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Update Java but skip the shovelware
Java’s recent security problems hasn’t stopped its smarmy practice of foisting the Ask-dot-com toolbar or McAfee’s Security Scanner on you every time you update Java. In case you didn’t notice, or were wondering how either of those products got installed on your computer, Java was the likely culprit. This wouldn’t be so bad, except the Java
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Gmail Windows Phone 7 Users Stranded on Feb 1
According to The Verge, Google notified Microsoft of its plans to discontinue support for ActiveSync on the Gmail platform last year, and has recently notified Microsoft that the cut-off is coming on Jan 30, despite Microsoft’s efforts to get a 6-month extension from Google. ActiveSync is widely used to sync calendar and contact data from
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If you want Windows 8, get it now!
Microsoft has announced that it will be raising the price of Windows 8 upgrades at the end of January to the full retail cost of $119 to $199 for the Pro version. The downloadable upgrade from Windows 7 to 8 is currently available for $39.99, and there is a boxed, retail version available for $69.99,
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BlackBerry Faithful: Your Day is Approaching
Research In Motion (RIM), makers of the once-dominant BlackBerry platform, has announced the launch date of its BlackBerry 10 phones to be January 30 by all the major US carriers except Sprint, who has promised a BB10 phone later in the year. Many analysts believe that this launch is the last-ditch effort by RIM to
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Facebook Debuts New Search Functionality
Facebook has announced the arrival of a new feature dubbed “Graph Search” which will allow its users to create custom pages that are built from content derived from plain-language search phrases, such as “People who like the things I like.” Graph Search will store that query as a page that can be revisited, and as
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Java 7 Flaw Prompts Widespread Warnings
Carnegie Mellon University’s CERT and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a broad warning about using the latest version of the Java 7 plug-in for web browsers, and some browser manufacturers have already taken steps to disable Java application execution until the vulnerability can be fixed. The security flaw is already being exploited in
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