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Time magazine gets official Windows Phone app

John Callaham — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:38:21 +0100

Time magazine has launched its official app for Windows Phone devices, allowing owners of those smartphones access to articles and more from the famed weekly news magazine. Read more...

Lots of tech names among Time's 100 most influential people

John Callaham — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:48:41 +0100

The 2012 edition of Time magazine's 100 most influential people list includes executives at Apple, Facebook and Spotify, along with Netscape creator Marc Andreessen and even Anonymous. Read more...

Mark Zuckerberg named Time's Person of the Year

Brad Sams — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:01:25 +0000

Facebook has changed the way we communicate and has enhanced our ability to share embarrassing photos. Facebook has been nothing short of a major success for not only connecting people around from around the world,... Read more...

ThePirateBay owners may face prison time

Andrew Lyle — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 07:14:46 +0000

ThePirateBay owners, Hans Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde and Carl LundstrÃ¶mare set to appear in court on Monday and could face two years in prison and a fine as high as $180,000 each.... Read more...

Time Warner Cable to expand bandwidth caps, 40GB per month

Brad Sams — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:08:55 +0000

TWC will be expanding its test of bandwidth caps to more cities in the coming weeks. Beaumont, Texas was the testing ground for TWC and has decided that its 40 GB caps for internet... Read more...

Time travel to ancient Rome with Google Earth

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:58:56 +0000

Google has today announced the launch of Ancient Rome 3D, a layer for Google Earth allowing users to explore the ancient city of Rome as it stood in 320 AD, under Emperor Constantine. Ancient Rome... Read more...

Live Search cashback offers double rewards for limited time

Taimur Asad — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:35:12 +0100

Microsoft is going a step further with their Live Search cashback offer. They are doubling the rewards just in time as part of their back to school deal. Here is an excerpt from Microsoft PressPass:... Read more...

World's oldest blogger signs off for the last time, aged 108

Steven Parker — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:04:27 +0100

An Australian woman renowned as the world's oldest blogger has died at the age of 108. Her last post described her ailing health but also how she still sang a happy song every day. Olive... Read more...

Time Warner Cable tries metering Internet use

Troll — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:10:53 +0100

You're used to paying extra if you use up your cell phone minutes, but will you be willing to pay extra if your home computer goes over its Internet allowance? Time Warner Cable Inc. customers... Read more...

Brown takes question time online

Tom Warren — Mon, 19 May 2008 11:48:27 +0100

Gordon Brown has taken Prime Minister's Questions online, through the magic of YouTube. The scheme will see the Prime Minister answering video clip questions sent in to the Downing Street YouTube site by members of... Read more...

The SNES is the greatest console of all time

EL1TE — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:50:37 +0000

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Over the past few months, I decided to go back in time and relive the days of old. Instead of wasting my day doing things that just weren't productive, I decided to get all of... Read more...

Turkey Bans YouTube for Second Time

Slimy — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:33:31 +0000

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A Turkish court has again blocked access to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube because of clips allegedly insulting the country's founding father; the first ban was also due to clips deemed disrespectful to Mustafa... Read more...

Time Warner Links Web Prices With Usage

RangerLG — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:40:20 +0000

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Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for high-speed Internet access later this year, charging customers based on how much data they download, a company spokesman said Wednesday. The company, the second-largest... Read more...

Three reasons why CES is a waste of time

EL1TE — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:47:26 +0000

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For those of you who have made it to CES at least once in your life, you probably know all about the amount walking and waiting in line and shoving that goes in to any... Read more...

Apple Trades at $200 for the First Time

Slimy — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:56:22 +0000

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On Wednesday, shares of Apple Incorporated peaked at the $200 mark for the first time ever; they now stand at $198.95. Apple shares have traded between $76.77 and $199.33 in the past year, rising steadily... Read more...

Mozilla scrambles to patch Firefox for second time this week

Steven Parker — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:59:16 +0000

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Mozilla Corp. will probably release a Firefox update tomorrow to patch a bug in the just-released 2.0.0.10 version, according to the company's bug database. If so, it would mark the first time that Mozilla has... Read more...

Top 10 worst IT disasters of all time

Steven Parker — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:08:17 +0000

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Following the loss of the personal records of some 25 million child benefit recipients by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs this month, the UK government will be acutely aware of how quickly mismanagement of technology... Read more...

MS wins Patent Suit over tech that improves XP Boot Time

Slimy — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:06:31 +0000

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Acacia, a company that buys patents and sues other companies, bought U.S. patent 5933639, which was issued in 1999 to Acceleration Software International Corporation, and formed a company called Computer Acceleration Corporation, which then took... Read more...

NY Times: Gaming magazines having a hard time lately

Todd Tanner — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:32:32 +0000

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Noel Goodman subscribes to three video game magazines, but he wants information faster than the magazines can reach his mailbox. "I can find out on the Internet information that won't be in magazines for another... Read more...

Microsoft & Daylight Savings Time in North America

Slimy — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:32:20 +0000

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Because this year, Daylight Savings Time starts three weeks earlier than normal, on March 11th, 2007, and it is ending one week later than usual, on November 4th, all software on your computer needs appropriate... Read more...