Yahoo to lay off 2,000 workers
As expected, Yahoo today announced that it will lay off a large number of its employees. The company said this morning that it will begin notifying about 2,000 employees of their “job elimination or...
View ArticleTwitter, Facebook go retro like Google Maps
Here is some funny news! If Google’s April Fools’ Day re imagining of its Maps service for the Nintendo Entertainment System didn’t provide you with enough retro absurdity for one week, check out Dutch...
View ArticleFacebook Security Hole Found on iPhone, Android Devices
Exclusive Facebook’s iOS and Android clients don’t encrypt users’ logon credentials, leaving them languishing in a folder accessible to other apps or USB connections. Turns out Facebook was already...
View ArticleWindows 3.1: Twenty Years Later – WOW!
Wow already 20 years past! Two decades ago, Microsoft launched Windows 3.1. This first attempt to move beyond the operating system’s DOS roots introduced many features we recognize in Windows today....
View ArticleMicrosoft to pay $1 billion for rights to entire AOL patent portfolio
Microsoft has agreed to pay AOL $1.056 billion to acquire 800 patents and gain licenses to the rest of the patents AOL will continue to own after the pending sale. It leaked out a few weeks ago that...
View ArticleNew Chrome OS for ChromeBooks
The new Chrome OS window manager is dubbed “Aura.” According Google, Aura will offer “rich visuals, large-scale animated transitions and effects that can be produced only with the assistance of...
View ArticleNew Security Features on Windows 8
When Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows 8, hits the market on Oct. 26, it will be chock-full of new and enhanced features aimed at giving users more security than ever before. Windows 8 uses an...
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