Microsoft pours out the patches as Windows 10 nears release
Microsoft has been banging the Windows 10 patch drum almost daily as it prepares for Wednesday's launch.
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HP to help turn Avatar sequels into a digital attraction
The 2009 sci-fi blockbuster Avatar created a stir with audiences and critics for its themes, storytelling and special effects. Three sequels are in the works, with the first planned for release in December 2017. But this time around, Avatar may become much more than a film.
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Nokia/Alcatel-Lucent just as John Chambers predicted
ALLEN, TX -- Nokia's $16.6 billion acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent is an example of the industry shifting just as Cisco predicted, its CEO said this week.
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MIT alums celebrate 10th anniversary of bogus CompSci paper generator with cheeky new tool
Three MIT grads this week are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their clever <a href="http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/">SCIgen</a> program, which randomly generates computer science papers realistic enough to get accepted by sketchy technical conferences and publishers, with a brand new tool designed to poke even more fun at such outfits.
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Conn. AG launches Lenovo-Superfish 'crapware' probe
Three days after Chinese computer maker Lenovo promised to flush "crapware" from its consumer PCs, Connecticut's state attorney general announced a probe into the company's practice of bundling adware.
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OS X Yosemite's adoption tempo must make Microsoft smile
Three-and-a-half months after its release, Apple's OS X Yosemite powered almost half of all Macs, a statistic that may predict success for rival Microsoft later this year when it issues its own free OS upgrade.
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Best Apple iTunes apps of the year are brain trainer, number puzzler
Apple has named <strong>Elevate</strong>, a set of brain training games, and <strong>Threes!</strong>, an addictive numbers game, as its top 2014 app and game, respectively.
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Microsoft slates 7 security updates for next week, resurrects Exchange fix
Microsoft today announced it will release seven security updates on Tuesday, three of them critical, to patch Internet Explorer (IE), Windows, various pieces of the Office suite, and the SharePoint and Exchange server software.
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Microsoft Band customers get scrooged even before holidays start
Three days after saying stock of its new Band smart wristband would be replenished throughout the coming holidays, Microsoft changed course.
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U.S. government issues alert about Apple iOS "Masque Attack" threat
Three days after security company FireEye warned of an iPhone/iPad threat dubbed "Masque Attack", the U.S. government has issued a warning of its own about this new risk by malicious third-party apps to Apple iOS devices.
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Carmakers promise they'll protect driver privacy -- really
The world's 19 biggest automakers <a href="https://www.globalautomakers.org/topic/privacy">have agreed to principles</a> they say will protect driver privacy in an electronic age where in-vehicle computers collect everything from location and speed to what smartphone you use.
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Windows 10 getting new Mac-style trackpad gestures, multi-monitor improvements
Built-in trackpad gestures are getting beefed up in Windows 10. During TechEd Europe on Tuesday, Microsoft's Operating Systems Group vice president Joe Belfiore debuted a few new touchpad gestures coming to the Windows 10 preview in the coming weeks.
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Microsoft slates critical Windows, IE fixes for next week
Microsoft will release nine security updates next week, twice the number of last month, with fixes slated for Internet Explorer (IE), Windows, SharePoint Server and Web app developer tools.
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Nobel Prize in Physics a Blue LED Special
Three university researchers, two in Japan and one in the United States, have been awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention in the early 1990s of the blue light-emitting diode (LED), an energy efficient breakthrough in producing longer-lasting white light.
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Four smartphone OSs fighting for survival
The smartphone operating system market is dominated by Android and iOS, but you can never count out Microsoft, so let's say that Windows Phone, despite lagging in market share, rounds out the Big Three.
