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Why PC Sales Are In Free Fall

Comments | George Ou, BYTE | April 11, 2013 10:33 AM
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Microsoft's hardware and software strategies for Windows 8 have been miserable failures so far. A rumored 7-inch Surface is one avenue for them to turn the tide. Read More >>

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How To Bug Mitch McConnell's Office

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | April 10, 2013 08:46 AM
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"Bugging" in the context of politics raises images of burglars messing with telephones and clunky tape recorders in the Oval Office. Now you'd just use malware. Read More >>

News

Smartphone Kill-Switch Idea is DOA

Comments | Max Cherney, BYTE | April 08, 2013 08:30 AM
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An epidemic of stolen cell phones has San Francisco district attorney George Gascón demanding that handset companies put a remote "kill switch" into the devices. They're blowing him off. Experts say that there's little upside in the kill-switch for Apple, Samsung and the other handset makers and that the scheme is probably impractical. Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
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Facebook Home: You Are the Product Being Sold

Comments | Serdar Yegulalp, BYTE | April 05, 2013 02:33 PM
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Once again, Facebook has found a new low. Facebook Home, their Android skin, is an attempt to grab hold of users and not let them go, to make them think that there is nothing out there but Facebook. Read More >>

Category: Social Networking
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Top 10 Changes iOS 7 Needs

Comments | Chris Spera, BYTE | April 04, 2013 11:00 AM
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In recent years, iOS has been at the back of the pack for innovation in mobile operating systems. If iOS is going to remain a heavy hitter, it needs a serious overhaul in the upcoming version 7. Here are the top 10 things it needs to have to hit it out of the park. Read More >>

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Windows 8.1 (Blue) is Incremental - That's a Good Thing

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | April 03, 2013 08:02 AM
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For those of you expecting a major new version of Windows already, that's not the way the world works. Windows Blue, likely to be released as Windows 8.1, will focus on incremental improvements in the new Modern UI. Read More >>

Reviews

Free Cellular Data From Karma, Where Available

Comments | Max Cherney, BYTE | April 02, 2013 12:00 PM
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If you're lucky to be where they have signal then Karma, an $80 LTE hotspot, is a great deal. Karma provides free LTE hotspot bandwidth on the Clearwire network. Bandwidth costs $14/GB and you can earn 100MB by signing up friends. Read More >>

Reviews

Dell Latitude 10-ST2 Windows 8 Pro Tablet: the Good and the Bad

Comments | Chris Spera, BYTE | April 01, 2013 11:50 AM
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The Dell Latitude 10-ST2 is billed as a full Windows 8 Pro tablet and Microsoft Surface Pro competitor. Like Windows 8 itself, the product isn't completely baked yet. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
News

iPad nano Fills Micro-Tablet Niche For Apple

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | April 01, 2013 05:00 AM
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Formerly known as the "iPod Touch" Apple is recasting this product as an affordable, easy-to-handle micro tablet. "It's the best 4-inch iPad we've ever made!" says Apple's Phil Schiller. Read More >>

Commentary

Gmail Users Cut Off in Windows 8

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 29, 2013 07:45 AM
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The new Calendar and Contacts apps in Windows 8 will not synchronize with Google at all, and Google email is limited to IMAP from now on. Google users will probably have to use the browser versions because Google has no plans to write Windows 8 apps. Read More >>

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Windows Blue's Got Me Down

Comments | Chris Spera, BYTE | March 28, 2013 01:33 PM
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Microsoft has allowed that something called "Windows Blue" exists. Too bad the company seems hell-bent on taking Windows in the wrong direction. Read More >>

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Windows Blue/9: No Desktop? No Way!

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 25, 2013 11:03 AM
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A leak of an allegedly major revision of Windows 8 hit the web last week. Microsoft's focus seems to be on developing the Metro interface, but will they ever actually remove the desktop? Absurd!The desktop is a major strength of Windows! Read More >>

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Unlocked Android Smartphones Will Free Consumers

Comments | George Ou, BYTE | March 20, 2013 10:00 AM
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Look Out Below! Here Come Smartphone Prices! Locked iPhones and Samsung Galaxy phones can only be successful in the market at their current prices when subsidized by carriers. Low-cost unlocked Android phones from Google and smaller companies like Blu Products will break that model. Read More >>

Category: Smartphones
News

Mac as a Tablet?

Comments | Max Cherney, BYTE | March 19, 2013 08:48 AM
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The Modbook Pro transforms the MacBook Pro into a device that mimics a tablet, without a touch screen. Read More >>

Category: Tablets
Commentary

Samsung? BlackBerry? Who Will Win the Containerization Wars?

Comments | Larry Seltzer, BYTE | March 19, 2013 07:30 AM
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Mobile Application Management vendors all perform containerization, wrapping apps in a security management layer of code. 3rd parties like Box that distribute lots of apps would want to be able to distribute a wrapped version in the app stores, but every MAM vendor uses a different wrapper. Will one win out? Is there a role for standards? Read More >>

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