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Google unveils maps, photo, music features

Google's sixth annual conference for software developers opened Wednesday with a chance for the company to showcase its latest services.

Common Windows 8 gripes and possible solutions

Windows 8 is the most radical overhaul of Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95 came out nearly two decades ago.

Microsoft touching up Windows 8 to address gripes

The changes, part of a software package given the codename "Blue," are a tacit acknowledgment of the shortcomings in Windows 8, a radical overhaul of Microsoft Corp.'s ubiquitous operating system.

Momentum grows for alternative phone system Tizen

Tizen will rub shoulders with another newcomer, Firefox OS, as well as Microsoft's Windows Phone and a revamped BlackBerry operating system.

Microsoft's IE 10 browser coming to Windows 7 PCs

Tuesday's release of Internet Explorer 10 is aimed at PCs running on Windows 7, the most used version of Microsoft Corp.'s flagship operating system for PCs.

HP sells webOS operating system to LG Electronics

Hewlett-Packard says it is selling its webOS operating system technology to South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. for an undisclosed sum.

HP to make $169 Android tablet, eschewing Windows

Most tablet makers, including Samsung and Amazon, have chosen Android as the best and cheapest operating system for products that can compete against Apple's iPad.

A look at BlackBerry maker Research in Motion

The company says it has hired J.P. Morgan and RBC Capital Markets to help evaluate various strategies, including opportunities to partner with other companies and to license software.

Microsoft may have exited gadget show prematurely

When Ballmer ended Microsoft's 13-year streak of kicking off CES, he was only able to provide a peek at a makeover of the operating system that was still months away from being completed.

Gadget Watch: Pen makes old monitors touch-ready

Many people who have tried Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system without a touch screen have hated it because of the inability to use touch and swipe commands to get things going.

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NEW YORK: Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr

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Google Glass breaks ground

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Blogs

News and rumors since 1997

During a question-and-answer session following Thursday's iPhone OS 4.0 preview, Apple...

News and rumors since 1997

A little over one week after Apple seeded build 12D32 of its OS X 10.8.3 beta to developers, the...

News and rumors since 1997

Alongside Apple's picks for the best iOS apps of 2012, the company on Thursday crowned the best...

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Scanadu finalizes Scout tricorder design, wants user feedback to help it get FDA...

The company anticipates submitting a 510(k) application to FDA in the beginning of July 2013.

Urturn Raises $13.4M Series A, Led By Balderton, For Its Social Expressions...

An Android app is also in the works, due later this year.

Cloudbase.io launches shared API to help mobile apps get connected

Cloudbase.io would handle the backend for that app, and the developer could tell the BaaS...