro-mechanical storage devices become historical curiosities just as vacuum...
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Stay tuned on pricing. None was cited in announcement. A search of the Internap AgileCloud site resulted in directions to contact a sales representative, which I've declined to do. Amazon Web Services and other vendors just...
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Doug, we've been hearing about "analytics for the masses" for at least a few years now. What's the biggest obstacle? Is the software still too complicated? Will the needed expertise always be too advanced and specialized...
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In corporateland nowadays, way too much of the screening is done by HR and/or automated systems that have almost no idea of what IT is all about, and frankly a different set of victory conditions from the IT folks. ...
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Gone are the days when Microsoft was the underdog company willing to do its best to understand and satisfy computer users. Today's Microsoft is the very type of company it once fought against. An out of...
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Product roadmaps suggest some level of vendor accountability and should instill some sense of urgency, even if the vendors don't always live up to them.
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>The game was developed in 1989 by then intern Wes Cherry, who famously received no royalties from his work, like Windows, Gates ripped off as many people as he could to make millions Was he really...
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Founded in 1988, KXEN has been at the analytics game for a long time. SAP, on the hand, has done advanced analytics for only about five years. The original product developed by BusinessObjects was based on technology licensed...
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I'm not really a Windows 8 user but I'd try it for $99.
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Maybe we need a "I typed too fast" button. :-)
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On this one you should be safe; the round-trip time to India via fiber is almost 200ms, which is fine for reading CT scans, but dangerous for high-precision control of manipulators. Doesn't mean someone won't do it,...
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>While an Internet-connected home thermostat may look cool and its uses may sound cool, what is it really adding? The Nest thermostat is an interesting case. I got one and installed it myself. It's not life-changing...
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I agree that "It gets really tricky because DNA data is so sensitive" and that the hard part is to "alleviate customers' privacy concerns". Many organizations are looking to the cloud and outsourcing solutions for massive...
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Did you seriously ask for a grammar button and immediately follow the request with improper use of here/hear????? Zoinkers....
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Removing the desktop is the WORST idea. The Desktop is what makes Windows RT a potantially great OS! I think they should be allowing developers to make desktop apps for RT. But Microsoft forcing Metro (sorry, Modern) style...
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Since we all benefit from improved computer security, this is probably one of the more ethical uses of crowdsourced labor.
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Not waiting in line is the new normal. Recent phones just aren't that exciting.
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@Tom just when you think it can't get any worse, Twitter usually shows us otherwise.
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