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10 weird iPhone attachments
There’s more to the iPhone than the App Store. Chances are, if you eat, sleep, or sweat with an iPhone at your side, there’s an attachment that will make your life easier -- or at least more entertaining.
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10 ways the Android is better than iPhone 5
Sure a larger iPhone screen, 4G LTE support and a faster CPU are welcome additions, but Apple is a year late and $199 short. Android has provided all these features and more.
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Switching from a Mac to a PC: Five lessons from an Apple fanboy
The Internet is filled with testimonials of people ditching their PC for a hip new Mac. Where once they trudged through stodgy spreadsheets, they now write screenplays and edit flashy videos (if the ads are to be believed). But there's almost no material documenting the opposite experience. Most of the personal switching-to-Windows stories are many years out of date and center around now-obsolete "But you can't play games and none of your software will work!" arguments.So, here are the top five things an Apple fanboy learned from two months using Windows.
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Ten ways Windows 8 outshines the iPad
Windows 8 is now available for anyone to download, and it already shows a ton of potential. In fact, Microsoft’s bold new OS, which reminds us a lot of Windows Phone, outshines the iPad in some key areas. Granted, there were things we didn’t like in our Windows 8 Consumer Preview – — and the iPad 3 or iPad HD is just around the corner– — but there’s no question that Apple will soon have a real fight on its hands. Here are the top 10 ways Windows 8 is better than the iPad right now.
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10 most intriguing tablets of 2012
From the inevitable iPad 3 to the mysterious Google Nexus tablet, here are the 10 tablets to watch in 2012.
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PC shipments slump, Windows 8 may be to blame
A new report from IDC shows significant shrinkage in the PC market.
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Android chief Andy Rubin will step down
Rubin, a co-founder of Android, will be replaced by Chrome chief Sundar Pichai.
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MWC 2013: A good showing for HTC, Sony, Ubuntu Touch
The 2013 Mobile World Congress wrapped today in Barcelona. Here's a brief look at the best-in-show.
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iPhone hack: Your iPhone's not as locked as you think
Do you lock the front door but leave the windows open? A new hack shows how iPhones are vulnerable, even when locked.
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Firefox enters the smart-phone industry, challenging Google, Apple
Mozilla's Firefox OS is off to a solid start with the support of 13 wireless-service providers worldwide. But can a Firefox phone compete with Apple and Google?
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Goodbye, Windows Live Messenger. Hello, Skype.
Microsoft will soon begin shuttling its Windows Live Messenger users to Skype.
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Horizons Enter the Penguin: Steam for Linux arrives
Valve launches its Steam video-game marketplace for Linux and, in typical Valve fashion, is having a huge sale to celebrate.
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10 weird iPhone attachments
There’s more to the iPhone than the App Store. Chances are, if you eat, sleep, or sweat with an iPhone at your side, there’s an attachment that will make your life easier -- or at least more entertaining.
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Z10 and BB10: Are BlackBerry's new launches worth your time?
BlackBerry 10 is here. How do the new operating system and the new BlackBerry phone, the Z10, stack up?
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Are iPhone and iPad developer jobs drying up?
Meanwhile, Apple has released iOS 6.1, the latest version of its iPhone, iPad, and iPhone software.
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Horizons BlackBerry: Re-named and re-designed, but can BB10 save the company? (+video)
BlackBerry 10 has finally arrived and with it came a bundle of surprises.
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Firefox phone to go on sale in February, Mozilla says
The new Firefox OS will debut on a pair of phones called the Keon and Peak. But these smart phones are meant mostly for developers.
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Google Maps app returns to the iPhone
The new Google Maps iPhone app includes turn-by-turn directions, street-level photography of local neighborhoods and listings for more than 80 million businesses. The Google Maps iPhone app still lacks some of the mapping features available on Android phones, such as directions in malls and other buildings.
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Horizons iPhone 5 helps Apple's iOS topple Android in the US
Strong iPhone 5 sales have contributed to a growing market share for Apple's iOS. For now, Google's Android OS lags behind.
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With Windows Phone 8, Microsoft finds a middle way
Windows Phone 8 doesn't feel like Apple or Android, though it's borrowed good ideas from both.
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Patents suit filed against Microsoft's Windows 8
Patents suit involves Windows 8 use of tiles. SurfCast claims it developed dynamic tiles used by Windows 8. Microsoft, a veteran of patents suit, says it can prove the claims are without merit.
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Horizons Windows 8 tiles infringed on our patent, says SurfCast
A Maine company claims that Microsoft used its live tile technology in Windows 8.
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Windows 8 marks a major make-over for Microsoft
Windows 8 arrives. Microsoft's new 'Modern' interface works just as well on a desktop monitor (Windows 8) as on a smart phone (Windows Phone 8) or on a tablet (Windows RT).
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Horizons Windows 8 goes live, marking a 'new era' for Microsoft
Windows 8 officially launched today at a press event in New York. So is the new Microsoft OS any good?
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Windows 8 could baffle, perplex customers (+video)
Windows 8 represents a radical departure from previous Microsoft operating systems, one that some early users have found frustrating.
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Microsoft announces Skype for Windows 8
Skype, a video-chat service owned by Microsoft, will be deeply integrated into Windows 8, says Microsoft.
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Should you upgrade to Windows 8? (+video)
Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system will launch on Friday. Should you upgrade right away?
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Horizons At $249, new Google Chromebook aims to undercut Macs and PCs on price
Google has introduced a pair of new Samsung-manufactured Chromebooks, both of which run the Chrome OS. The 3G edition will retail for $329 and the Wi-Fi version for $249.
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Microsoft earnings: a miss. Its new era? Unclear.
Missing profit expectations, Microsoft looks to Oct. 26 launch of Windows 8. But skepticism is growing that Microsoft's 'new era' will propel slumping PC sales.
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Horizons RIM's pitch: Earn $1,000 off a BlackBerry 10 app, RIM will pay you $10,000
RIM desperately needs a hit with BlackBerry 10, which may not launch until March of next year.
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