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TED blends animation with education at new website

The non-profit group behind the thought-provoking TED conferences launched a website devoted to video lessons cleverly crafted to captivate students.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft sees future in Windows 8 amid iPad rise

(AP) -- Microsoft is scrambling to preserve what's left of its kingdom. Since the company released its Windows operating system in 1985, most of the sequels have been variations on the same theme. Not that ...

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created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 52

Microsoft cuts about 200 marketing employees

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said it laid off some of its marketing staff on Wednesday as part of an effort to restructure its operations.

Technology / Business

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Web-based tablet apps challenging app-store offerings

An app war is brewing. Pressure to break the grip of app stores and the need for multiple versions of applications to run on the slew of devices out there are driving some companies, notably media outlets, to test tablet ...

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created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Firefox looks to use HTML5 to run PDFs in the web browser

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the current generation of web browsers if you want to view a PDF in your web browser you are going to need the help of a plug-in to do it. While that may not sound like a major roadblock ...

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created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

iOS 5 jailbroken before its release

(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of iOS has already been jailbroken, which is interesting when you consider that the iOS 5 was only announced 24 hours prior to the jailbreak, at the Apple keynote address ...

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created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Firefox 5 beta released for desktop, mobile

(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of Firefox 5, a popular cross-platform web browser, now has release versions ready for both the desktop and the mobile browser user groups. The beta does not have many noticeable ...

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created May 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

Microsoft releases near-final Internet Explorer 9 version

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. released a near-final version of Internet Explorer 9 on Thursday, saying the updates make the Web browser even better at tapping into a computer's powerful processors to help multimedia-laden ...

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created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 3

Google Chrome 5 beta released

(PhysOrg.com) -- Internet search engine giant Google has released a new beta version of its Chrome browser, and it is visibly much faster than the previous version, and faster than most other browsers.

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created May 06, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 19 | with audio podcast report

Google Chrome 4.0 stable version released for Windows

(PhysOrg.com) -- All PC users running Windows can now have access to Google Chrome's new extension gallery, with the release earlier this week of a stable version of the Chrome 4.0 browser for Windows.

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created Jan 27, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Google releases Chrome browser for Macintosh computers

Google on Tuesday released a version of its Chrome Web browser for Macintosh computers in a challenge to Safari software Apple offers users of its machines.

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Intel Offers Developer Kit For Future Atom Processor Netbook Apps

Intel Corporation has made its beta version of the Intel Atom Developer Program Software Development Kit (SDK) available for Microsoft Windows and Moblin operating systems developers. The kit helps software companies and ...

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

WOWD, the real-time search engine

(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of WOWD, the Internet's newest search engine, was launched last week at the 2009 Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. It aims to differentiate itself from other search engines ...

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (21) | comments 1 weblog

Next version of Microsoft Office coming in 2010

(AP) -- Microsoft Corp.'s next version of its Office desktop programs will reach consumers next year, though not likely in conjunction with the Windows 7 operating system.

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created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 1.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1