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In search of a social site that doesn’t lie

Facebook and OKCupid experiment on users. So what’s wrong with that? Rudder’s post described a few of the experiments that the dating website had carried out. In one, OKCupid told people that they would be good matches with certain other people even though the site’s algorithms had determined that they would be bad matches. That’s […]

Googles Chrome OS starts to get real but still falls shy

The all-in-the-cloud OS gains polish as Google prepares for the first Chromebooks to ship, but apps remain awkward If the rumors are right, Google will announce today at its Google I/O conference that Samsung (and perhaps others) are shipping laptops running Google’s Chrome OS this summer. There’s been a sharp increase in Chrome OS beta […]

Dirty IT jobs: Partners in slime

Carcasses, garter belts, and anthrax — techs get nasty in the name of IT You think your job is bad? You ain’t seen nothing until you’ve had to pick moldy food and cockroaches out of a dead PC or been asked to find out what your coworkers have been up to online when they were […]

Microsoft Office 2010 takes on all comers

OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice, IBM Lotus Symphony, SoftMaker Office, Corel WordPerfect, and Google Docs challenge the Microsoft juggernaut Ask most people to name a productivity suite and chances are they’ll say Microsoft Office, but they might also name one of the numerous competitors that have sprung up. None have completely displaced the Microsoft monolith, but they’ve made […]

13 features that make each Web browser unique

Many cynical users assume Web browsers do little more than dutifully render HTML. The content is the most important part, they say, so it makes little difference which browser you use.     Best Microsoft MCTS Training – Microsoft MCITP Training at Certkingdom.com   This may be true for basic tasks, but for all their […]

Microsoft Q3 2011 by the numbers: Record $16.43B, Windows revenue declines

Today, after the closing bell, Microsoft answered an oft-asked question: What would the quarter be with no new major products in the pipeline? Would Windows 7 and Windows Server R2 (released October 2009) and Office 2010 (released May 2010) provide enough sales tailwinds? For fiscal 2011 third quarter, ended March 31, Microsoft’s revenue rose 13 […]

Windows Thin PC: because budgets are shifting to tablets

When Microsoft announced the release of Windows 7 SP1 in early February, the company also released some information about a couple of upcoming products: Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) and Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM.)   Best Microsoft MCTS Training – Microsoft MCITP Training at Certkingdom.com   Monday, Microsoft shared the first round of information […]

PlayBook security: How RIM aims to keep work and play separate

One of Research in Motion’s biggest challenges in a world of the iPhone and Android has been how to keep its products fun and fresh while maintaining the high level of security its corporate users have come to rely on. RELATED: RIM not sitting still with PlayBook RIM has employed many methods to meet this […]

Amazon Thinks Every Penny Counts

All those loose coins sitting around your house are music to Amazon’s ears. The popular e-commerce site announced on Tuesday a program that will allow users of Coinstar counting machines to cash in their extra change for Amazon.com gift certificates.   Best Microsoft MCTS Training – Microsoft MCITP Training at Certkingdom.com   Coinstar normally charges […]

AMD Xilleon processors to receive DivX certification

DivX announced it is working with AMD toward certifying certain Xilleon processors, which could add native DivX functionality to next-generation digital TVs or set-top boxes.     Microsoft MCTS Certification, MCITP Certification and over 2000+ Exams at Actualkey.com   Xilleon is a system-on-a-chip MIPS processor found in set-top boxes and digital TVs. It was formerly […]

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