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Microsoft CEO hints at ‘Metro-ization’ of Office
Desktop suite will continue, but Microsoft needs a touch-based edition for tablets, says expert — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday strongly hinted that the company will craft a Metro-style v...
Windows 8 demos hint at phone integration?
Could Windows 8 let you call and text your relatives directly from your “Metro-style” tablet? That's what a raft of new evidence suggests, as istartedsomething discovered that two videos from Microso...
Intel's Ivy Bridge Architecture Exposed
Five years ago Intel announced its ambitious tick-tock release cadence. We were doubtful that Intel could pull off such an aggressive schedule but with the exception of missing a few months here or t...
Why Twitter doesn't care what your real name is
Amid all the noise and fury over Google's policy of requiring real names (or at least real-sounding names) on its new Google+ network — a policy that Facebook also has, and one we have been critical o...
Ivy Bridge to Offer Faster Graphics and OpenCL Support in MacBook Airs
As noted by CNet, one of the areas of focus in Intel's next generation Ivy Bridge processors is the graphics processing unit (GPU). Anandtech reports that Intel expects there to be a 60% improvement ...
Customer culture
With so many projects, if the customer is willing to go without a small subset of the functionality they think they need, it can save a massive amount of effort, cost, and complexity and result in a m...
Despite owning just 1% of enterprise market, Gmail deemed ready to take on Microsoft
Gartner released a report on Friday that suggested Google's Gmail solution is ready to take on Microsoft in the enterprise email arena despite having just a tiny fraction of the market.
Has Google's CEO stopped using Google+?
It's been a month since the masses last heard from Larry Page via his social network — Seemingly every day, the Google+ “suggestions” feature implores me to “circle” (read: follow) the Google+ activ...
As of Yesterday Verizon Started Throttling its Top 5% Data Hogs, Doesn't Affect 4G LTE or Tiered Data Customers
Back in February, there were reports of Verizon's plans to start throttling (data speeds reduced) or using “Network Optimization Practices” on their top data hogs (5%).
Netflix investors overreact to new forecast: The streaming numbers are what matters
Netflix investors are selling off this morning — the stock is down 15% — after the company issued new subscriber guidance for Q3 (PDF), reflecting the reaction to its price increases …
More details on Propeller, Google's Flipboard-killer for Android and iOS devices
The first mention of a social news app from Google came in a Google+ post yesterday by tech watcher Robert Scoble. He wrote: … The news prompted AllThingsD's Kara Swisher to dig for more clues.