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Apple announces iPhone 5-optimized apps

By T.C. Sottek on September 12, 2012 01:22 pm + 28 comments

At its big iPhone 5 reveal today, Apple announced that a number of apps will be optimized for the Continue reading…
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Office 2013 upgrade program reportedly launching on October 19th

By Tom Warren on September 12, 2012 09:21 am + 45 comments

Microsoft might be ready to launch its Office 2013 upgrade guarantee program as early as next month. Continue reading…
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At Silicon Valley's elite startup school, success comes to the ascetic

By Jeff Blagdon on September 11, 2012 09:52 pm + 5 comments

For many would-be tech startups, Y Combinator is the promised land — an elite pressure cooker Continue reading…
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90 Seconds on The Verge: September 11th, 2012

By Ross Miller on September 11, 2012 08:25 pm + 58 comments

It's nearly the eleventh hour (poetically speaking) on the eleventh day (temporally speaking). By Continue reading…
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Microsoft opens Windows Store for developers in 82 additional markets

By Justin Rubio on September 11, 2012 06:57 pm + 37 comments

As we approach the consumer release of Windows 8, Microsoft has made one final push to bring in Continue reading…
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Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook is getting 'a billion search queries a day'

By Adrianne Jeffries on September 11, 2012 06:05 pm + 67 comments

Facebook is getting "on the order of a billion search queries a day," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said today Continue reading…
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Mark Zuckerberg promises a native Android app, says betting on HTML5 for mobile was a 'mistake'

By Dieter Bohn on September 11, 2012 05:19 pm + 177 comments

Speaking with Michael Arrington at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Continue reading…
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Good Deal: get one year of CrashPlan online backups for free

By Chris Welch on September 11, 2012 02:26 pm + 38 comments

We've seen some heartbreaking reminders of the importance of backing up your data lately, and Continue reading…
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Google Glass moves beyond photography: details on heads-up display emerge

By Dante D'Orazio on September 11, 2012 01:17 pm + 132 comments

We've seen Google Glass trotted around more than a few times now on the faces of plenty of Google Continue reading…
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Flash vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer 10 to be patched 'shortly'

By Kimber Streams on September 11, 2012 11:31 am + 27 comments

Microsoft has reversed its decision to wait to patch critical vulnerabilities in Flash for Internet Continue reading…