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  Exotic fighting game locales become animated GIFs in this tour of the 16-bit world

  By Jacob Kastrenakes on April 27, 2013 07:12 pm + 28 comments

  In the background of flurries of punching, kicking, and special moves, fighting games have a long Continue reading…

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  Chrome for Android updated with background audio playback

  By Bryan Bishop on February 27, 2013 02:15 pm + 82 comments

  Google has just updated Chrome for Android, and along with some responsiveness tweaks and a new Continue reading…

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  Nuance working on Siri-like voice tech for phones in sleep mode

  By Sam Byford on September 24, 2012 03:19 am + 18 comments

  Nuance Communications, the company rumored to be behind the voice recognition technology in Apple's Continue reading…

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  Chrome OS gets updated with smaller apps list and option to save directly to Google Drive

  By Dante D'Orazio on August 21, 2012 04:14 pm + 102 comments

  Chromebook and Chromebox users (and anyone else using Chrome OS) have an update waiting for them Continue reading…

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  Samsung accuses Apple of ripping off patented email, photo, and music features

  By Bryan Bishop on August 14, 2012 03:20 pm + 354 comments

  Samsung began its half of the trial by defending itself from Apple's allegations, but now it's Continue reading…

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  Mountain Lion Security Update system checks for downloads daily, installs them automatically

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 27, 2012 06:45 am + 15 comments

  Things used to be simpler when we could think of the Mac as a more or less malware-free platform, Continue reading…

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  New Gmail custom themes let you set your own background image

  By Vlad Savov on June 19, 2012 02:23 pm + 45 comments

  For those of us still staying true to Gmail's web interface and resisting the lure of dedicated Continue reading…

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  Microsoft updates SkyDrive for Windows and Mac with new photo sharing function, increased file limit

  By Scott Lowe on May 30, 2012 06:49 pm + 47 comments

  Just over a month since launching its SkyDrive for Windows and OS X Lion app preview, Microsoft has Continue reading…

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  Skype for Windows Phone can't run in background due to platform limitation

  By Chris Ziegler on February 29, 2012 08:07 am + 105 comments

  Skype's big news this week is the release of a beta Windows Phone client — the first fruit of its Continue reading…

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  FBI releases background investigation on Steve Jobs from 1991

  By Nathan Ingraham on February 9, 2012 10:23 am + 89 comments

  Back in 1991, during his exile from Apple, Steve Jobs was actually considered for a position on the Continue reading…