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In 1998, Ask Ars was an early feature of the newly launched Ars Technica. Now, as then, it's all about your questions and our community's answers. Eac...
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One of the earliest uses of the word Droid came in Star Wars when Obe-wan Kenobe when approached by some Storm Troopers said “These aren’t the droids ...
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IBM has demonstrated a high-speed storage system that uses solid-state memory and a parallel file system With an eye toward helping tomorrow's data-de...
Read MoreBest free Portable Applications.
This list provides a collection of portable apps from across Gizmo's Freeware and other sites. Portable freeware is an amazing development and is forc...
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Let’s assume for a moment, that you just got a call from ———– (fill in the blank), who wants you to walk him through transferring files from one compu...
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A prominent online marketer that helps websites deliver targeted ads has been exploiting a decade-old browser flaw that leaks the history of websites ...
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Google Inc has removed excerpts of customer reviews from sites such as Yelp and TripAdvisor from Google Places, its competing online service aimed at ...
Read MoreKinect Beyond Xbox and Windows 8, Heading to Smartphones, Laptops
Kinect, the standalone natural user interface sensor that provides controller-free experiences to Xbox 360 console owners is just at the start of its ...
Read MoreDescription of the System Update Readiness Tool
A reminder....... Article ID: 947821 -Last Review: July 22, 2011 - Revision: 14.0 This article describes the System Update Readiness Tool for Windows ...
Read MoreGoogle Dumps Toolbar Support For Firefox
Firefox is walking an awkward rope with Google. Mozilla receives – and has always received – a lot of funding for Firefox from the Big G, but analysts...
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