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Sprint to sell Apple’s iPhone 5? That’s the rumor
August 24, 2011 – 9:00 pm | No Comment

Apple’s highly-anticipated iPhone 5 is coming to Sprint this fall — that is according to the latest rumor the fifth-generation iPhone. And while iPhone rumors have been rampant on the web for the last few years, they’re also often inaccurate and as such, should be viewed skeptically until definitive announcements are made, in this case [...]

Tired of Patent Wars? Use Open Source Instead
August 24, 2011 – 9:00 pm | No Comment

Legal battles may be slowing proprietary innovation to a crawl, but open source software just keeps getting better.

Microsoft Exec Tries to Spin ‘Post-PC’ Era Into ‘PC Plus’
August 24, 2011 – 5:09 pm | No Comment

Microsoft isn’t too happy with the “post-PC” title Steve Jobs and others like to use for our increasingly tablet- and smartphone-centric world. With Jobs’ passion for everything sleek, thin and mobile, and consumers eating out of the palm of his hand, it seems like the PC giants of yore are being left in the dust.

Apple Eyes Free iPhone for the Masses
August 23, 2011 – 10:05 am | No Comment

NEW YORK, (TheStreet) — The prospects of a free Apple iPhone continue to emerge, this time from Reuters. Apple is working on a stripped-down Apple iPhone, which helps heighten speculation that the company has decided to go with a freebie to crack the low-end market. Apple is replacing the 16-gigabyte flash memory with cheaper 8-gigabyte [...]

It’s a Roll of the Dice for Linux Game Makers
August 23, 2011 – 7:34 am | No Comment

If you had the option to pick your own price for a computer game that only runs on your Linux rig, would you pay to play? Not if you are a typical Linux gamer. At least, that’s the popular perception of fans of free and open source software. Linux is available freely. So why pay [...]

Microsoft Bets on USB 3.0 With Windows 8 [VIDEO]
August 22, 2011 – 4:46 pm | No Comment

Microsoft has revealed that Windows 8 will boast “robust” support for USB 3.0 devices, though it will continue to support old USB specifications.

iPhone criminal case gives Apple more options
August 22, 2011 – 6:17 am | No Comment

Last year, Apple’s lawyers warned Gizmodo’s parent company that offering cash for prototypes was “illegal.” New criminal charges make it easier for Apple to file a civil lawsuit.

Microsoft turns off advertising supercookies on MSN.com
August 22, 2011 – 5:46 am | No Comment

Tracking software persisted after deleting cookie cache Microsoft has disabled an online tracking technology that a Stanford University researcher said allowed the company to track users on MSN.com, even after they deleted browser cookies and other identifiers.