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Larry Tesler, creator of copy and paste, dies at 74

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 15:34:02 +0000

The creator of the cut, copy, and paste functions, Larry Tesler, died on Monday at the age of 74 according to one of his previous employers, Xerox. He also worked at Apple, Amazon and Yahoo!. Read more...

Microsoft Teams is replacing Skype for Business

Usama Jawad — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it is replacing Skype for Business with Teams - which has been generally available for just a little over six months - as the core communication client in Office 365. Read more...

Apple pokes fun at Windows 10 logo, replaces it with a normal window

Usama Jawad — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 12:40:13 +0000

In a rather unexpected turn of events, Apple has taken a jab at Microsoft by replacing the Windows logo on the iCloud support page with a blatantly obvious logo of a normal window. Read more...

HTC offers free phone replacement if you crack your screen

Jett Goldsmith — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 04:55:41 +0000

As part of their new 'Customer Advantage' program, HTC has announced that they will replace any HTC One-series phone for free if the screen is broken or cracked. Read more...

Want to bring back Windows Live Messenger? Here's how

Max Slater-Robins — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:09:13 +0000

Microsoft recently discontinued Windows Live Messenger in favour of Skype, meaning many of us no longer have access to chat logs or the familiarity of MSN. Now, there is a way to bring it back. Read more...

Yahoo to replace CEO Jerry Yang

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:17:48 +0000

Yahoo announced late Monday it is seeking to replace CEO Jerry Yang, who has decided to return to his former role as Chief Yahoo! upon the appointment of his successor as CEO. Yang assumed the... Read more...

Microsoft to replace MSN Groups with Windows Live Groups

Tom Warren — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:29:28 +0000

Microsoft has been planning to remove MSN Groups and re brand them with Windows Live since the introduction of Windows Live. Now it seems Windows Live Groups will launch on November 17th, replacing MSN Groups,... Read more...

Dell to replace wonky keyboards

Steven Parker — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:58:42 +0000

Dell has offered to replace the keyboards on a recent batch of Vostro laptops, which had the keys in the wrong places. The problem was flagged by blogger Jake Gordon who pointed out that his... Read more...

AT&T to replace batteries after explosions and fires

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:17:08 +0000

AT&T Inc said on Wednesday it will replace 17,000 batteries mostly used to back up power supply for its U-verse television network after two fires and two explosions in a little over a year. The... Read more...

Carbon could replace silicon in next-gen transistors

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:33:01 +0000

US engineers have developed a technique that replaces silicon with carbon to make next-generation semiconductors. Boffins at Princeton University said that the electronics industry has pushed the capabilities of silicon - the material at the... Read more...

Broadcom: 802.11n unlikely to replace 802.11g

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 10:27:00 +0000

Broadcom has revised its outlook for 802.11n chips, envisioning that 802.11n is unlikely to replace 802.11g as the mainstream technology standard for the WLAN market, according to Michael Hurlston, vice president and general manager of... Read more...

Opera to replace Flash, iPhone has its first app

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:30:05 +0000

Opera Software officials confirmed today that it is developing native video functionality for its mobile browser that will replace the ubiquitous Adobe Flash plug-in. "What we are doing is adding video capability directly into the... Read more...

Who will replace Bill Gates?

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:46:09 +0000

Since joining Microsoft I've heard Bills name in conversations with me so many times now that It's quite disturbing to be honest. In that, a lot of the time I get the "yeah well tell... Read more...

Suit calls on Dell Canada to replace notebooks

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:55:09 +0000

Dell Canada Inc. faces a lawsuit filed by an Ontario man on behalf of Canadians who own certain models of Inspiron notebook computers with purported defects that cause complete system failure, the plaintiff's lawyer announced... Read more...

AT&T to Replace Cingular Brand on Monday

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:54:05 +0000

The Cingular brand name will be gone in a few days and will be replaced with the AT&T brand. Yeah, I hear the Apple fanboys' worried whimpers. What about the Apple iPhone? Jobs announced it... Read more...

Cell Companies to Replace 1.3 Million Batteries

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:38:24 +0000

NTT DoCoMo and Mitsubishi Electric are planning to replace around 1.3 million batteries manufactured by Sanyo Electric because they may overheat and catch fire, the companies said today. The batteries were manufactured before June 2006... Read more...

Sony Will Replace PS3 Controllers

Joe Cashman — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:12:54 +0000

Sony today told GamesIndustry.biz that the company will provide a service to replace wireless PS3 controllers "when and if" their lithium batteries degrade. A report on GamesRadar.com observed that the pads do not feature removable... Read more...

Samsung: PRAM to replace NOR flash memory

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:14:41 +0000

Samsung Electronics unveiled a new kind of memory chip Monday, PRAM (phase-change RAM), aimed at replacing NOR flash memory in mobile phones. The new kind of chip, which will be commercially available in 2008,... Read more...

Airlines to replace 'no smoking' with 'no mobile'

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 15:18:10 +0000

"No mobile" signs are to replace the outdated "no smoking" signs above airline seats with the introduction of in-flight mobile phone services in Europe next year. The technology, developed by Airbus and Sita joint venture... Read more...

Multi Replace 2.1 Pro.

Thu, 18 Nov 2004 07:43:34 +0000

Multi Replace 2.1 Pro is released. Search and replace text segments in multiple files simultaneously. Multi Replace is a batch search and replace tool that is capable of performing these functions in... Read more...

NV41 to quietly replace 6800 standard

Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:23:32 +0000

Even though we've seen some documents that made it very clear that the NV41 will end up with 6700 name, our better informed moles told us that this won't happen. From the beginning, Nvidia wanted... Read more...

NV41 to replace 6800 standard

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 16:19:42 +0000

NVIDIA'S NV41 WON'T be any kind of boom chip but will have just one goal. To be cheaper then NV40, Geforce 6800 non Ultra or standard, as the graphics chip firm dubs it. It seems... Read more...

Will IM replace e-mail?

Sat, 04 Oct 2003 07:41:02 +0000

While businesses and consumers are warming to the idea of instant messaging as an effective communications tool they are still certain it will never overthrow e-mail. silicon.com surveyed 1,000 readers and a staggering 52 per... Read more...

Will Flat Panels Ever Replace CRTs?

Sun, 23 Jun 2002 11:58:04 +0000

Pity the poor cathode ray tube (CRT). When placed next to a sleek flat-panel monitor, a CRT looks bulky and archaic, as much a remnant of the recent past as a rotary-dial phone. ... Read more...

HP to replace power cords for printers

Fri, 08 Mar 2002 02:59:38 +0000

HP will replace upon request certain power cord sets that are sold with its inkjet printers because of possible shock hazards, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday. While no... Read more...

BMG Will Replace Its First Anti-Piracy CD.

Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:04:34 +0000

Spotted this over at CD Freaks. BMG will replace its anti-piracy cd of Natie Imbruglia's new album White Lilles Island with a non-anti-piracy copy after recieving a lot of angry feedback from its... Read more...