Stories by: Sharon Machlis

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    Hands-on: 5 wireless keyboards for the iPad 22/09/2011 00:46:00

    Even if you're comfortable with the iPad 2's on-screen keyboard and can happily tap out a status update or quick email, you might not want to use it for tasks like writing a lengthy report. One option is to ditch the tablet for a full-fledged laptop -- but it might be just as easy to add a wireless Bluetooth keyboard to the iPad.
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    HP's PC division, by the (profit and growth) numbers 24/08/2011 20:15:00

    Why would a company give up its market-leading position in a major hardware segment -- especially if that business is still profitable? That was one question a number of customers were asking after Hewlett-Packard (HP) said it's looking to sell its Personal Systems Group and get out of the PC business -- despite being the top vendor of personal computers worldwide.
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    Android vs. iPhone and iPad by the numbers 10/06/2011 00:56:00

    It looks increasingly like Android will be the major challenger to both Apple's iPhone and iPad.
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    22 free tools for data visualization and analysis 21/04/2011 03:53:00

    You may not think you've got much in common with an investigative journalist or an academic medical researcher. But if you're trying to extract useful information from an ever-increasing inflow of data, you'll likely find visualization useful - whether it's to show patterns or trends with graphics instead of mountains of text, or to try to explain complex issues to a nontechnical audience.
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    Apple vs. Microsoft by the numbers 20/04/2011 04:10:00

    A little less than a year ago, Wall Street reached a Microsoft vs. Apple milestone: for the first time, Apple's corporate value surpassed Microsoft's.
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    Facebook ends end-run around U.S. securities laws 18/01/2011 06:24:00

    There was another question about the planned Facebook stock offering that went beyond whether the social media leader is a good investment now or if it's overpriced. A more serious issue was how investment banker Goldman Sachs was structuring a "private placement" deal to skirt U.S. securities law.
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    NASA: Key antenna fails as Discovery enters orbit 06/04/2010 04:04:00

    After a successful launch early this morning, NASA officials later discovered a snag when the space shuttle Discovery entered its orbit around the earth.
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    Must-have keyboard shortcut apps for Windows 20/02/2010 08:44:00

    I've been a keyboard shortcut fan for a long time. Sure, icons and eye candy have their place -- I'd rather double-click an icon than, say, type run c:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office 12\Winword.exe. On the other hand, I'd sure rather click a file name and hit delete than drag an icon to my Recycle Bin (assuming I can even find it on my cluttered desktop).
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    Free Web apps to help organise your holidays 21/11/2009 03:12:00

    It's That Time of Year again, and even if you don't celebrate The Holidays, chances are you have other people in your life who do. There's so much to get done as the end of year approaches, it can be hard to keep track of it all. And while paper might work for your own holiday wish list, these free Web apps can help organize the rest.
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    10 AppleScripts to make you love your Mac (even more) 22/05/2009 09:06:00

    Why, when people were trying to get me to switch from Windows to a Mac, did no one tell me about AppleScript?
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    Ruby on Rails rolls into the enterprise 20/11/2008 12:26:00

    The New York Times used Ruby on Rails to pull together, analyze and display election results in near real time on one of its busiest Web traffic days ever. How did nytimes.com scale up Rails -- a framework known for quick development turnaround but less than lightning fast performance?
 
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