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Digital Easter eggs: A developer's secret message to you
Mar 29, 2013
In the digital world, an Easter egg is a hidden message snuck into a computer program, video game, or website where it shouldn’t be.
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For software giant Oracle, the cloud of doom
Mar 20, 2013
For years, Oracle's business has been selling big, expensive computers to hold all your data. The cloud has upended that business model and Oracle's latest profit report could tell us if the company is adjusting.
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It's Patch Tuesday! Party time!
Mar 11, 2013
For IT professionals, Microsoft has invented a holiday -- of sorts. The second Tuesday of every month is the day Microsoft releases the latest batch of security patches for it's software: Patch Tuesday. This week, the company has more than half-dozen security fixes, as cyber threats mount for Microsoft and Apple software.
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Software update for your iPhone! Should you accept?
Feb 25, 2013
Last week NASA lost direct contact with the International Space Station while updating their computer software. NASA may have learned their lesson, but have you?
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Facebook to pay one billion for Instagram
Apr 9, 2012
The company's photo-sharing app and social network will be Facebook's biggest acquisition yet
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What if car makers released 'beta' versions?
Dec 5, 2011
Companies who produce technology, from Apple to Google to Marketplace, rely on the "beta" release to get new products to market before they're bug free. But are we too liberal with the term?
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Me want to be first
Oct 13, 2011
Apple users are clamoring to get the newest updates, including the just released iOS 5 for the iPhone and storage via iCloud. Well all that ruckus...
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Scareware ring busted, cyber palookas shut down, gave them a little chin music see?
Jun 23, 2011
This memo item brought to you by a poor imitation of Edward G. Robinson....
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You can rent Photoshop now
Apr 11, 2011
Adobe announced an upgrade to its Creative Suite software. No big change to the best known product in the package, Photoshop, except when it comes...
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