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Windows Version of Quicken on the Mac

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox May 21, 2013 at 6:14 pm PT

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The Onion, Yahoo-Hulu and Android on Windows — 10 Things You Need to See on AllThingsD This Week

Eric Johnson in News May 12, 2013 at 9:18 am PT

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Adventures in Floppy Disk Transfers

in Product Reviews on April 1 at 6:00 am PT

Have a pile of old floppy disks and no disk drive to read them with? Here are some file transfer options.
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Acer President Wong: Consumers Are Still Confused by Windows 8

in Product News on January 7 at 12:09 pm PT

More fightin’ words from Acer.
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Going Beyond Personal Productivity, Evernote Launches App for Businesses

in Product News on December 4, 2012 at 8:32 am PT

Evernote is getting down to business.
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Lenovo: Expect More “Pure Media-Based” Android Devices in New Year

in Product News on October 9, 2012 at 4:05 pm PT

October might be all about Windows 8, but Lenovo says it isn’t closing the door on Android.
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Lenovo IdeaPad S2110: A Solid Convertible, but It Won’t Blow Your Hair Back

in Product Reviews on September 24, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

The IdeaPad’s power-packed keyboard is this tablet’s saving grace.
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HTC Enters the Windows 8 Race With 8X and 8S Smartphones

in Product News on September 19, 2012 at 8:32 am PT

Ready, set, Windows: HTC shows off its first “signature” Windows 8 smartphones.
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ESPN Retools Radio App, Launches on iPad

in Product News on May 15, 2012 at 7:00 am PT

ESPN is boasting better sound and offline listening with its new $4.99 radio app. Like rabid sports fans needed an excuse to download it.
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HP Envy Spectre 14: A Premium Ultrabook, at a Premium Price

in Product Reviews on April 2, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

HP’s Ultrabook, the Envy Spectre 14, is a good-looking, fast laptop. Is it worth $1,400?
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Still Waiting on Office for iPad? OnLive’s New Subscription Service Has Office, Flash and More.

in News on February 22, 2012 at 4:55 pm PT

For those of you still holding your breath while you wait for an official Microsoft Office app to come to iPad, here’s something that might help in the interim: OnLive Desktop Plus, a premium, $4.99-a-month version of the OnLive Desktop app for iPad and other tablet devices. The newest version of the app offers a cloud-based Internet Explorer 9, Adobe Flash, and PDF capabilities, in addition to the full Office suite and the “accelerated browsing experience” that OnLive created for fast pushing and pulling of data on a remote-access desktop.

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Details on Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Leaked

in Mobile on February 2, 2012 at 2:29 pm PT

Windows Phone 8, Microsoft’s next mobile operating system, is expected to include support for multicore processors, microSD card storage and NFC capabilities, Pocketnow.com reports, citing a leaked video hosted by senior vice president and Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore. While the current version features a similar “Metro” user interface as Microsoft’s Windows 8 OS for desktops, it uses a Windows CE core that is quite different from desktop Windows. Windows Phone 8, according to the leaks, will be based on a desktop Windows core. Windows Phone 8 is rumored to be launching sometime in the fourth quarter; Microsoft declined to comment on the reports.

Boxee to Release Last Software Update for PCs

Posted by Lauren Goode in Commerce, December 26, 2011 at 4:32 pm PT

Apps for Last-Minute Holiday Shoppers

Posted by Lauren Goode in Commerce, December 21, 2011 at 2:09 pm PT

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3-D Laptop? HP Hopes So.

Posted by Lauren Goode in Commerce, December 6, 2011 at 4:01 pm PT

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