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Google Sees a Bright Future in Smart Shades

Created on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:42 | Written by escarseve |

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Reports that Google is working on special glasses that will stream information to a display in one lens in real time have once again surfaced. The glasses will apparently hit retail shelves by the end of the year. They will be priced in about the same ballpark as new smartphones, meaning they'll likely fall into the $250 to $600 price range....

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Sony Hunts for Hardcore Gamers With New Vita Handheld

Created on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:11 | Written by escarseve |

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Sony officially launched its PlayStation Vita handheld gaming console in the United States on Wednesday, a week after it was made available online in a premium bundle. The WiFi-only version of the console is available at $250; the 3G/WiFi version goes for $300. Several games have been made available, and Sony on Wednesday added apps for...

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WordGrinder: Good, Old-Fashioned Text Editing Power

Created on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 08:00 | Written by escarseve |

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If you spend endless hours at a keyboard crunching words, avoiding distractions is essential. Sometimes, the worst offender in causing distractions comes from all the bells and whistles in the word processor itself. That is where WordGrinder comes to the rescue. In today's Linux world of GUI-filled desktops, using a text editor that runs...

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Will Microsoft Open a Branch Office in iPad Land?

Created on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 12:49 | Written by escarseve |

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A sighting "in the wild" of Microsoft Office for the iPad set speculative tongues wagging Tuesday, even as the Redmond crew denied the existence of the app. The software's interface contained elements of Microsoft's only app for the iPad, OneNote, and its Metro interface found in the company's mobile operating system Windows Phone 7 and its...

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Is Anonymous Plotting a Power Play?

Created on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:34 | Written by escarseve |

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The United States National Security Agency has cautioned that the Anonymous hacker community might be able to cause a limited power outage through a cyberattack, according to a recent report. NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander has warned of the potential attack during meetings at the White House and in other private sessions, according to the...

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When in the Cloud, Trust - but Verify

Created on Wednesday, 22 February 2012 08:00 | Written by escarseve |

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Quite a lot has been written about the importance of due-diligence in a cloud environment. Sometimes the importance of security and compliance-related vetting in the cloud is easy to justify, like when you're evaluating off-premise public cloud hosted at a new service provider. Other times, executives might take some convincing, like when...

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Google Sees a Bright Future in Smart Shades

Sony Hunts for Hardcore Gamers With New Vita Handheld

WordGrinder: Good, Old-Fashioned Text Editing Power

Will Microsoft Open a Branch Office in iPad Land?

Is Anonymous Plotting a Power Play?

When in the Cloud, Trust - but Verify

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