In the “yawn, nobody really cares” segment of our news, Microsoft has confirmed that Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 is still in the works. It’s been nearly a year and half since Microsoft released a test build of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 and during that time, MS has refused to acknowledge when,…
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Microsoft Xbox Music, streaming music service, launching to compete against Pandora, Spotify and iTunes
Microsoft is launching a new music service, to coincide with the Windows 8 launch, that will include streaming music, paid subscription models, and a music store. It will appear on Xbox 360 and Windows 8 PCs, laptops, and phones. The service will be rolled out to other platforms (iOS, Android, and a web-based version) at…
Check out the award winning Contre Jour game ported to web browsers using straight HTML5 and JavaScript
Contre Jour, developed by Ukrainian developer Hyrniv Mokus and published by Chillingo, garnered a lot of praise when it was first released on the iOS platform. ABC news said, “the game is so well designed that it almost feels like you’re playing a piece of art.” Now Microsoft has ported the game to HTML5 in…
Huge Windows 8 cumulative update rolls out prior to SP1 – promises performance improvements
Microsoft is rolling out a cumulative update today ahead of an official service pack for Windows 8. The update includes power and performance improvements as well as some driver fixes and updates to some core Windows 8 applications. It is unusual for Microsoft to roll out cumulative patches (other than service packs) but with Windows…
New comScore figures show Samsung retaining top position with Apple gaining some ground
The latest comScore figures show Samsung still at the top of the smartphone market share ratings with a 25.7% share of the market although the change from the prior 3-month period was flat. LG remains second with a 19.1% market share and Apple comes in 3rd with 19.1%, an increase of 2.1% from May 2012.…
Barnes and Noble introduce new affordable Android tablets – but you might want to wait for the Windows 8 devices
Barnes and Noble signaled their intent to stay in the race today when they released a set of new aggressively-priced HD Android tablets (surprise, no Windows 8 – yet). 7-inch and 9-inch versions were announced, each with variable RAM configurations. Both are built upon Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and neither is going to disappoint…
Google finally agrees to offer do-not-track option in Chrome
Attackers have begun exploiting new Zero-Day Internet Explorer vulnerability (UPDATE)
The end of Apple as know it or how (the) Cook burnt down the castle Jobs built
How the U.S. government used our search engines to spy on its citizens.
Of the vast amount of information available on the Internet, which subset is most hated by practically everyone? Child pornography. This deplorable form of pornography is so widely frowned upon in our society; persons who are convicted and serve time in prison are considered the lowest man on the totem pole and suffer unheard of…








