Six key messages Microsoft is sending to Windows 8 developers

Steve Ballmer looked relaxed on stage. Dressed down in a short sleeve shirt and pants, he smiled, he cracked jokes, and he energetically rallied the 2000-strong crowd of developers at the opening keynote to Microsoft's Build conference on the company's...

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Ballmer pitches Windows Phone 8 live tiles in video ad

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Sandy slams mobile, wired and cable networks as far west as Michigan

Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy knocked out mobile, phone and cable service in many parts of the eastern U.S. on Monday, with about one in four cell sites affected in the hardest-hit band of the country between Virginia and Massachusetts, according to an...

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Teardown finds Microsoft Surface RT tough to get into, with modular options inside

Microsoft's Surface RT may be handicapped with the new RT version of Windows 8, but should it break, is it more likely to wind up in a repair shop or a landfill? As is its custom whenever a new mobile product hits the market, repair site iFixit has...

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Goodbye and farewell to Ubuntu Linux 11.04 'Natty Narwhal'

For longtime users of Ubuntu Linux, it may feel like just yesterday that Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" first came out. It's a particularly memorable release, of course, because it was the first desktop version of Canonical's popular Linux distribution...

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Yahoo to ignore Microsoft's 'Do Not Track' signal from IE10

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Phishing is getting tougher to spot

I don't know if cybercriminals are trying to boost their revenue-streams for early Christmas shopping, but cyberbombs have been landing in e-mail in-boxes and flying onto smartphones via SMS lately.Ironically, the scariest e-mail of all was recently...

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Lab strives to keep tech accessible to all users

October 17, 2012, 1:31 PM — When the first iPhone came out in 2007, as we all know, it created a quite a buzz and a whole lot of excitement - except for one group: the blind. "The blind community was very upset," said Larry Goldberg, the director...

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Firefox update fixes security flaws

Several security vulnerabilities in Firefox 16 are being addressed in an update of the browser software released by the Mozilla Foundation. This is the second time in the last two weeks that the browser has had to be updated to address security problems....

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US East Coast tech centers brace for Hurricane Sandy

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Hurricane Sandy shuts down Google's Android event

Sorry, Android fans, looks like you'll have to wait a little longer to hear more about the Nexus 4 and the Nexus 10. Google has cancelled its Monday morning event in New York City because of safety concerns related to Hurricane Sandy, which is expected...

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Microsoft Windows Phone 8: What we know so far

Microsoft has released Windows 8 and its Surface RT tablets are now in stores but more is on the way. On Monday, October 29, the company is expected to release Windows Phone 8, which includes some impressive changes. For instance, the new start screen...

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Microsoft Surface goes on sale to cheering crowds

Microsoft's Surface debuted to crowds of early adopters across the U.S. Friday, as the Windows RT-powered tablet went on sale. About 100 people waited outside Boston's Microsoft Store to buy the Surface tablet, which runs a new version of Windows. ...

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Microsoft starts $40 Windows 8 upgrade sales

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For a beginner-friendly distro, try Linux Lite 1.0.0

For all the media attention that goes to Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora, and the other leading Linux distributions, casual observers would have to be forgiven if they have no idea that hundreds of other distributions are out there as well, each with a particular...

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Sprint hits delays in LTE rollout

Sprint Nextel's deployment of its ambitious Network Vision infrastructure, which includes the gradual rollout of 4G LTE technology, is about three months behind schedule due to several factors, the company said during its financial results call on Thursday....

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How Microsoft blew its Windows 8 launch keynote

Microsoft's Windows 8 launch event Thursday could have been a barn burner. The locale, Pier 57 in New York City, is grand, if cavernous. And the occasion itself came preloaded with import: Microsoft would be publicly unveiling its most...

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In search of the sub-$300 Windows RT tablet

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SportsSynch makes syncing radio and TV broadcasts easy

For me, it started with Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football. Listening to a radio broadcast while the game was televised was fun and the two broadcasts meshed nicely. But nowadays, it's difficult to get that experience because of the lag between radio...

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Businesses must evaluate Windows 8 now, experts say

Businesses should be looking at Windows 8 even if they are dead certain it won't be their operating system of choice for years to come, experts say. That's because of widespread bring-your-own-device programs that will inevitably bring Windows 8...

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Microsoft's Windows 8 event webcast: What we need to see and hear

If you're looking for a way to describe Windows 8 to your less tech-literate friends and family, you might direct them to Microsoft's website Thursday morning, 11:15 am Eastern time. The company will be webcasting the first hour of a nearly day-long...

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Touch Cover vs. Type Cover: Empirical test data doesn’t lie!

If you're going to throw down for Microsoft's new Surface RT tablet, you absolutely must get either the Touch Cover or the Type Cover along with it. Without one of these keyboard accessories, the tablet's greater productivity package isn't complete....

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Review: Surface RT, Microsoft's bid for a 'thing' of its own

Microsoft desperately needs a "thing"—a big thing that transcends the nerdy world of consumer electronics and achieves hero status among mobile-hardware wonks and civilians alike. The iPad is a thing. The Kindle Fire is a thing. Each tablet is a shared...

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