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Time Warner Now Streams TV to PC, Mac
Feb 14 By Kevin ParrishTime Warner Cable is now streaming TV directly to subscribers via their Mac or PC.
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Government Wants a Social Media Data Mining Toolset
Feb 14 By Kevin ParrishThe government wants a toolset that monitors Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and even traffic webcams.
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Heartbeat Could Someday Be Used to Replace the Password
Feb 14 By Kevin ParrishForget facial and voice recognition -- use your heartbeat to lock and unlock a device.
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Sony May Be Eying Smartphones, Tablets with Vita OS
Feb 13 By Kevin ParrishSony hints that the PlayStation Vita OS could be used on a smartphone and tablet.
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Test New Tab in Mozilla's Aurora Build For Limited Time
Feb 11 By Kevin ParrishMozilla is looking for Firefox users to test the New Tab page and submit feedback for one week only.
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Motorola Exec Blames Hardware for ICS Upgrade Delay
Feb 10 By Kevin ParrishIt's the hardware fragmentation that's keeping you from getting that Android 4.0 upgrade pronto.
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Chrome Browser Launches On Android -- Finally!
Feb 8 By Kevin ParrishGoogle's Chrome browser is now available for Android, but there's a silly catch...
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HP: webOS Will Be Better Than Android, iOS
Feb 4 By Kevin ParrishIn a lengthy interview with CRN, HP CEO Meg Whitman said that webOS will be better than Android and iOS.
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Google's Bouncer Protects Android Market From Malware
Feb 3 By Kevin ParrishGoogle's Bouncer supposedly kicks malware and their developers out of Android Market without disrupting the consumer experience.
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Paramount First to Sell UltraViolet Movies Directly
Jan 24 By Kevin ParrishParamount is selling UltraViolet movies without forcing a hard copy purchase, but comes with strict limitations.
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IPv6 to Finally Go Mainstream in June 2012
Jan 18 By Kevin ParrishJune 6 will be World IPv6 Launch Day.... the day the internet finally grew up. Party on, Wayne.
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This "Sandbox" Runs Any Browser Without Local Installs
Jan 15 By Kevin ParrishSpoon.net runs applications in isolated sandboxes, allowing apps like browsers and games to run side-by-side without conflicts, dependencies, or modifications to the host desktop.
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Facebook Releases Messenger Client for Windows 7
Dec 30 By Kevin ParrishAfter the beta leaked late Thursday, Facebook officially released the Messenger for Windows desktop client mere hours later.
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Rumor: HP Wanted $1.2B For webOS, Didn't Get It
Dec 30 By Kevin ParrishHP reportedly was asking for the same amount it shelled out for Palm back in April 2010: $1.2 billion USD.
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Threat Predictions 2012: Advertisers will Become Spammers
Dec 28 By Wolfgang GruenerMcAfee has released a list of security threat predictions for computer users in 2012.
InSecurity |Brands:McAfee