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Fake Windows tech support calls continue to plague consumers
More than a year after the FTC heralded a major crackdown on fraudsters posing as Microsoft technical support personnel, consumers continue to receive calls from scammers. Read More
 


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Dell Venue 8 Pro review: A Windows 8.1 tablet for the rest of us
Dell's new Venue 8 Pro Windows 8.1 tablet offers users a fine display, good features and impressive audio -- at a reasonable price. Read More
 

Microsoft to deliver Office 2013 SP1 in early '14
Microsoft today said it will ship the first service pack for Office 2013 sometime early next year. Read More
 

DDR4 memory may not find way into PCs, tablets until 2015
  While major memory vendors have started producing next-generation DDR4 memory, don't expect to see it in servers until late next year, and in PCs and tablets in 18 months. Read More
 

Hackers reportedly steal 42M customer records from online dating network Cupid Media
Hackers reportedly stole 42 million customer records including email addresses and clear-text passwords from Cupid Media, a network of dating websites. Read More
 

Smart glasses let nurses see veins through skin
Epson and Evena today unveiled their Eyes-On Glasses System, which enables nurses to see a patient's vasculature system to help locate hard-to-find veins beneath the skin. Read More
 

International Space Station marks 15 years in Earth's orbit
The International Space Station hit a major milestone today, marking 15 years in space. Read More
 

GitHub bans weak passwords after brute-force attacks
Popular source code repository service GitHub has recently been hit by a brute-force password-guessing attack that successfully compromised some accounts. Read More
 


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New OpenSUSE embraces 64-bit ARM
Joining Fedora and Ubuntu, the new version of the community driven OpenSUSE can now be run on AArch64 processors, further preparing the market for servers running on the new 64-bit ARM architecture. Read More
 

Qualcomm bringing 4K video to mobile devices with new Snapdragon chip
Qualcomm has introduced a mobile chip that will play back 4K video on smartphones and tablets in addition to supporting the latest 802.11ac Wi-Fi. Read More
 

JR Raphael: How to make your home screen look like KitKat -- without the Google Now panel
Whether you've got a Nexus 5 or any other Android phone, this setup will let you enjoy the new KitKat home screen visuals without the Google Now integration. Read More
 

Jonny Evans: Chasing Mavericks: 8 great OS X tips
Apple's OS X Mavericks includes a host of handy features for power users, but they're not all super-obvious. I've gathered together a short collection of hints and links to help you use them: Read More
 

Antone Gonsalves: How swindlers use apps to trick the gullible
Conmen will trade malware for mobile apps to fool the innocent into giving up personal information. Read More
 

Preston Gralla: Apple still making it hard to think differently
Apple repeatedly bows to censorship demands in places like China. Read More
 

Darlene Storm: 42 million unencrypted passwords leaked from hacked online dating site Cupid Media
  42 million passwords stored in plain text were leaked online after Cupid Media, an online dating site, was hacked. When it comes to online dating, researchers have developed a recommendation engine where attractiveness is part of the algorithm. Lastly, LoveRoom is all about hooking up attractive partners for overnight encounters, but people without the hotness factor need not apply. Read More
 

 

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