Microsoft Surface RT: Better than Surface Pro? Not necessarily

First off, let me just say that the Microsoft Surface RT is the coolest tablet out there.  It puts the iPad to shame and has become, in a very short time, everything HP had hoped for when they had released a tablet computer with the now-defunct HP WebOS.  It's fast, seriously sleek, and comes with full-blown Windows 8.  Well,...

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Stop Quicktime and Preview from Auto-Restoring What You Left Open

May 21, 13 Stop Quicktime and Preview from Auto-Restoring What You Left Open

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OS X: Auto-restore works great when you want to pick back up where you left off working, but how many times do you leave open a photo or video you actually want to see again when you re-open Preview or Quicktime? A couple of terminal commands can disable this annoying—and potentially embarrassing—feature of OSX. Enter this...

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Keep Is Google's New Syncing Notes Service that Quickly Captures Your Thoughts

Mar 20, 13 Keep Is Google's New Syncing Notes Service that Quickly Captures Your Thoughts

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Android: Google Keep is a new app that seeks to save whatever you're currently thinking about so you don't have to remember. Although not the first app to try and solve this problem, Google's integrated Keep directly into Drive to make it easier to use. Keep organizes everything in a colorful tile interface. Each one shows you a...

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Stuck on what Facebook comment to write? Read on...

Mar 16, 13 Stuck on what Facebook comment to write?  Read on...

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Carnegie Mellon's Chimp robot is reporting for duty, sir

Mar 16, 13 Carnegie Mellon's Chimp robot is reporting for duty, sir

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  See that guy? He's for real. He's also from Pittsburgh. A team of wizards from Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center is presently building a new "human-scale" robot in order to compete in DARPA's Robotics Challenge. Part of its charm revolves around the rubberized tracks on its feet as well as on...

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Switched On: Tablets offer a new choice for voice

Mar 11, 13 Switched On: Tablets offer a new choice for voice

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  The term "phablet" has always been, at best, a relative descriptor. It kicked in with the release of the original Galaxy Note even though the voice-enabled Dell Streak had beaten that product to market. And while the portmanteau raises the question of whether there is any meaningful difference between a phone and tablet...

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