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Microsoft Drops Aero From Windows 8

| Chris Spera, BYTE | May 23, 2012 03:47 PM
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Why is Microsoft dropping the "glassy" Aero look from Windows 8, as announced last week? Battery life could be one reason. Read More >>

Category: Operating systems
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Why Intel Cove Point Ultrabook Is No iPad Killer

| George Ou, BYTE | April 20, 2012 12:25 PM
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Intel's latest showcase hybrid tablet-notebook is impressive as far as it goes, but it doesn't go far enough. It's too heavy, too expensive, and too short on battery life to make a serious dent in the iPad/MacBook juggernaut. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
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The Computer Of The Near Future

| Larry Seltzer, BYTE | April 16, 2012 10:30 AM
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The incompatibility of the hardware and software of the present (PCs) and the future (tablets) is stark. Nobody has really solved the problem, but there is a reasonable interim approach. Read More >>

Reviews

Adobe Integrates EchoSign e-Signature Service Into Adobe Reader

| Todd Ogasawara, BYTE | April 13, 2012 03:33 PM
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Say goodbye to the hassle of printing out, signing, and faxing back documents. Adobe has integated its e-signature service, EchoSign, into Adobe Reader X for the desktop, Android, and iOS, so you can sign and return electronic documents from anywhere. The Android and iOS versions of Adobe Reader add the ability to annotate PDF documents by using highlights, strikethroughs, underlines, and sticky notes. Read More >>

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Data Safety In A Time Of Natural Disasters

| Dino Londis, BYTE | April 06, 2012 09:00 AM
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If a tsunami or tornado hit your business today, would your data survive? Here's how to prepare your hardware for an impending natural disaster. Read More >>

How-To

Write To NTFS Drives With OS X Lion

| Max Cherney, BYTE | March 27, 2012 02:18 PM
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After upgrading my Mac from OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard to OS X 10.7.3 Lion, I discovered I could no longer write files to external NTFS-formatted drives. The problem is MacFUSE which, I found out, does not support the new 64-bit kernel. If this is happening to you, you must remove the old MacFUSE and install the newer version, which does support the 64-bit kernel. Here's how. Read More >>

Category: Operating systems
Reviews

Windows 8 Consumer Preview - Your PC's Getting a Bit Touchy

| Chris Spera, BYTE | March 27, 2012 01:20 PM
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview offers a lot, but is it for you and your legacy PC? Chris Spera reviews. Read More >>

Category: Operating systems
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Apple's Airplay Takes The Boardroom By Storm

| Rick Lehrbaum, BYTE | March 26, 2012 02:27 PM
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Bored with PowerPoint presentations? Suit up that iPad or iPhone with a cloud-powered mobile business intelligence app, and head for tomorrow's Apple TV-equipped conference room. Read More >>

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Microsoft Targeting Windows 8 Debut For October

| Larry Seltzer, InformationWeek | March 20, 2012 12:34 PM
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It's cutting it close and there will be very few ARM-based devices, but Microsoft is still shooting for the Christmas season for general availability of Windows 8 and devices running it. Read More >>

Reviews

Microsoft OneNote Mounts Comeback on Android, iPad, iPhone and Windows Phone

| Todd Ogasawara, BYTE | March 14, 2012 04:12 PM
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OneNote Mobile offers a nice alternative to sync-to-cloud note-taking apps such as EverNote and Springpad. You can edit notes containing rich text, and sync with mobile devices via SkyDrive and the OneNote Web App. Read More >>

Reviews

Use An iPad As A Second Display

| Todd Ogasawara, BYTE | March 09, 2012 01:25 PM
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We look at four iPad apps that let you use the iPad as a second display. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
Commentary

Apple Gatekeeper Moves Mac Into iOS's Walled Garden

| Larry Seltzer, BYTE | February 17, 2012 06:09 PM
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Whitelisting is the future of desktop application security, and Apple is taking a particularly controlling approach to it in Mountain Lion. Read More >>

Commentary

Will WOA Fragment The Windows 8 Ecosystem?

| Todd Ogasawara, BYTE | February 13, 2012 12:00 PM
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Microsoft has committed to producing Windows 8 for ARM as well as Intel processors. But will this fragment both Windows and Office? Read More >>

Category: Operating systems
Commentary

Microsoft, Please Don't 'Touch' Office 15

| Serdar Yegulalp, BYTE | January 31, 2012 03:00 PM
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Will Microsoft's attempt to revamp Office with a touch interface leave behind its core users? Read More >>

Category: Tablets
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Survey: iPad Use Growing Among IT Pros

| Jacob Lopez, BYTE | January 23, 2012 06:06 PM
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IT pros are using their iPads at work a lot, usually for communication, but more for data consumption than production. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
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