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In Pictures: 8 new features in Chrome (desktop or mobile)

Here are several significant features that have been added recently to the various versions of Chrome

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In Pictures: 12 ways Windows 8 dominates the OS competition

Don't let all the Live Tile bashing fool you. Windows 8 still dominates the OS competition in a dozen crucial aspects.

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In Pictures: The 10 most important milestones in Web browser history

Okay, say you have this shiny new car. It looks great, it performs like a demon, it features all the latest safety gadgets, and it's crawling with creature comforts. Just one problem, though. The local tinkerer, clearly consumed by jealousy, comes by sometime during the night to disassemble the entire thing. Sitting in the middle of a zillion bits and pieces the next morning, you quickly realize how totally useless this marvelously complicated car has become. This is the Internet without a browser. Far more than the blank slate it appears to be, a Web browser is ridiculously sophisticated and entirely capable of morphing the code-crazed reality of the Internet into the Matrix-like façade we now can't live without.

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In Pictures: Sun's stars - Where are they now?

Sun was founded Andy Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla, Scott McNealy and Bill Joy in 1982. Sun went public in 1986 and was raking in $1 billion in annual sales by 1988.

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News about software

Article | 24/05/2013 Puppet gets a more expressive configuration language
With an update to its namesake configuration tool, Puppet Labs has introduced a programming language designed to give administrators more flexibility ...
Article | 24/05/2013 Oracle, managed services provider to settle suit over third-party support
Oracle and managed services provider ServiceKey have come to a proposed settlement of an intellectual-property lawsuit Oracle filed against the compan...
Article | 24/05/2013 SAP shakes up development organization
SAP has abruptly reorganized its development strategy, with SuccessFactors CEO and cloud strategy chief Lars Dalgaard leaving the company and executiv...
Article | 24/05/2013 Microsoft turns Siri against Apple in hilarious new Windows 8 ad
After coming out swinging a few days back with a Surface ad that focused on Office, Microsoft has a new ad that confronts the iPad head-on. And here's...
Article | 23/05/2013 Google tests enhanced notifications in Chrome browser
Google has released a beta version of Chrome that introduces what the company describes as "richer" notifications from the browser's apps and extensio...

Tutorials about software

Article | 22/05/2013 Saving Google Maps destinations for easy navigation
Saving a destination in Google Maps makes it easier to navigate to and also lessens the chance for error when entering or trying to remember an addres...
Article | 18/03/2013 How to make iOS autocorrect work for you
Autocorrect is a boon from the computer gods for anyone engaged in tiny-screen typing, but it's also the bane of every iPhone and iPad user's existenc...
Article | 21/02/2013 How to set up speech and emoji on your iPhone
Your iPhone and iPad can speak aloud any text you can select. In this video, I'll show you how to enable that feature, and how to type emoji symbols i...
Article | 19/02/2013 How to jailbreak your iPhone
Jailbreaking--the process that enables you to install unauthorized-by-Apple third-party apps and additional features on your iPhone, iPod touch, and i...
Article | 18/02/2013 Google Chrome: How to make it faster, smarter and better than before
If you aren't using Google Chrome yet, you should be. When it comes to browser speed--and especially JavaScript performance--Mozilla and Microsoft can...

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Features about software

Article | 17/05/2013 Google woos developers as software becomes more important
Google did its best to court developers at this year's I/O conference with a much-needed integrated developer environment, API for better games and th...
Article | 9/05/2013 What to expect at SAP's Sapphire
SAP's Sapphire conference kicks off next week in Orlando, setting the stage for the company to sell customers on its visions for cloud-based applicati...
Article | 6/05/2013 BMC going private could be the right move at the right time
BMC has agreed to be acquired by a private investment consortium headed by Bain Capital and Golden Capital, in a deal worth about $US6.9 billion.
Article | 2/05/2013 Would you use a Cloud-based version of Windows?
It's been two years since Chromebooks running Google's Chrome OS appeared on store shelves. So far, Google's plan - to turn your Web browser into an o...
Article | 2/05/2013 How Apple could improve typing on the iPad
The iPad's virtual keyboard could be better than it is. Furthermore, some of the issues here extend to both physical and virtual keyboards.

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Whitepapers about software

Delta Takes Off with HP Quality Software

Delta Airlines had one overall objective in mind to support applications quality testing and drive QA process improvements without adding staff. David Moses, Quality Assurance Manager of Delta Airlines takes you through how he achieved efficiency within his Quality Assurance (QA) organisation. Read more.
Evaluating the Out-of-the-Box Experience
Redbook - WebSphere Application Server V8.5 Concepts, Planning, and Design Guide
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Reviews

Apple Mac OS X Lion

Mac OS X Lion review: a shock to the system

Keynote for iPhone

Apple Keynote review: This app remains a work in progress

Numbers for iPhone

Numbers for iPhone review: Not all is perfect in Numbers-land

Flipboard for iPad

This "social magazine" iPad app works best when the reader-generated material is actually interesting

Adobe Premiere Pro CS5

Adobe's updated version of Premiere Pro CS5 offers new, cutting-edge features for professional video editors

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