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IDC: Android on 75 pct of smartphones in 3Q
Google's Android software for mobile devices was running on 75 percent of smartphones shipped in the third quarter, as the search company extended its ...
Review: Surface mostly bridges work-play divide
I've been conditioned just like any other consumer to expect certain things from certain companies. When it comes to tablets, I expect Apple's to look ...
Europe takes on Google, looks to Brazil with hope
European news organizations bleeding money and readers are trying to avoid extinction by asking governments in France, Germany and Italy to step in ...
RIM says its new BlackBerry phone in testing
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion said Wednesday that its much-delayed new smartphones are now being tested by 50 wireless carriers around the world
2 top executives leaving Apple
Apple Inc. shook up its executive ranks Monday, saying the head of its store operations is leaving after just six months on the job and the ...
Microsoft: Windows Phone to catch up in apps
Microsoft launched a new version of its Windows Phone software with broad support from smartphone makers, cellphone carriers and app developers as the ...
Pandora refreshes iPhone, Android apps
Internet radio company Pandora is adding more functionality to its mobile apps — showing lyrics and artist information and making it easier to share ...
How new Google Nexus 10 compares with rivals
Google Inc. has announced a larger version of its Nexus tablet computer, one that comes closer to competing with Apple's full-sized iPad and other ...
How new Google Nexus 7 compares with rivals
Google Inc. has refreshed its line of Nexus 7 tablet computers, doubling the storage capacity and offering a cellular version. It comes less than a ...
Ahead of the Bell: Windows Phone event
Coming on the heels of its launch of Windows 8 and the Surface tablet, Microsoft has scheduled an event in San Francisco to kick off its new software ...
Poll: Scant demand for Microsoft's Windows 8
Microsoft bills Windows 8 as a "re-imagining" of the personal computer market's dominant operating system, but the company still has a lot of work to ...
Future of Nokia hangs on Windows Phone 8 rollout
For Nokia, it comes down to this: Is Microsoft's new phone software going to get it back in the smartphone race, or is it going to be too late? After ...
Buying guide: How to get, or avoid, Windows 8
On Friday, Microsoft Corp. released a new version of its Windows operating system, one designed to bring the desktop and laptop experience to tablet ...
From text to touch, a look at Microsoft systems
With Friday's release of the touch-centric Windows 8 software, Microsoft continues more than three decades of making operating systems for personal ...
Windows 8 to bridge gap between PC, mobile devices
Microsoft launched a radical redesign of its world-dominating Windows operating system Thursday, introducing a touch-enabled interface that attempts ...
Microsoft kicks off Windows 8, Surface in NYC
Microsoft kicked off a campaign for its newest operating system, Windows 8, and its Surface tablet computer at New York's Pier 57. Designed to run on ...
Windows 8: Make-or-break moment for Microsoft CEO
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8. On Thursday in New York, Microsoft unveiled a dramatic overhaul of its ...
Holiday gadgets: Samsung launches Note II phone
Samsung Electronics Co. has been running ads touting its Galaxy S III phone as its "next big thing." Now it has something bigger. The S III released ...
Arlington Cemetery debuts new interactive map
Arlington National Cemetery on Monday made available to the public a massive electronic database detailing the gravesites of the roughly 400,000 ...
Holiday gadgets: Windows, iPads and more this week
As the holiday-shopping season approaches, Microsoft and Apple have scheduled major events this week to unveil new gadgets and software. The Microsoft ...
Voice software helps study of rare Yosemite owls
In the bird world, they make endangered condors seem almost commonplace. The unique Great Gray Owls of Yosemite, left to evolve after glacial ice ...
Early look at Windows 8 baffles consumers
The release of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system is a week away, and consumers are in for a shock. Windows, used in one form or another for a ...
Google, Samsung to sell Chrome laptop for $249
Google is dangling a low-priced laptop computer in front of consumers as rivals Microsoft and Apple prepare to release their latest gadgets.