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Samsung's New Weapon Against BlackBerry, iPhone: Fixmo?

Samsung Ventures has bought a stake in Fixmo, which sells MRM, or mobile risk management solutions. Their SafeZone product creates a separate,...

SoftRAM in 95 - Memory Optimizer in 2013

A new Windows 8 program claims to "optimize memory," implying a performance boost, but what it actually does - flushing the disk cache - is likely...

25 Years From Today: A Time for Bugs

25 years from today, January 19, 2038, at 03:14:08 UTC, a lot of software will fail if it's not fixed, and some has already begun to fail. It's...

Do Not Bring Your Own Surface

Windows RT devices, such as Microsoft's initial Surface, lack the manageability features available in business versions of Windows or the...

Absent Apple Ruled CES 2013

The question to ask at this year's Consumer Electronics Show was "Does it connect to my iPhone?" Most of the time, the answer seemed to be "Yes."...

Apple Not Dictating Terms Anymore

The iPhone may never have been the majority of the smartphone market in units, but Apple was clearly setting the pace and the terms of the market...

Should Microsoft Switch Internet Explorer to WebKit? No

Internet Explorer has made great strides in recent years and is now an excellent, very fast browser. Yet it still gets second-rate treatment from...

2015: Apple Cachet Is Passé

It's CES in 2015: Apple's drive for market share has backfired and their brand has deteriorated as a result. They're still a big player and sell a...

2015: Apple Becomes App

It's CES in 2015: Apple has successfully executed its transition from hardware company to ecosystem company. The mini iPads and iPhones were just...

Intel Haswell: $599 Touch Ultrabooks In 2013

[UPDATEQuestions have been raised about some of Intel's power consumption claims.] The PC industry used to taunt Apple about their price...

Jailbreak Windows RT - Why? Beats Me

A researcher has found a way to jailbreak a Microsoft Surface or other ARM-based Windows RT system. Research to find a reason to do so is a much...

Google Drops 'F' Bomb on Developers

Changes in the EULA (End User License Agreement) for the Android SDK warn developers of doing anything that might result in the "fragmentation"...

Google Maps Mess: Windows Phone to Regain Access

Google's failure to come clean about the Google Maps Mobile site's treatment of Windows Phone is an embarrassing spectacle. The company's various...

Google at War With Windows 8, Phone?

[2 UPDATES] Google must actually be afraid of Windows Phone, Windows 8 and the Microsoft services associated with them. The threat these pose to...

Can Waze Save Apple Maps?

Incorporating Waze navigation and local search into Apple's Maps app and service would address many of the problems that have earned Apple its...



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