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Microsoft opines: Vista was 'cheesy'; three devices too many
The evolution of Windows wasn't alway graceful.
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CoPilot GPS review: You can argue with free
ALK Technologies free CoPilot GPS app offers downloadable maps, but route guidance is extremely hobbled due to lack of turn graphics and voice prompts.
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Google brings further tweaks to Gmail
Company announces changes meant to "continue to bring people front and center in Gmail." Google+ is of course part of the equation.
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LG Optimus Slider let's you text like a fiend
Let your fingers do the talking with Virgin Mobile's LG Optimus Slider.
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Sony comes clean on worldwide Android 4.0 tablet update
Sony continues to mess up with Android updates. Will the company ever figure it out? Crave investigates the madness, and even finds some light at the end of the tunnel.
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Turn photos into sketches on iOS
There are tons of apps that add retro effects to your images, but another group of photography apps turns your images into art.
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Steve Jobs TV movie to film at the original Apple garage
The garage where the first Apple computers were built will be used in the upcoming TV movie about Jobs.
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Facebook's aggressive approach to solving its mobile problem
The social network knows that if it can't get its mobile act together, revenue may well take a hit. So it's busting out the wallet to scoop up talent and technologies.
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Backdoor security flaw found in ZTE Score M
A security flaw allowing third-parties to control MetroPCS' ZTE Score M leaves users vulnerable.
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Q&A: MacFixIt Answers
How to protect your user data during computer repairs, and other questions answered.
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The 404 1,057: Where we'd rather have an IPA (podcast)
Leaked from today's 404 show: Starving for IPO, the Notorious PIG, and the Atari 2600.
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Facebook IPO more fizz than pop
week in review Shares in the social network have a rocky trading start, while resumegate spells the end of Yahoo CEO's term. Also: HTC phone imports held up by Customs.
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Nasdaq hitch mars Facebook's big day
The IPO went off a bit later than expected after Nasdaq's systems reportedly had trouble informing traders and firms that their orders had been placed.
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Fisker Atlantic plans, specs leaked
Investor documents reveal that the 300 horsepower plug-in hybrid coupe will be priced between $50,000 and $60,000 and go on sale in 2014.
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Get a $2 Amazon MP3 credit for naming your favorite song
Actually, it doesn't even have to be your favorite. Any song title will do, so long as you're willing to share it on Facebook.
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Platform as a service moves into the data center
PaaS got its start as purely hosted offerings. But we're starting to see a lot more discussion about transplanting the approach into the enterprise data center.
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Science, tech fuel artist's varied and vivid ouevre
U.K.-based artist Luke Jerram has created beautiful pieces that draw on everything from data visualization to microbiology to radiometers. Crave presents a selection.
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Americans watched 37 billion online videos last month
People in the U.S. gobbled up a whole lot of videos from YouTube, Facebook, Yahoo, Hulu, and other sites in April, according to ComScore.
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Fiat brilliantly punks VW on Google Street View
Fiat workers notice a Street View car filming in their area. So one staff member decides to drive right up to the door of VW's nearby headquarters and park a Fiat 500 there. The Street View car photographs it.
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Should Facebook, Zynga consummate symbiotic relationship?
Facebook's IPO gyrations pointed out the obvious: Zynga is connected to Mark Zuckerberg's hip. Why not just seal the deal?
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