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| Terry Myerson / Blogging Windows: |
Windows 10 available for PCs and tablets from July 29, users qualified for free upgrade can reserve it today — Hello World: Windows 10 Available on July 29 — Today, I'm excited to share the availability date for Windows 10. In fact, I thought I'd let Cortana, the world's most personal digital assistant, share the news.
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| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Online reseller Newegg leaks Windows 10 OEM pricing: Home package is $109.99, Pro package is $149.99 — Online reseller leaks OEM prices and on-sale dates for Windows 10 — Summary:A major software reseller in the U,S, has begun taking preorders for Windows 10 OEM software …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Asus ZenWatch 2 brings a choice of sizes to Android Wear, offers 18 different combinations of colors and materials — Asus brings a choice of sizes to Android Wear with ZenWatch 2 — The only way for Computex, Asia's foremost tech exhibition, to get going is with a deluge of announcements … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Asus' new Transformer Book comes with Windows 10, USB Type-C, and 14 hours of battery life — Among an avalanche of products revealed today at Computex Taipei, Asus has announced the Transformer Book T100HA, the follow-up to its inexpensive T100 Windows 8 2-in-1 device.| Brandon Chester / AnandTech: |
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| Facebook: |
Facebook to allow OpenPGP public keys in profiles, can be used for encrypting notification emails — Securing Email Communications from Facebook — It's very important to us that the people who use Facebook feel safe and can trust that their connection to Facebook is secure … | Wall Street Journal: |
Intel Agrees to Buy Altera for $16.7 Billion — On-again-off-again deal is latest acquisition in active semiconductor sector — Intel Corp. agreed to buy Altera Corp. for roughly $16.7 billion in cash, a long-discussed deal seen helping Intel defend a crucial business.| Guemmy Kim / The Official Google Blog: |
Google launches My Account hub for managing privacy and security settings across all its services — Keeping your personal information private and safe—and putting you in control — We've all been there at some point or another... Everyday, we make choices that affect our privacy and security online.| Aloysius Low / CNET: |
Nvidia's new graphics card pushes for better 4K — Nvidia announced a new flagship graphics card delivering smoother 4K graphics for PC gamers, plus new G-Sync screen technology for smoother gaming on laptops.
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Engadget, The Official NVIDIA Blog, Laptop Mag, Engadget, The Tech Report, AnandTech, PCWorld and The Verge
| Guardian: |
Senate advances USA Freedom Act, but vote on bill likely won't come for several days, causing temporary shutdown of some Patriot Act powers — Patriot Act powers to lapse at midnight as Senate fails to agree on NSA reform — Surveillance hawks concede defeat as Rand Paul forces shutdown …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
FBI indicts Louisianan technician for selling counterfeit coupons on Silk Road and Silk Road 2; consultant estimates damages in the tens of millions of dollars — Inside a Giant Dark-Web Scheme to Sell Counterfeit Coupons — The dark web has become notorious for the sale of drugs …
Tweets: @rickhholland
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Debuts A $99 Kindle Bundle For Kids Including An E-Reader, Cover And Warranty — Amazon wants parents to buy Kindles for their children and is today launching a discounted “Kindle for Kids Bundle” to encourage them to do so. This new package includes the combination of a Kindle e-reader … | Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica UK: |
Dutch firm Nerdalize launches data furnaces: cloud servers installed in homes with fiber connections supply free heat — Data furnaces arrive in Europe: Free heating, if you have fibre Internet — What costs between €400 and €500 (£290 and £360) to set up … Sponsor Posts
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