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Google Drive vs. Microsoft SkyDrive: 4 reasons Google wins out

Google Drive, Google's online storage service is finally available after years of rumors, but with Microsoft's SkyDrive offering more space and better integration with Windows 8, is Drive really worth...

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Angry Birds Space rockets to 50 million downloads in 35 days

Angry Birds Space has broken a new record: it's the first app to hit 50 million downloads in just 35 days, which is two weeks faster than the previous record-holder, Draw Something.

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RIM owns up to fake Apple protest in Australia

Research In Motion admitted Tuesday that it was behind a staged protest outside a Sydney, Australia Apple Store last week.

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Nokia Lumia gets exclusive apps; is Windows Phone fragmentation next?

Nokia continues to push its Lumia line of Windows Phone smartphones hard, announcing several deals with app developers on Tuesday, including some that would be exclusive to the Lumia platform initially.

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Turn your Instagram photos into works of art on canvas

Dreami of hanging your Instagram photos in your living room? A new service will allow you to do just that, printing your best snapshots on "museum-quality canvas." The service is called Instacanv.as,...

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Move over Instagram, here comes Facebook Camera

Facebook might have acquired Instagram, but that's not stopping the site from releasing a social photo-sharing app of its own.

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How to download and install the Microsoft Windows 8 Final Release preview

Get ready, beta testers. Microsoft Thursday debuted Windows 8 Release Preview, which is one of the last steps before a final release of Windows 8 this fall. Versions of the operating system are...

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Microsoft says it is happy with its Windows Phone partners. But for how long?

Microsoft isn’t about to upset its partners twice. The company has said that it will not release its own smartphone based on Windows Phone 8, contradicting any reports to the contrary.

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Google buys Frommer's travel guides to bulk up reviews

Google stepped further into the travel business on Monday, announcing it had acquired Frommer's, producer of popular travel guidebooks and reviews. While no immediate decision has been made on...

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Intel Chips to Support Wireless Charging by 2014

Intel is betting on wireless charging and plans to build the technology into its products by the end of next year. Transmitters would be built into the notebooks and ultrabooks, with receivers built...

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Court orders music pirate Jammie Thomas-Rasset to pay original fine of $222,000

A U.S. appeals court has reinstated a lower court ruling that found admitted music pirate Jammie Thomas-Rasset guilty of copyright infringement. The Minnesota woman has been ordered to pay the original...

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iLumi's BR30 Outdoor color-tunable smart bulb will bring programmable...

Tapping Bluetooth for command and control eliminates the need for a hub, but it also means iLumi's bulbs can't be integrated into connected-home systems. But that could change.

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Is there still time for 2016 to be the year of the smart home? Maybe

While just one in five broadband households own a smart device, and only one in ten purchased one in 2015, a significant number plan to consider a smart home device this year.

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BeOn key fob review: A convenient accessory for BeOn Smart Security Lighting

While we're still waiting for BeOn's long-promised support for a connected home standard, this new product is a welcome addition to its product line.

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Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) impacts millions; these high-school-age...

The Life Light can turn a window into a phototherapy system.

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